Internet Explorer displays Drop-down menu in wrong location!

Please, I need help with this site... I have the most recent Spry update... here is the site: http://www.tpwebdesigns.com/RogersDupont/index.html
views good in Firefox and Opera... but does not in IE. The drop down menu for the Attorneys, displays at the top of the page.
Please help?
Thanks.

This is the correct code to use, the red coloured bits are the points of interest
ABOUT US
        <li>
          <div align="center"><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Attorneys</a></div>
          <ul>
            <li class="style15">
              <div align="center" class="style16"><a href="jrogers.html">John Rogers</a></div>
            </li>
            <li>
              <div align="center" class="style16"><a href="ddupont.html">Debra Dupont</a></div>
            </li>
          </ul>
        </li>
JOHN ROGERS
        <li>
          <div align="center"><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Attorneys</a></div>
          <ul>
            <li>
              <div align="center" class="style16"><a href="jrogers.html" class="style20">John Rogers</a></div>
            </li>
            <li>
              <div align="center" class="style11"><a href="ddupont.html" class="style20">Debra Dupont</a></div>
            </li>
          </ul>
        </li>
DEBRA DUPONT
        <li>
          <div align="center"><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Attorneys</a></div>
          <ul>
            <li>
              <div align="center" class="style16"><a href="jrogers.html" class="style20">John Rogers</a></div>
            </li>
            <li>
              <div align="center" class="style20"><a href="ddupont.html" class="style11">Debra Dupont</a></div>
            </li>
          </ul>
        </li>
TESTIMONIALS
        <li>
          <div align="center"><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Attorneys</a></div>
          <ul>
            <li>
              <div align="center" class="style16"><a href="jrogers.html" class="style20">John Rogers</a></div>
            </li>
            <li>
              <div align="center" class="style17"><a href="ddupont.html" class="style20">Debra Dupont</a></div>
            </li>
          </ul>
        </li>
CONTACT US
        <li>
          <div align="center"><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Attorneys</a></div>
          <ul>
            <li>
              <div align="center" class="style16"><a href="jrogers.html" class="style20">John Rogers</a></div>
            </li>
            <li>
              <div align="center" class="style11"><a href="ddupont.html" class="style20">Debra Dupont</a></div>
            </li>
          </ul>
        </li>
PRIVATE CLIENT AREA
        <li>
          <div align="center"><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Attorneys</a></div>
          <ul>
            <li>
              <div align="center" class="style16"><a href="jrogers.html" class="style20">John Rogers</a></div>
            </li>
            <li>
              <div align="center" class="style11"><a href="ddupont.html" class="style20">Debra Dupont</a></div>
            </li>
          </ul>
        </li>
I hope this helps.
Ben

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// hideSubmenu for Menu Bar
// remove the proper CSS class on this menu to hide it
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.hideSubmenu = function(menu)
    if(menu)
        this.removeClassName(menu, this.subVisibleClass);
        if(typeof document.all != 'undefined' && !Spry.is.opera && navigator.vendor != 'KDE')
            menu.style.top = '';
            menu.style.left = '';
        if(Spry.is.ie && Spry.is.version < 7)
            this.removeIframeLayer(menu);
// initialize for Menu Bar
// create event listeners for the Menu Bar widget so we can properly
// show and hide submenus
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.initialize = function(listitem, element)
    var opentime, closetime;
    var link = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
    var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
    if(menu)
        this.addClassName(link, this.hasSubClass);
    if(!Spry.is.ie)
        // define a simple function that comes standard in IE to determine
        // if a node is within another node
        listitem.contains = function(testNode)
            // this refers to the list item
            if(testNode == null)
                return false;
            if(testNode == this)
                return true;
            else
                return this.contains(testNode.parentNode);
    // need to save this for scope further down
    var self = this;
    this.addEventListener(listitem, 'mouseover', function(e){self.mouseOver(listitem, e);}, false);
    this.addEventListener(listitem, 'mouseout', function(e){if (self.enableKeyboardNavigation) self.clearSelection(); self.mouseOut(listitem, e);}, false);
    if (this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
        this.addEventListener(link, 'blur', function(e){self.onBlur(listitem);}, false);
        this.addEventListener(link, 'focus', function(e){self.keyFocus(listitem, e);}, false);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.keyFocus = function (listitem, e)
    this.lastOpen = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    this.addClassName(this.lastOpen, listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul').length > 0 ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
    this.hasFocus = true;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.onBlur = function (listitem)
    this.clearSelection(listitem);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.clearSelection = function(el){
    //search any intersection with the current open element
    if (!this.lastOpen)
        return;
    if (el)
        el = el.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
        // check children
        var item = this.lastOpen;
        while (item != this.element)
            var tmp = el;
            while (tmp != this.element)
                if (tmp == item)
                    return;
                try{
                    tmp = tmp.parentNode;
                }catch(err){break;}
            item = item.parentNode;
    var item = this.lastOpen;
    while (item != this.element)
        this.hideSubmenu(item.parentNode);
        var link = item.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
        this.removeClassName(link, this.hoverClass);
        this.removeClassName(link, this.subHoverClass);
        item = item.parentNode;
    this.lastOpen = false;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.keyDown = function (e)
    if (!this.hasFocus)
        return;
    if (!this.lastOpen)
        this.hasFocus = false;
        return;
    var e = e|| event;
    var listitem = this.lastOpen.parentNode;
    var link = this.lastOpen;
    var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
    var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
    var hasSubMenu = (menu) ? true : false;
    var opts = [listitem, menu, null, this.getSibling(listitem, 'previousSibling'), this.getSibling(listitem, 'nextSibling')];
    if (!opts[3])
        opts[2] = (listitem.parentNode.parentNode.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'li')?listitem.parentNode.parentNode:null;
    var found = 0;
    switch (e.keyCode){
        case this.upKeyCode:
            found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'y', 1);
            break;
        case this.downKeyCode:
            found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'y', -1);
            break;
        case this.leftKeyCode:
            found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'x', 1);
            break;
        case this.rightKeyCode:
            found = this.getElementForKey(opts, 'x', -1);
            break;
        case this.escKeyCode:
        case 9:
            this.clearSelection();
            this.hasFocus = false;
        default: return;
    switch (found)
        case 0: return;
        case 1:
            //subopts
            this.mouseOver(listitem, e);
            break;
        case 2:
            //parent
            this.mouseOut(opts[2], e);
            break;
        case 3:
        case 4:
            // left - right
            this.removeClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
            break;
    var link = opts[found].getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    if (opts[found].nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'ul')
        opts[found] = opts[found].getElementsByTagName('li')[0];
    this.addClassName(link, opts[found].getElementsByTagName('ul').length > 0 ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
    this.lastOpen = link;
    opts[found].getElementsByTagName('a')[0].focus();
        //stop further event handling by the browser
    return Spry.Widget.MenuBar.stopPropagation(e);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.mouseOver = function (listitem, e)
    var link = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
    var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
    var hasSubMenu = (menu) ? true : false;
    if (this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
        this.clearSelection(listitem);
    if(this.bubbledTextEvent())
        // ignore bubbled text events
        return;
    if (listitem.closetime)
        clearTimeout(listitem.closetime);
    if(this.currMenu == listitem)
        this.currMenu = null;
    // move the focus too
    if (this.hasFocus)
        link.focus();
    // show menu highlighting
    this.addClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
    this.lastOpen = link;
    if(menu && !this.hasClassName(menu, this.subHoverClass))
        var self = this;
        listitem.opentime = window.setTimeout(function(){self.showSubmenu(menu);}, this.showDelay);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.mouseOut = function (listitem, e)
    var link = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
    var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
    var hasSubMenu = (menu) ? true : false;
    if(this.bubbledTextEvent())
        // ignore bubbled text events
        return;
    var related = (typeof e.relatedTarget != 'undefined' ? e.relatedTarget : e.toElement);
    if(!listitem.contains(related))
        if (listitem.opentime)
            clearTimeout(listitem.opentime);
        this.currMenu = listitem;
        // remove menu highlighting
        this.removeClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? this.subHoverClass : this.hoverClass);
        if(menu)
            var self = this;
            listitem.closetime = window.setTimeout(function(){self.hideSubmenu(menu);}, this.hideDelay);
        if (this.hasFocus)
            link.blur();
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.getSibling = function(element, sibling)
    var child = element[sibling];
    while (child && child.nodeName.toLowerCase() !='li')
        child = child[sibling];
    return child;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.getElementForKey = function(els, prop, dir)
    var found = 0;
    var rect = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getPosition;
    var ref = rect(els[found]);
    var hideSubmenu = false;
    //make the subelement visible to compute the position
    if (els[1] && !this.hasClassName(els[1], this.MenuBarSubmenuVisible))
        els[1].style.visibility = 'hidden';
        this.showSubmenu(els[1]);
        hideSubmenu = true;
    var isVert = this.hasClassName(this.element, this.verticalClass);
    var hasParent = els[0].parentNode.parentNode.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'li' ? true : false;
    for (var i = 1; i < els.length; i++){
        //when navigating on the y axis in vertical menus, ignore children and parents
        if(prop=='y' && isVert && (i==1 || i==2))
            continue;
        //when navigationg on the x axis in the FIRST LEVEL of horizontal menus, ignore children and parents
        if(prop=='x' && !isVert && !hasParent && (i==1 || i==2))
            continue;
        if (els[i])
            var tmp = rect(els[i]);
            if ( (dir * tmp[prop]) < (dir * ref[prop]))
                ref = tmp;
                found = i;
    // hide back the submenu
    if (els[1] && hideSubmenu){
        this.hideSubmenu(els[1]);
        els[1].style.visibility = '';
    return found;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.camelize = function(str)
    if (str.indexOf('-') == -1){
        return str;
    var oStringList = str.split('-');
    var isFirstEntry = true;
    var camelizedString = '';
    for(var i=0; i < oStringList.length; i++)
        if(oStringList[i].length>0)
            if(isFirstEntry)
                camelizedString = oStringList[i];
                isFirstEntry = false;
            else
                var s = oStringList[i];
                camelizedString += s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
    return camelizedString;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp = function(element, prop)
    var value;
    try
        if (element.style)
            value = element.style[Spry.Widget.MenuBar.camelize(prop)];
        if (!value)
            if (document.defaultView && document.defaultView.getComputedStyle)
                var css = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(element, null);
                value = css ? css.getPropertyValue(prop) : null;
            else if (element.currentStyle)
                    value = element.currentStyle[Spry.Widget.MenuBar.camelize(prop)];
    catch (e) {}
    return value == 'auto' ? null : value;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getIntProp = function(element, prop)
    var a = parseInt(Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp(element, prop),10);
    if (isNaN(a))
        return 0;
    return a;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getPosition = function(el, doc)
    doc = doc || document;
    if (typeof(el) == 'string') {
        el = doc.getElementById(el);
    if (!el) {
        return false;
    if (el.parentNode === null || Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp(el, 'display') == 'none') {
        //element must be visible to have a box
        return false;
    var ret = {x:0, y:0};
    var parent = null;
    var box;
    if (el.getBoundingClientRect) { // IE
        box = el.getBoundingClientRect();
        var scrollTop = doc.documentElement.scrollTop || doc.body.scrollTop;
        var scrollLeft = doc.documentElement.scrollLeft || doc.body.scrollLeft;
        ret.x = box.left + scrollLeft;
        ret.y = box.top + scrollTop;
    } else if (doc.getBoxObjectFor) { // gecko
        box = doc.getBoxObjectFor(el);
        ret.x = box.x;
        ret.y = box.y;
    } else { // safari/opera
        ret.x = el.offsetLeft;
        ret.y = el.offsetTop;
        parent = el.offsetParent;
        if (parent != el) {
            while (parent) {
                ret.x += parent.offsetLeft;
                ret.y += parent.offsetTop;
                parent = parent.offsetParent;
        // opera & (safari absolute) incorrectly account for body offsetTop
        if (Spry.is.opera || Spry.is.safari && Spry.Widget.MenuBar.getStyleProp(el, 'position') == 'absolute')
            ret.y -= doc.body.offsetTop;
    if (el.parentNode)
            parent = el.parentNode;
    else
        parent = null;
    if (parent.nodeName){
        var cas = parent.nodeName.toUpperCase();
        while (parent && cas != 'BODY' && cas != 'HTML') {
            cas = parent.nodeName.toUpperCase();
            ret.x -= parent.scrollLeft;
            ret.y -= parent.scrollTop;
            if (parent.parentNode)
                parent = parent.parentNode;
            else
                parent = null;
    return ret;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.stopPropagation = function(ev)
    if (ev.stopPropagation)
        ev.stopPropagation();
    else
        ev.cancelBubble = true;
    if (ev.preventDefault)
        ev.preventDefault();
    else
        ev.returnValue = false;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.setOptions = function(obj, optionsObj, ignoreUndefinedProps)
    if (!optionsObj)
        return;
    for (var optionName in optionsObj)
        if (ignoreUndefinedProps && optionsObj[optionName] == undefined)
            continue;
        obj[optionName] = optionsObj[optionName];
And last, here is the HTML code that has also not been modified in any way:
<!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>Untitled Document</title>
<script src="../BXC Main Navigation Spry Drop Menu/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="../BXC Main Navigation Spry Drop Menu/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal4.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Buy</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Shop from Private Owner</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Shop Direct from Stores</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Buying</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Bid</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Shop from Auction</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Bidding</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Trade</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Shop for Trades</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Trading</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">List Items</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">List Items in Auction</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">List Items for Sale</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">List Items for Trade</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Listing Items</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Intro</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Flash Site &amp; Intro</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">About Us</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">My Xchange</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Activity</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Account</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Mail</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Contact Us</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Help</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Main Help</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Site Map</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</body>
</html>
Thanks in advance for any of your help.
Jose H.

Hello Nancy,
I was troubleshooting For the next 8 hours after my post here and eventually I got it right, I uploaded the files to the test server and at the time did not have the chance to post the solution here. This is why, as you saw, it is working correctly now. Both the CSS and HTML files needed modifications. While working on the code I had to run IE8, Chrome and Firefox simultaneously and refresh all three after every change in the code because what would fix the problem in one would cause a problem for the other.
In addition to the problems listed in my original post, there were also other graphical issues in IE8, such as; the main menu buttons without sub-menus would only display at half their size vertically. The border around the buttons would not display despite that the background images were rendered in Photoshop as flattened JPEGs with boarders as part of the background image. Being so, I removed all borders from the CSS script.
By the way.. the IE8 security measure did pop up while working from the server.
Anyhow for those of you who are experiencing similar problems you can take a look at the working code bellow and compare it to the initial code. I've included detail comments on every line I have changed, modified or added.
Good luck.. as I know it can become a complicated task when creating custom Spry menus.
<b>Here is the finished CSS script</b>
<code>@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 */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
    margin: 10;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    /* font size for top menu*/
    font-size: 80%;
    cursor: default;
    width: auto;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-align: center;
    /*whole menu moves*/
    margin-left: 100px;
/* 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;
/* My Note --Top buttons' background, height and font size adjust-- */
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
    /* My note --I added the height and background-image as Main-Buttons.jpg-- */
    height: 55px;
    background-image: url(../Main-Buttons.jpg);
    margin: -2;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    position: center;
    /*text-align: left;*/
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 99px;
    float: left;
/* My note --Submenu font size adjust-- */
/* 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: 87%;
    z-index: 1020;
    cursor: default;
    width: 160px;
    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
    /* My note --this margin alligns the drop buttons up and down-- */
    margin-top: 0px;
    height: 25px;
    left: auto;
/* My note --drop menu size adjustments-- */
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
    height: 25px;
    width: 162px;
    /* New addition */
/* 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;*/
/* My note --Text Allignment global-- */
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
    /*My note -- took out borders & changed text color to #333(black)& added my own mouse not over image-- */
    /*border: 0px solid #333332;*/
    background-image: url(../Main-Buttons.jpg);
    /*height: 40px;*/
    text-align: center;
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
    text-decoration: none;
    /*My note --Text Color-- */
    color: #333;        /*background-color: was #CCC;*/
    letter-spacing: -0.00px;
    margin-left: 1px;
    margin-right: 0px;
    /*alligns text up or down globally*/
    margin-top: 1px;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
    /* My note --took out all backgound & text color for mouse over-- */
    /*background-color: #33C;
    color: #FFF;*/
/* 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
    /*My note -- took out background & text & added my own mouse over image-- */
    background-image: url(../Main-Buttons-mouse-over.jpg);
    /*background-color: #33C;
    color: #FFF;*/
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
    /* My note --!!!!!This height setting adjusts the main buttons' background height in IE8!!!!-- */
    height: 40px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* 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-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-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
/* My note --mouse over-- */
/* 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-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;
    filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
/* 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;
        /* My note --The backgound color below was changed here to the same color #3e6487 as the darkest tone in the background image graphic to mimic the original image borders; dark blue, since IE8 for some reason would cut them out. This change allows this dark blue background to display around the main top buttons in IE8 giving the appearance of borders*/
        background: #3e6487;
</code>
<b>Here is the modified HTML script</b>
<code><!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>Untitled Document</title>
<script src="/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal4.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Buy</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Shop from Private Owner</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Shop Direct from Stores</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Buying</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Bid</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Shop from Auction</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Bidding</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Trade</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Shop for Trades</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Trading</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">List Items</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">List Items in Auction</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">List Items for Sale</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">List Items for Trade</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Help Listing Items</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Intro</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Flash Site &amp; Intro</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">About Us</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">My Xchange</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Activity</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Account</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Mail</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>

<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Contact Us</a>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Help</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Main Help</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Site Map</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</body>
</html>
</code>
And Richard.. Thanks again for the time and your help, truly appreciated.
Jose H.

Version 3.6.17 Horizontal drop down menu is displaying as vertical text list. Page style set to basic. Menu works fine in Internet Explorer. Any hints?

Newly installed horizontal drop down menu works in IE. In Firefox, it displays as a vertical text list. Any hints?

Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
* Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"
"Remove the Cookies" from sites causing problems:
* Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

Navigation Drop Down Menu Does Not Appear Correctly with Internet Explorer.

Website was designed with Dreamweaver CS5 on a Mac. The navigation drop down menu does not appear correctly with Internet Explorer. When you mouse over a navigation option that has a drop-down menu, the drop-down portion appears on top of the first level. Hope someone can help me out.Thanks!
http://www.catchaghosttoursofkansas.com

Hi,
and you should then iron out this minor inaccuracy, which I found in your source code, for example here:
<div align="center"><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="hays.html">HAYS</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="hayswalkingtour.html">Walking Tour</a> </li>
          <li><a href="forthays.html">Fort Hays</a></li>
        </ul>
All your "first" entries have to show a '#", like this:
      <div align="center"><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">HAYS</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="hayswalkingtour.html">Walking Tour</a> </li>
          <li><a href="forthays.html">Fort Hays</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
after that you can link to the individual subgroups. See here e.g. (screenshots from my German DW):
Hans-G.

Internet Explorer 11 - Emulation Document Mode and User Agent String Drop Down Menu Blank

Hey
I have a user who has a problem with Internet Explorer 11 where when you go to emulation mode using F12, the Document Mode and User Agent String Drop Down Menu are both blank. On our internal website its works correctly but on all other external websites
they are both blank.
I have had a look at the link below but this did not help as it would not recreate some of the registry keys.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie11-iewindows8_1/document-mode-and-user-agent-string-dropdowns/cd34d5f8-7839-4083-af55-05d49ba85190?rtAction=1387560713451
Charlie

Hi,
Please include links to any websites that you are having issues with your questions.
There are some known reasons why the documentMode dropdown appears blank...
not all websites though should have the conditions for this.
f12>Console tab, refresh the page to show suppressed error messages and warnings... (documentMode x-ua toggling is listed)...
IE11 includes improvements for XSS... to link to internet sites from your intranets you need to add those sites (If you really, really trust them) to the Trusted Sites list.
the developer console will list blocked xss requests.
by default IE11 runs in EPM.... in the Internet Zone, while it is not switched on for the intranet zone....
EPM only allows 64 bit Addons and ActiveX controls to run in the context of an IE tab...
so its highly likely that one of your Addons is causing the issue.
the first step in troubleshooting IE issues is to test in noAddons mode.
Regards.
Rob^_^

Cant see drop down menu in Report server manager even after starting the explorer with admin previlege - Windows Server 2012

Hi,
I am not able to see drop down menu in report manger, have loaded the internet explorer as administrator still it doesn't pop-up drop down menu in Windows Server 2012 platform and SQL Server 2012, can someone please help me out here, whether any settings
need to be made?
Thanks,
Harish

Hi Omar,
Thanks for the response, after getting some online help was able to fix the issue, I am using SSRS 2012, below link helped me to resolve the issue in IE 10.0 version
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie10-windows_8/set-desktop-ie10-to-always-use-compatibility-view/f09597f0-9c3b-437f-9d33-18b5e1ba078d
Thanks,
Harish

Illustrator CS4 and my drop down menu displaying different typefaces is no longer displaying font preview.

I am using Illustrator CS4 and my drop down menu displaying different typefaces is no longer showing all of them, just blank spaces where they would be...that is unless I put my cursor over it and I can then see the typeface. This is more of a nuisance than anything and didn't happen until I updates OS X to Yosemite. I currently am operating OS X Yosemetie 10.10.2
I have attached a screen shot. You can see that the font highlighted as the cursor is over it I can see the preview...but one I move the cursor it appears like all the others in the list and is blank.
HELP!

Solved using this previous users had the same issue; Font previews not appearing correctly in the character window after upgrading to Yosemite

Ichat drop down menu from menu bar shows up in the wrong place.

I'm not sure how this happened, but for some reason, ever since I've moved to college, my Ichat drop down menu from the menu bar shows up on the left side of my screen, and you can only see half of the menu. I don't know how to fix this problem so if anyone could help me out that would be great.
Sincerely,
Cody Martin

Yep.
Go to the Buddy List Status Message and option the Edit option.
Delete that Status Message that you have that is over 42 characters.
Ones of about 60 or more will introduce the "Left Shift" (And the fact the drop Down may line up with the right hand edge of the Menu Bar icon on in-between lengths)
In Snow Leopard it is possible to have a Long Message that displaces the Drop Down Off Screen.
The other factor is the order of the Menu Bar Icons on that side of the Screen
The iChat one can be Dragged if you use the Apple (CMD) key.
If the Drop Down can not fit the message in before the right hand edge of the Screen it will displace.
Having a Second mac User Account and deciding to Display which mac User is Logged in can give you some extra "space"
3:24 PM Sunday; October 11, 2009

Drop-down menu in Dreamweaver CS5.5 not displaying

Thanks for anyone's help. I'm a first time user of the forum so please excuse any protocol errors.
I can't get my drop-down menu to display on my web page (http://www.cglcontracting.com/) on a Windows platform using Dreamweaver CS5.5.
Thanks very much for any advice/help.

Hi again -
My previous suggestion did not seem to make any difference, the CSS still did not validate.
I seems to be choking on your Browser Hack section.
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cglcontracting.com%2FSpr yAssets%2FSpryMenuBarHorizontal.css&profile=css3&usermedium=all&warning=1&vextwarning=&lan g=en
I re-wrote the bottom Browser Hack section and it now validates.
I'll paste the whole CSS file here, Save it as "SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" and give it a try.
@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 */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 90%;
    cursor: default;
    width: auto;
    color: rgb(153,153,153);
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    text-align: center;
    background-color: rgb(255,255,255);
    vertical-align: middle;
/* 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
    color: rgb(153,153,153);
    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: 8em;
    float: left;
    color: rgb(0,255,0);
    overflow: hidden;
    visibility: inherit;
/* 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: 8.2em;
    color: rgb(204,204,204);
    top: 0px;
    overflow: auto;
    visibility: inherit;
    margin-top: -5%;
    margin-left: 95%;
/* 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
    color: rgb(204,204,204);
    font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-variant: small-caps;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    background-color: rgb(255,0,0);
    left: auto;
    width: auto;
    z-index: auto;
    visibility: inherit;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
    text-align: left;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
    background-color: rgb(204,204,204);
    margin-top: -5%;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 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: 100px;
    background-color: rgb(204,204,204);
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    border: 0px none #CCC;
    margin-top: 0%;
    margin-right: 0%;
    margin-bottom: 0%;
    margin-left: 0%;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    background-color: #F00;
    color: #003;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-align: center;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    padding-top: 1.2ex;
    font-weight: bold;
    vertical-align: middle;
    padding-bottom: 0.53em;
/* 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: #000;
    color: rgb(255,255,255);
    text-align: center;
/* 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: #900;
    color: #066;
    text-align: center;
    vertical-align: middle;
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: 98% 50%;
    background-color: rgb(255,0,0);
    color: rgb(0,0,51);
/* 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: 98% 50%;
    background-color: rgb(204,204,204);
    visibility: inherit;
/* 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: 98% 50%;
    background-color: rgb(153,0,0);
    visibility: visible;
/* 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: 98% 50%;
    background-color: rgb(153,153,153);
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.MenuBarVertical 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.MenuBarVertical li.MenuBarItemIE
        display: inline;
        f\loat: left;
        background: #FFF;

Satellite A300 Function keys drop down menu not displaying

Hey guys,
i think when i was deleting a whole heap of programs i may have deleted something i shouldn't have by accident. When i press and hold the Fn Key and then press one of the function keys (F1-F12), the computer no longer displays the drop down blue menu that it used to. The function key still works but i can no longer see what function i have selected. (i.e. turn blue tooth on/off or see which monitor i am selecting) The light still illuminates on the key board to indicate that i have pressed the function key it is just the drop down menu no longer appears.
Any help you can give would be great.

Hmm thanks for that the problem is that during the deletion of all the programs i also did a clean and removed all my restore points as well, will this stop me from restoring the OS or can i still do this, also not sure if i can install VAP. given i didn't look for or delete the previous one (may be the problem) but before i came to the forums here i found and tried to install the new VAP and it couldn't find the files required for it and shut itself down.
Thanks for replying i will see what i can do.

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