HELP-Spry Vert submenu position

This page uses default styles from the menubar spry widget.
I've not monkeyed with this code at all, just renamed the .css and
.js files. This is version 1.6.1.
When you load this page in IE6/7, the submenu is aligned with
the top of the parent menu instead of next to it's parent item in
the main menu (Item 3). When you mouse over Item 3, the submenu
appears at it's correct location. This works correctly in FF and
Safari. it's a shame I can't use the Spry menu for this reason.
Seems like it should be an easy fix by I'm a CSS/JS rookie.
Please visit:
Test
Page
I've posted asking for a fix to this numerous times on the
Spry Prerelease forum with no responses. Hopefully someone here can
look and offer a fix. I've seen the problem posted in a few other
forums, but no solutions I could put to use.
Thanks.

It is no longer performing properly
It now opens with submenu 3 already open and aligned with
Item 1
"stanmc" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:g1mpfc$cct$[email protected]..
> This page uses default styles from the menubar spry
widget. I've not
> monkeyed
> with this code at all, just renamed the .css and .js
files. This is
> version
> 1.6.1.
>
> When you load this page in IE6/7, the submenu is aligned
with the top of
> the
> parent menu instead of next to it's parent item in the
main menu (Item 3).
> When
> you mouse over Item 3, the submenu appears at it's
correct location. This
> works
> correctly in FF and Safari. it's a shame I can't use the
Spry menu for
> this
> reason. Seems like it should be an easy fix by I'm a
CSS/JS rookie.
>
> Please visit:
>
http://www.vwc.com/ATC138_test/SpryMenuBarVert_Test.html
>
> I've posted asking for a fix to this numerous times on
the Spry Prerelease
> forum with no responses. Hopefully someone here can look
and offer a fix.
> I've
> seen the problem posted in a few other forums, but no
solutions I could
> put to
> use.
>
> Thanks.
>

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@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
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    padding: 0;
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
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    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 95%;
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    top: 0;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
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Perry

Hi and thank you very much. It was a little confusing as to whether you meant to add the rules you suggested or to replace them, or a combination of both, but I puzzled it out. I created a new MenuBarHorizontal.css file in a blank page and then made the changes you suggested and it works! Yay! I had to do a bit of tweaking to get it to look just the way I wanted, but it now works correctly in ie 7 and 8 and still works fine in everything else.
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@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
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    font-size: 100%;
    cursor: default;
    width: auto;
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ul.MenuBarActive
    z-index: 1000;
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    position: relative;
    text-align: left;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: auto;
    float: left;
/* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    z-index: 1020;
    cursor: default;
    width: auto;
    position: absolute;
    left: -1000em;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
    margin-top: 40px;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
    display: block;
    float: none !important;
    width: auto;
    white-space: nowrap;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
    position: absolute;
    margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
    top: 0;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    border: 1px solid #CCC;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    background-color: #f5f5e8;
    padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
    color: #333;
    text-decoration: none;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
      background-color: #f5f5e8;
    color: #afa06f;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
      background-color: #f5f5e8;
    color: #afa06f;
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
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vertical when mouse is hovering.
2- On all browsers (those I could test, at least) the second
level of submenus appears above the first level, hiding it. (see
"amateur" submenus for exemple)
My website: www.thebaysoccer.com
in case it helps, I copied the css below.
Thanks in advance for your help! Sorry if the question looks
stupid, but I'm learning and I didn't know anything about HTML when
I started the site...Any help would be appreciated!
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - Revision: Spry Preview Release
1.4 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights
reserved. */
LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning,
z-order
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box
with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 12px;
cursor: default;
width: auto;
font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting
z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug:
http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html
ul.MenuBarActive
z-index: 1000;
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this
container and are a fixed width */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 12px;
position: relative;
cursor: pointer;
width: auto;
float: left;
white-space: nowrap;
/* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a
higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the
screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
width: auto;
position: absolute;
left: -1000em;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation
MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the
screen below its parent menu item */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
left: auto;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
width: 10em;
background-color: transparent;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right
(95%) and up (-5%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
position: absolute;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation
MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
left: auto;
top: 0;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
border: 1px solid #CCC;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text
decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #333;
padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
color: #EEE;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: left;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue
background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
background-color: #ef3121;
color: #000000;
width: auto;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to
MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal
a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal
a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
background-color: #ef3121;
color: #000000;
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a
given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation
MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned
on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDown.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
width: auto;
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation
MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned
on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class
designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover"
background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered
vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class
designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover"
background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered
vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless
you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form
controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
position: absolute;
z-index: 1010;
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the
slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
display: inline;
f\loat: left;
background: #333333;

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I have an horizontal menu on my site which works, but I'm
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Hello,
The trouble is the fact that IE applies text-align:center to
more things
than just text.
You applied it to the li CSS. This not only centers the text
in IE, but also
the <ul> (which are your submenus) within these
<li>.
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 12px;
position: relative;
text-align: center; <********
cursor: pointer;
width: auto;
float: left;
white-space: nowrap;
You also have it in the ul.MenuBarHorizontal style.
So, in IE the left edge of the <ul> (submenu) is
aligning with the center of
the <li> it is contained in.
That's why the sub menu drops down with the left edge at the
middle of the
main nav "button".
Remove those "text-align:center" rules.
To center your menu text, apply text-align:center to the link
style instead,
like so:
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #333;
padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
color: #EEE;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: center;
As far as the submenu background, notice "fixed width" in the
comment line
above the following rule in the spry CSS.
You had yours set to auto.
Try this:
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
width: 10em;
background-color: transparent;
Take care,
Tim
"Tilt_Paris" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:fvda4t$4pa$[email protected]..
> Hi,
>
> I have an horizontal menu on my site which works, but
I'm starting a new
> version of the site and there my submenus display in a
weird position (in
> IE
> only) and with a transparent background.
>
> I read about the z-index bug, but couldn't find or
understand the
> solution.
>
> I would appreciate if someone could have a look and help
me:
>
> Current version with the menu bar working fine:
>
http://www.thebaysoccer.com
>
> Test page of the new version where my problem appears:
>
http://www.thebaysoccer.com/new%20tbs/test.html
>
> Thanks!
>

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bar and the submenu comes up below. Any ideas for me to try?
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
cursor: pointer;
width: auto;
float: left;
height: 0px;
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crashes FF.
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>
> Thanks, Bryan

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I am designing a website at http://atoment.007gb.com, and neither me, nor my partner can figure out why the Spry Horizontal Menu Bar is loading the way it is in Internet Explorer. We are doing this for a school project, and eye appeal and workability is a top priority. I changed and customized most of it, but even if i did keep it the same, it still wouldn't work. I have only the best confidence, that even given the amount i have changed, you will still be able to help me with my alignment problem.
The Submenu Buttons Tile across the page, when they are supposed to go straight down...
the Submenu overlaps the main menu when you hover over it
and the darned thing wont center in any of my browsers, but thats the least of my worries.
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width: 1024px;
height: 75px;
#Navigator {
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
clear: both;
#NavigatorButtonsLeft {
background-image: url(../_images/MenuButtonBackgroundLeft.png);
width: 128px;
height: 36px;
line-height: 36px;
text-align: center;
vertical-align:center;
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background-image: url(../_images/MenuButtonBackground.png);
width: 128px;
height: 36px;
line-height: 36px;
text-align: center;
vertical-align:center;
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background-image: url(../_images/MenuButtonBackgroundRight.png);
width: 128px;
height: 36px;
line-height: 36px;
text-align: center;
vertical-align:center;
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background-image:url(../_images/SubMenuButtonBackground.png);
width: 128px;
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line-height: 36px;
text-align: center;
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Digital Design
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The images I used are 20% Transparent, and are listed below.
http://atoment.007gb.com/_images/MenuButtonBackgroundLeft.png
http://atoment.007gb.com/_images/MenuButtonBackground.png
http://atoment.007gb.com/_images/MenuButtonBackgroundRight.png
http://atoment.007gb.com/_images/SubMenuButtonBackground.png
Please try your best to help me.

0087adam wrote:
ok, but how can I make it work with what I have. All the css codes are the
same, they just have been renamed.
The original SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css does not have any issues in any of the browsers. If you go and modify the original, and it does not work anymore, then the logical conclusion is that you have made one or (more likely) multiple mistakes.
In other words, you cannot make it work with what you already have.
My advice is that you replace the original CSS and work from there; but instead of changing the original CSS, make your changes in a separate stylesheet so that you can monitor and test the code at each change. For instance if you want to change the colour of the text you make a style rule that overrides the original in your new stylesheet as follows:
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a {
    color: #333;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus {
    color: #FFF;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible {
    color: #FFF;
If you want to change the background colour to an image, then follow the same procedure, testing your code at each step.
I hope this helps.
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