Dreamweaver Help | Working with the Spry Menu Bar widget

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Adobe has discontinued further Spry development.
http://blogs.adobe.com/dreamweaver/2012/08/update-on-adobe-spry-framework-availability.htm l
You can continue using Spry but if mobile & tablets are your concern, I would use a different menu system.
Project Seven's Commercial Extensions:
http://www.projectseven.com/products/templates/pagepacks/adaptations/index.htm
http://www.projectseven.com/products/menusystems/index.htm
Or roll your own with jQuery plug-ins:
http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/site-elements/big-menus-small-screens-responsive-m ulti-level-navigation/
https://github.com/mattkersley/Responsive-Menu
http://speckyboy.com/2012/08/29/10-responsive-navigation-solutions-and-tutorials/
Nancy O.

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I was working on my spry menu bar and now my sidebar1 photo moves with the menu bar?

I was working on my spry menu bar, and getting really far with it thanks to GRAMPS, and all of a sudden I wanted to put padding of 30px top and 30 px bottom on the sidebar1 photo in the container and now all of a sudden the home.jpg photo in the sidebar moves when you hover over the menu bar.
I can noit for the life of me figure out what changed and somehow was so excited about my spry menu bar working that I did not save the most recent working page. Can anybody look at this with me and let me know what changed to mess the page up on me.
Thanks a million.
Ted
site is located here http://www.subzerorefrigeration.com
None of the links are working I have just been playing with the spy menu for weeks. I finally figured it out and do not belive the error is in the spry style sheets.
Here is the code for my page. I know I am working with a template. I really do not want to start over if a <div> tag is missing.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Sub Zero Refrigeration Heating and Air Conditioning in Midlothian Illinois</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="Scripts/swfobject_modified.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="header">
    <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="125" height="190" align="left" id="FlashID" title="Sub Zero Refrigeration "Subby" Logo">
      <param name="movie" value="Images/SubbyMovie.swf" />
      <param name="quality" value="high" />
      <param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
      <param name="swfversion" value="7.0.70.0" />
      
      <param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
      
      
      <object data="Images/SubbyMovie.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="125" height="190" align="left">
        
        <param name="quality" value="high" />
        <param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
        <param name="swfversion" value="7.0.70.0" />
        <param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
        
        <div>
          <h4>Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.</h4>
          <p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"><img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" width="112" height="33" /></a></p>
        </div>
        
      </object>
      
    </object>
    <img src="Images/HeaderOriginal.jpg" alt="Sub Zero Refrigeration Heating and Air Condtioning Header Photo" width="834" height="190" align="left" /><br />
</div>
<div class="container" id="navbar"> </div>
<div class="namephoto">
<ul id="MenuBar" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
   <li><a class="MenuBarItem" href="#">Home</a></li>
   <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">About Us</a>
     <ul>
       <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Our Staff</a>
         <ul>
           <li><a href="#">Bud Wagner</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Tim Wagner</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Dave Allen</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Terry Burke</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Larry Skarr</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Niko Opla</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Gina Ames</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Laura Kane</a></li>
         </ul>
       </li>
       <li><a href="#">Our Service Area</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Our Mission Statement</a></li>
       <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Why Choose Sub Zero Refrigeration?</a>
         <ul>
           <li><a href="#">Our Review's</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Our Competition's Reviews</a></li>
         </ul>
       </li>
       <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Careers</a>
         <ul>
<li><a href="#">HVAC Technician</a></li>
<li><a href="#">HVAC/R Installer</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Commercial Refrigeration Technician</a></li>
         </ul>
       </li>
       <li><a href="#">Testimonials</a></li>
       <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Easily Leave Us a Review</a>
         <ul>
           <li><a href="#">On "YAHOO"</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">On "YELP"</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">On "MERCHANT CIRCLE"</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">On "GOOGLE PLACES"</a></li>
         </ul>
       </li>
</ul>
   </li>
   <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Repair</a>
     <ul>
<li><a href="#">Commercial Refrigeration</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Commercial Rooftop</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Commercial Ice Machine</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Air Conditioning </a></li>
<li><a href="#">Boiler</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Furnace</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Heat Pump</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Indoor Air Quality</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Schedule A Service Call</a></li>
     </ul>
</li>
   <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Sales</a>
     <ul>
<li><a href="#">Commercial Refrigeration</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Commercial Rooftop</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Commercial Ice Machine</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Air Conditioning</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Boiler</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Furnace </a></li>
<li><a href="#">Heat Pump</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Indoor Air Quality</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Financing</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Schedule a "FREE" Computerized ACCA MJ8 Equipment Replacement Estimate </a></li>
     </ul>
</li>
   <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Maintenance</a>
     <ul>
<li><a href="#">Commercial Refrigeration Service Agreements</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Commercial Rooftop Service Agreements</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Commercial Ice Machine Service Agreements</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Residential Air Conditioning Service Agreements</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Residential Boiler Service Agreements</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Residential Furnace and IAQ Service Agreements</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Heat Pump Service Agreements</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
   <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Products</a>
     <ul>
       <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Commercial Refrigeration</a>
         <ul>
           <li><a href="#">Beverage Air</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Beacon Smart Controller</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Continental</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Crown Tonka Walk Ins</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Delfield</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Heatcraft Refrigeration</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Hoshizaki Refrigeration</a></li>
<li><a href="#">International Cold Storage</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Kelvinator</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Kolpak</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Larkin Refrigeration</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Perlik Bar and Beverage Equipment</a></li>
<li><a href="#">True Refrigeration</a></li>
         </ul>
       </li>
       <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Commercial Rooftop</a>
         <ul>
           <li><a href="#">Arcoaire</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">American Standard</a></li>
         </ul>
       </li>
       <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Commercial Ice Machine</a>
         <ul>
           <li><a href="#">Hoshizaki Ice Machines</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Manitowoc Ice Machines</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Scotsman Ice Machines</a></li>
         </ul>
       </li>
       <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Air Conditioning</a>
         <ul>
           <li><a href="html/subzero/arcoaireaircondioning.html">Arcoaire</a></li>
           <li><a href="html/subzero/americanstandardairconditioning.html">American Standard</a></li>
           <li><a href="html/subzero/mitsubishiairconditioners.html">Mitsubishi</a></li>
         </ul>
     </li>
       <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Boiler </a>
         <ul>
           <li><a href="#">Weil McLain Residential</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Weil McLain Commercial</a></li>
         </ul>
   </li>
       <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Furnace </a>
         <ul>
           <li><a href="#">Arcoaire</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">American Standard</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Mitsubishi</a></li>
         </ul>
   </li>
       <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Heat Pump </a>
         <ul>
           <li><a href="#">Arcoaire</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">American Standard</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Mitsubishi</a></li>
         </ul>
   </li>
       <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Indoor Air Quality</a>
         <ul>
           <li><a href="#">Aprilaire Humidifiers</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Honeywell Electronic Air Cleaners</a></li>
           <li><a href="#">Honeywell Thermostats</a></li>
         </ul>
   </li>
     </ul>
</li>
   <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Job Photos</a>
     <ul>
<li><a href="#">Commercial Refrigeration</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Commercial Rooftop</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Commercial Ice Machine</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Air Conditioning</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Boiler</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Furnace</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Heat Pump</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Indoor Air Quality</a></li>
     </ul>
   </li>
   <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Cool Savings</a>
     <ul>
       <li><a href="#">Monthly Specials</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Manufacturers Rebates</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Utility Rebates</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">Website Coupons</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Customer Referral Program</a></li>
     </ul>
   </li>
   <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Social</a>
     <ul>
       <li><a href="#">"LIKE" Us on Facebook</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">"FOLLOW" Us on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Facebook Disclaimer</a></li>
     </ul>
</li>
<li><a class="MenuBarItem" href="#">Contact Us</a> </li>
</ul>
<p><br />
</p>
<div class="sidebar1"><img src="Images/home.jpg" alt="Home Page Photo" width="105" height="240" /></div></div>
<div class="content">
    <h1>Instructions</h1>
    <p>Be aware that the CSS for these layouts is heavily commented. If you do most of your work in Design view, have a peek at the code to get tips on working with the CSS for the fixed layouts. You can remove these comments before you launch your site. To learn more about the techniques used in these CSS Layouts, read this article at Adobe's Developer Center - <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/adc_css_layouts">http://www.adobe.com/go/adc_css_layouts</a>.</p>
    <h1>Clearing Method</h1>
    <p>Because all the columns are floated, this layout uses a clear:both declaration in the .footer rule. This clearing technique forces the .container to understand where the columns end in order to show any borders or background colors you place on the .container. If your design requires you to remove the .footer from the .container, you'll need to use a different clearing method. The most reliable will be to add a <br class="clearfloat" /> or <div class="clearfloat"></div> after your final floated column (but before the .container closes). This will have the same clearing effect.</p>
    <h3>Logo Replacement</h3>
    <p>An image placeholder was used in this layout in the .header where you'll likely want to place a logo. It is recommended that you remove the placeholder and replace it with your own linked logo. </p>
    <p> Be aware that if you use the Property inspector to navigate to your logo image using the SRC field (instead of removing and replacing the placeholder), you should remove the inline background and display properties. These inline styles are only used to make the logo placeholder show up in browsers for demonstration purposes. </p>
    <p>To remove the inline styles, make sure your CSS Styles panel is set to Current. Select the image, and in the Properties pane of the CSS Styles panel, right click and delete the display and background properties. (Of course, you can always go directly into the code and delete the inline styles from the image or placeholder there.)</p>
    <h4>Backgrounds</h4>
    <p>By nature, the background color on any div will only show for the length of the content. This means if you're using a background color or border to create the look of a side column, it won't extend all the way to the footer but will stop when the content ends. If the .content div will always contain more content, you can place a border on the .content div to divide it from the column.</p>
    </div>
<div class="footer">
    <table width="960" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
      <tr>
        <th width="102" scope="col"> </th>
        <th width="101" scope="col"> </th>
        <th width="106" scope="col"> </th>
        <th width="120" scope="col"> </th>
        <th width="172" scope="col"> </th>
        <th width="120" scope="col"> </th>
        <th width="103" scope="col"> </th>
        <th width="136" scope="col"> </th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td colspan="2"><img src="Images/van.jpg" alt="Sub Zero Refrigeration Heating and Air Conditioning Service Van" width="243" height="109" align="left" /></td>
        <td colspan="6"><img src="Images/footer_right.jpg" width="717" height="109" alt="Footer" /></td>
      </tr>
    </table>
</div>
<div class="footer2">
    <div class="footer">
    <table width="960" height="62" border="1" align="center" cellspacing="8">
      <tr valign="middle">
        <th width="234" scope="col">Schedule a Service Call</th>
        <th width="247" scope="col"><p>Schedule Free New Equipment Replacement Estimate</p></th>
        <th width="99" scope="col"><a href="https://www.acca.org/consumer/find-a-contractor" target="_blank"><img src="Images/acca.gif" width="85" height="48" alt="ACCA Sub Zero Refrigeration" /></a></th>
        <th width="94" scope="col"><a href="http://www.bbb.org/chicago/business-reviews/heating-and-air-conditioning/sub-zero-refriger ation-and-a-c-in-midlothian-il-7695" target="_blank"><img src="Images/BBB.png" width="87" height="48" alt="Sub Zero Refrigeration BBB A+ Rating" /></a></th>
        <th width="84" scope="col"><a href="http://www.natex.org/" target="_blank"><img src="Images/nate.png" width="76" height="74" alt="NATE Sub Zero Refrigeration" /></a></th>
        <th width="83" scope="col"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/subzerorefrig" target="_new"><img src="Images/twitter_logo.jpg" width="69" height="69" alt="Follow us on Twitter" /></a></th>
        <th width="143" scope="col"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/subzerorefrig" target="_new"><img src="Images/facebook.png" width="81" height="81" alt="" /></a></th>
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    </div>
    <div class="footer3" id="footer3">
      <div class="footer">
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            <th width="960" style="background-color: #B7E3EA; font-size: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" scope="col">Home | About Us | Repair | Sales | Maintenance | Products | Our Job Photos | Cool Savings | Social | Contact Us | Schedule Free New Equipment Estimate | Schedule Service | Site Map<br />
            Search Sub Zero Refrigeration Heating and Air Conditioning<br />            </th>
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        <p>      Copyright 1999-2013 | Last updated on
          February 19, 2012 | Web designer's - Ted Wagner and Cherie White Cachampis      </p>
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<script type="text/javascript">
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar", {imgDown:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
swfobject.registerObject("FlashID");
</script>
</body>
</html>

I seem to have fixed it by putting <div class="clearfloat"></div> after the navigation bar?

Help with vertical spry menu bar submenu displaying incorrectly!

I’m new to Dreamweaver and am learning as I go. I am having a problem with the vertical spry menu bar submenu in the Live View. When I scroll over the spry menu bar option that has a submenu, the submenu appears in the upper right hand corner of my screen. (My menu bar is going down the left hand side.) However, when I preview it in Internet Explorer it looks fine after I allow the Java Script to run or the Active X controls, which my browser usually automatically blocks. (The browser just displays a small message along the top and I click on it to allow it.) To get it to do this much, I had to play around with the CSS for the spry menu bar a little bit.
Before, when I clicked on the Live View option, a small message ran along the top in Dreamweaver saying it couldn’t find the Flash Plugin and asked me to download the most recent FlashPlayer, which I did twice. It continued to say that and then I just closed that message that kept popping up, but I think that has something to do with the problem. I then researched that problem in the Spry Framework Help and Dreamweaver Help, but couldn’t find a solution that worked. (Someone had posted a link for downloading the Flash Player for Netscape Navigator, but that didn’t seem to do anything.)
Please also note that I am using one of Dreamweaver’s pre-built layouts. I don’t know if that makes a difference with this problem.
How do I fix this problem so that it displays correctly in the LiveView? And will the message that I get on my browser about allowing blocked content appear on other people’s computer when they open my website?

IE is a big problem child among browsers. Don't use it as your default browser.
For best results, build your site to display & perform well in the web standards browsers like Firefox, Chrome, Safari & Opera. If it works in one, it should work pretty much the same in all of them.
After you're satisfied with how your site looks in the good browsers, then test in IE. If needed, add hacks or conditional comments to make IE behave. There are many web sites that discuss known bugs in IE and how to work around them.
Lastly, the active X nag screens only appear locally. Once deployed on the remote server, you won't see them.
For better answers to your layout questions, we need to see your page. Can you post a URL?
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
http://alt-web.com/
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Help with a Spry Menu Bar

I'm having trouble with a Spry Menu Bar not displaying
correctly in Internet Explorer, while it displays fine in every
other browser I have available. I've done some searching on these
boards, but the queries I've found with the same type of problem
each has a knowledgeable person editing the code for the
poster...and I can't seem to make heads or tails of it.
So, below is my link. What you'll see if viewed in Explorer
is that the "Clinics" listing and the "Services & Specialties"
listing are each on the same horizontal line, rather than vertical
like the rest of the menu. If anyone can help me in correcting this
problem, I'd be very appreciative.
Thanks in advance.
http://www.chambershospital.com/temp/about.html

Hello,
You might try removing all of the <div> tags you
inserted in the menu.
This can happen if you select text in design view and use the
"align" icons
in the properties window instead of using CSS to align
things.
For example:
<li>
<div align="left"><<****REMOVE THIS
<a href="clinics.html"
class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Clinics</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="clinic.html">Chambers
Clinic</a></li>
<li><a href="clinic7.html">Scenic 7
Clinic</a></li>
</ul>
</div><<*** REMOVE THIS
</li>
So it looks like this:
<li><a href="clinics.html"
class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Clinics</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="clinic.html">Chambers
Clinic</a></li>
<li><a href="clinic7.html">Scenic 7
Clinic</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
Repeat for all the other <div align="left"> and
</div> tags in the menu.
Take care,
Tim
"Zim74" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:fv4vc0$r0t$[email protected]..
> I'm having trouble with a Spry Menu Bar not displaying
correctly in
> Internet
> Explorer, while it displays fine in every other browser
I have available.
> I've
> done some searching on these boards, but the queries
I've found with the
> same
> type of problem each has a knowledgeable person editing
the code for the
> poster...and I can't seem to make heads or tails of it.
>
> So, below is my link. What you'll see if viewed in
Explorer is that the
> "Clinics" listing and the "Services & Specialties"
listing are each on the
> same
> horizontal line, rather than vertical like the rest of
the menu. If
> anyone can
> help me in correcting this problem, I'd be very
appreciative.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
http://www.chambershospital.com/temp/about.html
>
>

Is there any way to disable the mouse-over function of the Spry Menu Bar (CS5)? Click-open preferred

Hello,
I'm using the standard CS5 Spry Menu Bar (Horizontal) in Dreamweaver. I have it set up exactly the way I want with CSS. However, I've very little experience with Javascript, consequently I'd like to ask anyone here for some help in modifying this aspect of the Spry Menu Bar. I'd like it to 'click-open' and not open when the mouse is over it. I've tried to change the delay variables in the code to something that has a longer duration in milliseconds; unfortunately, this tends to cause some bugs such as the menu re-opening once the mouse is no longer near it and other such bugs.
The ideal solution for me would be to have it open when it's clicked on once. The reason I need this is because the menu appears over some buttons - there's no way around this for me, it's the layout I absolutely must have. Although the buttons don't overlap with the menu, they are very close and it is annoying when your hand slips a little and the menu pops up over it all.
I'd appreciate any help at all, thank you.
PS:- The Javascript containing the delay variables I tried to modify.
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.init = function(element, opts)
    this.element = this.getElement(element);
    // represents the current (sub)menu we are operating on
    this.currMenu = null;
    this.showDelay = 250;
    this.hideDelay = 600;
    if(typeof document.getElementById == 'undefined' || (navigator.vendor == 'Apple Computer, Inc.' && typeof window.XMLHttpRequest == 'undefined') || (Spry.is.ie && typeof document.uniqueID == 'undefined'))
        // bail on older unsupported browsers
        return;
    // Fix IE6 CSS images flicker
    if (Spry.is.ie && Spry.is.version < 7){
        try {
            document.execCommand("BackgroundImageCache", false, true);
        } catch(err) {}

Hello,
Thank you so much for replying so quickly and moreover, solving my problem. I must apologise for not doing more research about this issue by searching these forums more thoroughly. I found a similar post here:-
http://forums.adobe.com/message/139937#139937
Your solution goes one step further and eliminates the need to search through the Javascript for the relevant code.
Thank you again, you've helped me a great deal.
Best wishes,
foreverdusty.

Spry Menu Bar Widget 2.0 (1.0) -- IE 6 Rendering Snag

Hi:
Once again I need to call on the aid of others with more detailed knowledge of the spry frameworks, particularly the Spry Menu Widget 2.0 (vers. 1.0) developed by Adobe labs.
I have posted the site to http://www.aclco.org/testing/index.html. You will see that it works beautifully, thanks to the help of many contributors, except in IE 6.0, where, when the sub menus become visible and drop down, it causes all page elements (divs) to be pushed down to create the necessary room to accommodate the drop down. The natural overlap of the sub-menu over pre-existing content doesn't seem to overlay properly.
It does this on all pages, and not just those which present flash sideshows. And as I say it is peculiar to IE 6.
I have followed the tutorial provided by David Powers in deploying the widget and have not altered the spry skin css or the basic css. Any changes (affecting padding, etc. and adding of background images where created using the widget browser and supplemented in the css added to the template page. The "add-on" css was then added to the general style sheet governing the whole site layout.
I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem, if there are any work arounds or hacks that anyone is aware of, or any other suggestions that might help.
I haven't been able to preview this on a free standing PC using IE6, but was able to reproduce the problem on 2 cross browser testing services employing a "live mode". I renders properly until the sub-menus are called upon to become visible, and then the problem manifests.
Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Steve Webster
Attach.
Please note: Attached are the relevant excerpts from the customized style sheet as amended from the spry widget browser:
/* -- Begins Spry Menu Widget 2.0 (1.0) Horizontal menu bar Custom styles -- */
/* BeginOAWidget_Instance_2141544: #MenuBar */
/* Settable values for skinning a Basic menu via presets. If presets are not sufficient, most skinning should be done in
these rules, with the exception of the images used for down or right pointing arrows, which are in the file SpryMenuBasic.css
These assume the following widget classes for menu layout (set in a preset)
.MenuBar - Applies to all menubars - default is horizontal bar, all submenus are vertical - 2nd level subs and beyond are pull-right.
.MenuBarVertical - vertical main bar; all submenus are pull-right.
You can also pass in extra classnames to set your desired top level menu bar layout. Normally, these are set by using a preset.
They only apply to horizontal menu bars:
MenuBarLeftShrink - The menu bar will be horizontally 'shrinkwrapped' to be just large enough to hold its items, and left aligned
MenuBarRightShrink - Just like MenuBarLeftShrink, but right aligned
MenuBarFixedLeft - Fixed at a specified width set in the rule '.MenuBarFixedLeft', and left aligned.
MenuBarFixedCentered - - Fixed at a specified width set in the rule '.MenuBarFixedCentered',
and centered in its parent container.
MenuBarFullwidth - Grows to fill its parent container width.
In general, all rules specified in this file are prefixed by #MenuBar so they only apply to instances of the widget inserted along
with the rules. This permits use of multiple MenuBarBasic widgets on the same page with different layouts. Because of IE6 limitations,
there are a few rules where this was not possible. Those rules are so noted in comments.
#MenuBar {
background-color:transparent;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; /* Specify fonts on on MenuBar and subMenu MenuItemContainer, so MenuItemContainer,
MenuItem, and MenuItemLabel
at a given level all use same definition for ems.
Note that this means the size is also inherited to child submenus,
so use caution in using relative sizes other than
100% on submenu fonts. */
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 17px;
font-style: normal;
padding:0;
/* Caution: because ID+class selectors do not work properly in IE6, but we want to restrict these rules to just this
widget instance, we have used string-concatenated classnames for our selectors for the layout type of the menubar
in this section. These have very low specificity, so be careful not to accidentally override them. */
.MenuBar br { /* using just a class so it has same specificity as the ".MenuBarFixedCentered br" rule bleow */
display:none;
.MenuBarLeftShrink {
float: left; /* shrink to content, as well as float the MenuBar */
width: auto;
.MenuBarRightShrink {
float: right; /* shrink to content, as well as float the MenuBar */
width: auto;
.MenuBarFixedLeft {
float: left;
width: 80em;
.MenuBarFixedCentered {
float: none;
width: 80em;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
.MenuBarFixedCentered br {
clear:both;
display:block;
.MenuBarFixedCentered .SubMenu br {
display:none;
.MenuBarFullwidth {
float: left;
width: 100%;
/* Top level menubar items - these actually apply to all items, and get overridden for 1st or successive level submenus */
#MenuBar .MenuItemContainer {
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
margin: 0; /* Zero out margin on the item containers. The MenuItem is the active hover area.
For most items, we have to do top or bottom padding or borders only on the MenuItem
or a child so we keep the entire submenu tiled with items.
Setting this to 0 avoids "dead spots" for hovering. */
#MenuBar .MenuItem {
padding: 10px 10px 10px 4px;
background-color:#000088;
background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Navigation%20Bar%20Segme nt-Dark.png);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
#MenuBar .MenuItemFirst {
border-style: none none none none;
#MenuBar .MenuItemLast {
border-style: none none none none;
#MenuBar .MenuItem .MenuItemLabel{
text-align:center;
line-height:1.4em;
color:#ffffff;
background-color:transparent;
padding: 0px 18px 0px 5px;
width: 10em;
width:auto;
.SpryIsIE6 #MenuBar .MenuItem .MenuItemLabel{
width:1em; /* Equivalent to min-width in modern browsers */
/* First level submenu items */
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItem {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 15px;
font-style: normal;
background-color:#000088;
padding:0px 2px 0px 0px;
border-width:0px;
border-color: #cccccc #cccccc #cccccc #cccccc;
/* Border styles are overriden by first and last items */
border-style: solid solid none solid;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemFirst {
border-style: none;
padding: 0px;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemFirst .MenuItemLabel{
padding-top: 0px;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemLast {
border-style: solid solid solid solid;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemLast .MenuItemLabel{
padding-bottom: 10px;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItem .MenuItemLabel{
text-align:left;
line-height:1em;
background-color:transparent;
color:#ffffff;
padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
width: 240px;
/* Hover states for containers, items and labels */
#MenuBar .MenuItemHover {
background-color: #2E35A3;
background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Navigation%20Bar%20Segme nt%20Light2.png);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
border-color: #cccccc #cccccc #cccccc #cccccc;
#MenuBar .MenuItemWithSubMenu.MenuItemHover .MenuItemLabel{
background-color: transparent; /* consider exposing this prop separately*/
color: #ffffff;
#MenuBar .MenuItemHover .MenuItemLabel{
background-color: transparent;
color: #ffffff;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemHover {
background-color:2E35A3;
border-color: #cccccc #cccccc #cccccc #cccccc;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemHover .MenuItemLabel{
background-color: transparent;
color: #ffffff;
/* Submenu properties -- First level of submenus */
#MenuBar .SubMenuVisible {
background-color: transparent;
min-width:0%; /* This keeps the menu from being skinnier than the parent MenuItemContainer - nice to have but not available on ie6 */
border-color: #ffffff #ffffff #ffffff #ffffff;
border-width:0px;
border-style: none none none none;
#MenuBar.MenuBar .SubMenuVisible {/* For Horizontal menubar only */
top: 100%; /* 100% is at the bottom of parent menuItemContainer */
left:0px; /* 'left' may need tuning depending upon borders or padding applied to menubar MenuItemContainer or MenuItem,
and your personal taste.
0px will left align the dropdown with the content area of the MenuItemContainer. Assuming you keep the margins 0
on MenuItemContainer and MenuItem on the parent
menubar, making this equal the sum of the MenuItemContainer & MenuItem padding-left will align
the dropdown with the left of the menu item label.*/
z-index:10;
#MenuBar.MenuBarVertical .SubMenuVisible {
top: 0px;
left:100%;
min-width:0px; /* Do not neeed to match width to parent MenuItemContainer - items will prevent total collapse */
/* Submenu properties -- Second level submenu and beyond - these are visible descendents of .MenuLevel1 */
#MenuBar .MenuLevel1 .SubMenuVisible {
background-color: transparent;
min-width:0px; /* Do not neeed to match width to parent MenuItemContainer - items will prevent total collapse*/
top: 0px; /* If desired, you can move this down a smidge to separate top item''s submenu from menubar -
that is really only needed for submenu on first item of MenuLevel1, or you can make it negative to make submenu more
vertically 'centered' on its invoking item */
left:100%; /* If you want to shift the submenu left to partially cover its invoking item, you can add a margin-left with a
negative value to this rule. Alternatively, if you use fixed-width items, you can change this left value
to use px or ems to get the offset you want. */
/* IE6 rules - you can delete these if you do not want to support IE6 */
/* A note about multiple classes in IE6.
* Some of the rules above use multiple class names on an element for selection, such as "hover" (MenuItemHover) and "has a subMenu" (MenuItemWithSubMenu),
* giving the selector '.MenuItemWithSubMenu.MenuItemHover'.
* Unfortunately IE6 does not support using mutiple classnames in a selector for an element. For a selector such as '.foo.bar.baz', IE6 ignores
* all but the final classname (here, '.baz'), and sets the specificity accordingly, counting just one of those classs as significant. To get around this
* problem, we use the plugin in SpryMenuBarIEWorkaroundsPlugin.js to generate compound classnames for IE6, such as 'MenuItemWithSubMenuHover'.
* Since there are a lot of these needed, the plugin does not generate the extra classes for modern browsers, and we use the CSS2 style mutltiple class
* syntax for that. Since IE6 both applies rules where
* it should not, and gets the specificity wrong too, we have to order rules carefully, so the rule misapplied in IE6 can be overridden.
* So, we put the multiple class rule first. IE6 will mistakenly apply this rule. We follow this with the single-class rule that it would
* mistakenly override, making sure the misinterpreted IE6 specificity is the same as the single-class selector, so the latter wins.
* We then create a copy of the multiple class rule, adding a '.SpryIsIE6' class as context, and making sure the specificity for
* the selector is high enough to beat the single-class rule in the "both classes match" case. We place the IE6 rule at the end of the
* css style block to make it easy to delete if you want to drop IE6 support.
* If you decide you do not need IE6 support, you can get rid of these, as well as the inclusion of the SpryMenuBarIEWorkaroundsPlugin.js script.
* The 'SpryIsIE6' class is placed on the HTML element by the script in SpryMenuBarIEWorkaroundsPlugin.js if the browser is Internet Explorer 6. This avoids the necessity of IE conditional comments for these rules.
.SpryIsIE6 #MenuBar .MenuBarView .MenuItemWithSubMenuHover .MenuItemLabel /* IE6 selector */{
background-color: transparent; /* consider exposing this prop separately*/
color: #ffffff;
.SpryIsIE6 #MenuBar .MenuBarView .SubMenu .MenuItemWithSubMenuHover .MenuItemLabel/* IE6 selector */{
background-color: transparent; /* consider exposing this prop separately*/
color: #ffffff;
.SpryIsIE6 #MenuBar .SubMenu .SubMenu /* IE6 selector */{
margin-left: -0px; /* Compensates for at least part of an IE6 "double padding" version of the "double margin" bug */
/* EndOAWidget_Instance_2141544 */
/* Ends Spry Menu Bar Widget 2.0 (1.0) Horizontal Menu Custom styles */

I have systematically reviewed the tutorial of David Powers on the Spry Menu bar 2.0, and recreated the process in a methodical process - making one change at a time, and then checking each step on a cross browser testing server, and have found, quite to my amazement that what seems to be causing the problem of the "gap" in IE 6 is by removing the customized styles from the head of the individual pages, and placing them in CSS stylesheet that governs the entire site.
I find this quite inexplicable. When the customized CSS rules governing the menu bar are situated in a separate stylesheet, the page renders well enough for any of the "modern" browsers, but won't render in IE 6. All that I get is a horizontal menu with drop downs, but none of the styling (specifically background colours, background images, etc.) that are called for in the stylesheet and that otherwise appear when rendered by other browsers.
I realize that this sounds strange, but I was wondering if anyone had experienced this phenomenon, or could offer any explanation.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Steve Webster

Adobe recommends: Customizing a Spry Menu Bar widget

Over the next week, we are going to be publicizing some high-value content from adobe.com and other community sites. We have been tracking what's been most important to our users, and feel that getting this content out to the larger community will go a long way toward helping people tackle some of their most pressing challenges.
Our second recommendation is a piece by David Powers:
Customizing a Spry Menu Bar widget
The tutorial takes you through some of the most common styling tasks for the difficult-to-style Spry Menu Bar widget in Dreamweaver.
Give it a spin and let us know what you think!
Previous recommendation threads:
Use Dreamweaver CS 5.5 to package your web application for iOS and Android devices

Customizing a Spry Menu Bar widget
The tutorial takes you through some of the most common styling tasks for the difficult-to-style Spry Menu Bar widget in Dreamweaver.
Why is such an important article posted on David's private website instead of on Adobe's own website? What is the guarantee that the article will remain on David's website for some years to come! Such an important article should remain online for at least 5 years before it is deleted to create room for new articles.

Problems with the Spry Content Slider Widget in DW6

Hello there,
I have been wrestling with a problem I'm having with the Spry Content Slider Widget that I hope someone has an answer for.
I have 2 widgets on a page, but the problem I'm having occurs whether there is 1 or 2 on the page.
No matter how many slides I have in the widget, it only shows the first 3. The 2 widgets per page occurs on every html page (9 in total.)
In there a setting in the inline or linked .js code limiting the number of slides to 3?
In addition to these widgets, I also use a DWUser_EasyRotator Slider on the pages, and both the easyRotator and Spry Widgets launch a fancyBox jQuery Gallery. Tho it's a possibility, I don't think the mixing of sliders/js is the problem, as I was having the problem with the Spry Widget showing only the first 3 upon the first insert of the Widget.
Any suggestions on settings I should be aware of, as regards the Widget, would be greatly appreciated… (;

On line 66 of your code, you have an extra </head> tag that doesn't belong. Remove that and validate your code again.
http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gallerynumber9.com.au%2Findex ---778.html
Nancy O.

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www.branchoutadvertising.com
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www.branchoutadvertising.com
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***I need help with my SPRY MENU BAR***

Hi everyone,
I have installed a Horizontal and Vertical Spry Menu Bar.
It looks great, but I can not figure this out.
When I click on any of the links on the bars,
my text jumps to the righ
Can someone please tell me how I can make
the text to stop jumping.
My test page is located at the link below:
http://www.tonyasdynamicdesigns.com/gregs-pages/index.html
Thank you so much for your help,
Tonya

I know that the problem is in my main-css.css because
when I deleted this css code, the text jumping stopped.
I can not figure out how to fix my main-css.css style.
Can you please help me?
Below is part of my css code
that is causing the problem.
body {
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          background-repeat: repeat;
          background-image: url(.../gregs-images/bg.jpg);
          background-position: center;
          background-attachment: fixed;
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          fixed-width: 965px;
          background-color: #1f1f1f;
          margin-right: auto;
          margin-left: auto;
          font-size: 12px;
          color: #afafaf;
          font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
          font-style: normal;
          line-height: normal;
          font-weight: normal;
          font-variant: normal;
          text-transform: none;
          text-decoration: none;
          border: 2px solid #1f1f1f;
          margin-bottom: 30px;
          margin-top: 30px;
          background-image: url();
          background-repeat: repeat;
#shadow {
          width: 968px;
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          background-repeat: repeat-y;
          margin-right: auto;
          margin-left: auto;
#bottomShadow {
          margin-right: auto;
          margin-left: auto;
          width: 968px;
          background-repeat: no-repeat;
          background-image: url(.../images/bottom-website-background-shadow.png);
          height: 54px;
#header {
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          background-image: url(../gregs-images/smokehouse-studios-banner.png);
          width: 965px;
#footer {
          height: 381px;
          font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
          font-size: 12px;
          clear: both;
#navigation {
          width: 900px;
          fixed-width: 900px;
          background-color: #1f1f1f;
          display: in-line;
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#content {
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          color: #afafaf;
          background-repeat: repeat;
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IE problems with vertical spry menu bar

hi,
first of all: I'm aware that this problem has been discussed
before. but nothing I've found so far has really helped me.
the problem is that my vertical spry menu bar doesn't work
properly with the internet explorer. I've (clumsily) repositioned
the submenu bars, but that didn't seem to be the main problem.
I'm using dreamweaver cs3 on a mac and have checked for
safari and firefox, in which everything works fine. I'd be very
grateful if someone could have a look at
www.philipbirau.com/portfolio.htm.
unfortunatly, I have neither the skills nor the money for
'professional' webdesign, so any hint will be appreciated. if you
need more information, please let me know.
thanks!
philip

hi,
first of all: I'm aware that this problem has been discussed
before. but nothing I've found so far has really helped me.
the problem is that my vertical spry menu bar doesn't work
properly with the internet explorer. I've (clumsily) repositioned
the submenu bars, but that didn't seem to be the main problem.
I'm using dreamweaver cs3 on a mac and have checked for
safari and firefox, in which everything works fine. I'd be very
grateful if someone could have a look at
www.philipbirau.com/portfolio.htm.
unfortunatly, I have neither the skills nor the money for
'professional' webdesign, so any hint will be appreciated. if you
need more information, please let me know.
thanks!
philip

Problems with Vertical Spry menu bar in Internet Explora

Hi I'm new to Dreamweaver,
I having trouble with a new site I'm making in CS4. A problem with a vertical menu bar, in IE. Can anyone help?
1. The text is left aligned and should be centered.
2. The menu bar has moved left
3. My paragraph text has moved up the page and aligned itself to the to the menu bar.
Website address: http://www.greenwyse.co.uk/
I'm finding dreamweaver a bit clunky, reading the 'Missing Manual' but still very frustrating. Any one have any idea's/
cheers
myquirk

Sorry, but your CSS is has been mangled beyound recognition.
The solution is to start with an untouched style sheet. Then add or modify the CSS testing in your browsers as you make the changes.
Have a look at the following where I have positioned the menu. All that is now required is the styling for font and the hover event.
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarVertical.css" rel="stylesheet">
<style>
body {width: 960px;    margin: auto;}
.article {clear: both; margin: 20px;}
/* SPRY MENUBAR */
ul.MenuBarVertical {width: 29em; margin: auto; border: none;}
ul.MenuBarVertical li {width: 29em; text-align: center;}
ul.MenuBarVertical a {background-color: transparent;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1><img src="http://www.greenwyse.co.uk/greenwyse natural products/green_wyse_logo.png" width="200" height="136" alt="Green Wyse Natural Body Care Products" longdesc="greenwyse natural products/green_wyse_natural_body_care_products.png" /></h1>
<ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarVertical">
<li><a href="index.html">100% Natural</a></li>
<li><a href="greenwyse natural products/about dawn Ireland.html">Handmade</a></li>
<li><a href="greenwyse natural products/Hand-Made-Natural-Bodycare.html">Eco Friendly</a>      </li>
<li><a href="greenwyse natural products/green wyse body care products.html">Luxurious Body Care</a>    </li>
</ul>
<div class="article">
<p>Working through a top-down, bottom-up approach, the vitality of conceptual synergies is of supreme importance to focus on improvement, not cost. Motivating participants and capturing their expectations, through the adoption of a proactive stance, the astute manager can adopt a position at the vanguard. Building flexibility through spreading knowledge and self-organization, by moving executive focus from lag financial indicators to more actionable lead indicators, the new golden rule gives enormous power to those individuals and units.</p>
<p>Organizations capable of double-loop learning, empowerment of all personnel, not just key operatives, measure the process, not the people. In a collaborative, forward-thinking venture brought together through the merging of like minds. The balanced scorecard, like the executive dashboard, is an essential tool in order to build a shared view of what can be improved, the vitality of conceptual synergies is of supreme importance. While those at the coal face don't have sufficient view of the overall goals.</p>
</div>

<script src="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js"></script>
<script>
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Gramps

How can I automatically "retract" all windows from my Thunderbolt display back to my MacBook Air when I disconnect the display, esp if the Thunderbolt is the desktop with the white menu bar?

I am in and out of my office with my MacBook Air. I would like to set it up so when I plug in my Thunderbolt display in the office, the Thunderbolt display has my desktop, menu bar and the open windows. If I set the Thunderbolt display to mirror by MacBook Air it adjusts to the lower resolution of the MacBook Air, which is a waste of a cool monitor. I can set it up as an extended desktop and drag the white menu bar to the Thunderbolt display so it displays my desktop but if I then disconnect my MacBook Air, the menu bar is absent and all the windows that were seen on that display are absent, as if it I was still attached to the larger display. The only way around this is to go to Thunderbolt display preferences, drag the white menu bar back to the smaller display and manually drag all windows to the smaller display before disconnecting. Doing this multiple times per day is a real pain. Is there a way to set my MacBook Air to recognize when it is attached to the Thunderbolt display and automatically my desktop and all open windows to it and then do the same process in reverse when I unhook it?

It's definitely not supposed to work like that...when you plug the display in, it should just turn on and adjust your displays. It works like that on my MBP. Kind of a silly question, but do you have the MagSafe from the display plugged in your MBAir too? Thats a requirement. Beyond that, it should "just work."
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I am not happy with the new menu bar. I made a mistake in changing. Want ability to use the refresh button or have a new tab open when requested without

I made a mistake some how. I am not the best a computer new things like the new avg changes with the search. I want back my old menu bar. I want to be able to open a new tab without having a search window open. I don't like to new tiny "file at the top it doesn't help me. I want back the ability to click the little refresh button. How do I go back to what I had before??

jscher,
Thank you that fixed my problem. I had sort of gotten there but you helped me the rest of the way. Thank you(:)!

The Menu Bar no longer integrates with the Global Menu Bar on Ubuntu

I'm using Gnome Ubuntu 12.04 (I believe it's Unity,) and my Firefox Nightly build's menu bar (File, Edit, View, etc,) appears in a bar of its own.
Here's a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/Evbdo.png
I have already tried reinstalling firefox-globalmenu many different ways, but it seems that Nightly just doesn't want to accept it. (NOTE: My Beta build works fine.)

It works on my Canonical (18.0a2) Aurora; but I use Mozilla nightly.
I would just assume that there is not at the moment a compatible version of firefox globalmenu add-on available for your nightly.
* see https://answers.launchpad.net/globalmenu-extension/+question/200848
I imagine you could ask there for an answer about when or if a suitable extension will be released.

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