Menu Bar Submenu Placement
MenuBar Widget, v1.5 on CSS and js files.
The submenus show up correctly on Mac Safari, but on both Mac
Firefox and Camino the submenus overlap the main menu.
I've no doubt changed something I shouldn't have but I've no
idea what.
The page can be viewed
here. The CSS is
here.
I got this worked out, but I'm not sure of the origin.
Something I changed, no doubt.
My first problem was that the Menu Bar was padded left 50 or
so pixels, but had no such padding applied anywhere I could see.
(It had top-bottom margins as well.) So I had added a style to the
eclosing cell taking away the margins and padding. Fixed that in
Safari, but upon checking in Firefox Mac and Camino, the submenus
were then placed directly over the main menu.
After hours of fiddling, I found the style I added was one
source of the problem. Removing that let the submenus be placed
properly. But that left me with the unnecessary left padding (and
top-bottom margins) again.
I finally fixed that by adding some style thusly:
quote:
<ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarVertical"
style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">
If anyone knows of a better way, please tell me.
I've been working at home and don't have access to a Windows
machine. If someone could check this
here I'd appreciate
it.
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@charset "UTF-8"; /* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */ /* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. 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And here is the HTML 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" xmlns:spry="http://ns.adobe.com/spry">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>FUSE UT</title>
<link href="stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryAccordion.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="Scripts/swfobject_modified.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="SpryAssets/xpath.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryData.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryAccordion.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
<!--
#apDiv1 {
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left:0px;
top:135px;
width:551px;
height:269px;
z-index:2;
visibility: visible;
#apDiv2 {
position:absolute;
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top:150px;
width:203px;
height:270px;
z-index:1;
#apDiv3 {
position:absolute;
left:684px;
top:149px;
width:200px;
height:267px;
z-index:2;
#HomeEvents {
position:fixed;
left:683px;
top:151px;
width:200px;
height:263px;
z-index:1;
background-image: url(Components/EventsPic.png);
visibility: visible;
overflow: hidden;
#HomeEvents {
position:absolute;
left:550px;
top:-1px;
width:200px;
height:265px;
z-index:2;
#EventsXML {
position:absolute;
left:1px;
top:43px;
width:199px;
height:223px;
z-index:3;
visibility: visible;
overflow: scroll;
#apDiv4 {
position:absolute;
left:-1px;
top:265px;
width:753px;
height:325px;
z-index:3;
background-image: url(home1.png);
-->
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<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var event = new Spry.Data.XMLDataSet("events.xml", "catalog/event", {sortOnLoad: "date", sortOrderOnLoad: "descending"});
var event2 = new Spry.Data.XMLDataSet("events.xml", "catalog/event", {sortOnLoad: "date", sortOrderOnLoad: "ascending"});
event2.setColumnType("date", "date");
//-->
</script>
<meta name="Keywords" content="fuse ut utk university of tennessee tommy jervis avery howard ross rowland angie sessoms sga campaign elections" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="header">
</div>
<div id="menubarparent" style="z-index: 20; position: absolute; overflow: visible;">
<div id="menubar" style="z-index: 10;">
<ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
<li><a href="index.html">FUSE</a> </li>
<li><a href="senators.html" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Senators</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
</ul>
</li><li><a href="executive.html">Executive</a> </li>
<li><a href="policy.html">Policy</a></li>
<li><a href="organizations.html">Organizations</a></li>
<li><a href="bios.html" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Bios</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Untitled Item</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<p>
<p>
<div id="apDiv1">
<div id="apDiv4"></div>
<object id="FlashID" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="550" height="265" wmode="transparent">
<param name="movie" value="Components/CandidatesHomeSlideshow.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="swfversion" value="6.0.65.0" />
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<param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
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<!--[if !IE]>-->
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="Components/CandidatesHomeSlideshow.swf" width="550" height="265" wmode="transparent">
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<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="swfversion" value="6.0.65.0" />
<param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
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<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>
<!--[if !IE]>-->
</object>
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</object><div id="HomeEvents">
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<div id="EventsXML">
<div spry:region="event2">
<dl spry:repeatchildren="event2">
<dt>{date}</dt>
<dd>{title}</dd>
<dd>{location}</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
swfobject.registerObject("FlashID");
//-->
</script>
</body>
</html>
Sorry if it's something really basic...I'm a noob to web design.
Thanks!Don't use reserved words in JS
var event = new Spry.Data.XMLDataSet("events.xml", "catalog/event", {sortOnLoad: "date", sortOrderOnLoad: "descending"});
event is such a reserved word. If you change this to event1 then all is well.
I hope this helps.
Ben -
Horizontal menu bar -- submenu display
Hi, everyone --
This is my first post here, and my first time using spry. I
am trying to set up my horizontal menu bar so that the submenus
open up horizontally -- instead of vertically -- below the parent
menu item. (If the submenu list opens up vertically below the
parent item it takes up too much space.)
Any suggestions?
Thanks so much!
LisaFound topic.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=72&catid=602&threadid =1381916&highlight_key=y -
I hope I can get a little help with a problem I have come across.
Background: I am creating a page with 3 separate horizontal Spry Menus, each menu is contained in a cell of a 1 row 3 column table. I created the first menu so it looks like I want it to, to do so I had to insert a few local css rules to override the separate css file as per a suggestion on adobe's site. Everything works as I desire in Firefox and IE8.
Next i created the 2nd menu in the 2nd cell and renamed the class to "MenuBarHorizontal2" and proceded to replciate both the local and seperate css rules and renamed all the replicas to match the modified 2nd menu. I realize this is probably a monkey force round peg in square hole approach, but it worked.. mostly.
Issue: When viewed in Firefox everythign looks as I intend, but when viewed in IE8 the 2nd menu has an issue. The 2nd menu's submenu area appears at the top of the page directly over the menu bar instead of below it like the first menu. I have yet to insert the 3rd menu, but I expect a similar issue form it so I have held off.
I will attach the page in question, and both css sheets for you to view. In addition you can view the page online at http://www.ecotulips.com/test.htm
I appreciate any help with this issue as I am doing this site as a wedding gift for my sister.Hi,
I notice that you have menubar and other styles both as linked external style sheets AND as style sheets in the head of your document.
This will do nothing but confuse things. If you can keep all your styles in distinct, external style sheets, you will better be able to trace sources of difficulty, as the cascade of styles will be simpler to read.
Regarding your page with
3 separate horizontal Spry Menus, each menu is contained in a cell of a 1 row 3 column table. I created the first menu so it looks like I want it to, to do so I had to insert a few local css rules to override the separate css file as per a suggestion on adobe's site.
I think that you can achieve the effect you want with a single Spry Menubar with three drop down menus all on the same menu bar. Take a look at supporting video: http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/?id=vid0168
As you have found, by trying to use your "Number 12 forcefit" (round peg in a square hole), you have leaped over more careful construction techniques into a heap of difficulty. If you go back and remove the menubars that you have inserted...click anywhere on one, click the blue tab on the surrounding div, and strike the delete key, everything will hopefully fall back into pre-menu condition.
When you insert the menubar, you will find it totally editable, CSS style-wise.
Z -
Menu Bar SubMenu position issue
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!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!
> -
Menu Bar - submenu will not work.
On my main template I have deleted my Menu Bar twice to see if I had coded something funky. I am experiencing no submenu at all. Looking at the website "un-forgetables.com," when you rollover or click on the menu bar that leads to submenus you will get nothing. With the following screenshot of the code can you idenify my problem.
Thanks in advance.
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<link href="../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
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<div id="header">
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<li><a href="../index.html">Home</a> </li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Planning/Consulting</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="../plan consult/pc who pays what.html" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Weddings</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="../plan consult/pc who pays what.html">Who Pays for What?</a></li>
<li><a href="../plan consult/pc wed timeline.html">Wedding Planning Timeline</a></li>
<li><a href="../plan consult/pc why hire.html">Why Hire a Consultant?</a></li>
<li><a href="../plan consult/pc services available.html">Services Available through "Unforgetables"</a></li>
<li><a href="../plan consult/pc information.html">Information</a></li>
<li><a href="../plan consult/pc contract.html">Contract</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Other Events</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="../plan consult/pc other events.html">Packages & Prices</a></li>
<li><a href="../plan consult/pc contract.html">Contract</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="../plan consult/pc weddings we've done.html">Pictures of Weddings We've Done</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Venue/Event Room</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="../venue event room/event room pictures.html">Pictures</a> </li>
<li><a href="../venue event room/venue event room.html">Description & Price</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Rental</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="../rental/rental & price list.html">Items & Prices</a></li>
<li><a href="../rental/rental policy.html">Terms-Conditions-Policies</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Shop On Line</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="../shop on line/towel cakes all occ.html">Towel Cakes</a></li>
<li><a href="../shop on line/diaper cakes.html">Diaper Cakes</a></li>
<li><a href="../shop on line/christmas towels.html">Other Cakes</a></li>
<li><a href="../shop on line/diaper bags.html">Diaper Bags</a></li>
<li><a href="../shop on line/monkeys.html">Monkeys</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="../contact us/contact info.html">Contact Us</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="mainContent">
<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="Text Photos" -->
<p>Hello Hello Hello</p>
<p> </p>
<!-- TemplateEndEditable -->
<!-- end #mainContent -->
</div>
<div id="footer">
<p>3952 E. 42nd Street, Suite K, Odessa, Texas 79762<br>
phone 432-550-7300 - fax 432-550-7303
<!-- end #footer -->
</p>
</div>
<!-- end #container --></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
//-->
</script>
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</html>You have applied the class "banner" to an image, but defined it as a div. Do this instead (you won't need to alter the dimensions of the class):
<div class="banner"><img src="Images/unforgetables_logo.jpg" alt="Unforgetables Logo" longdesc="file:///C|/Documents and Settings/Janie/My Documents/Unforgetables website/Images/unforgetables_logo.jpg" height="160" width="437"></div>
I notice that you have a long description that points to an image on your hard drive. I don't think you intended that, so I would delete it.
I've pared down the definition for .banner:This will center.
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border: 30px solid #000;
background: #FFF;
width: 448px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 10px;
To center the menubar, you need to put it in a div that is centered. I have made the style inline, but you should define it as a #nav or some other div id:
<div style="width: 800px; margin: 0 auto;"><ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
...all the menubar ul through the </ul>...
</div> to close the new div
This is what you should do in the stylesheet:
#nav {
width: 800px; /*test this width out...you can adjust to suit */
margin: 0 auto;
Then you can call it in the html: <div id="nav">...</div>
Remember that to center a div, it needs a width; then apply the margin: top right bottom left; like this: margin: 0 auto; to center
Beth -
Spry menu bar submenu disappears when cursor changes
Hello.
I've been working with a spry menu bar for some time, but when I expand the submenu and then move the cursor over some text on the page (where the sub-menu is on top of), the submenu disappears. In other words, it seems that when the cursor changes from a pointer to a text cursor, the submenu disappears.
Can anyone tell me how to prevent that from happening?LICAP Webmaster wrote:
Can anyone tell me how to prevent that from happening?
Sorry, but without a link to your online page, it's a time-wasting, error-prone guessing game.
If you put your test page and all dependent files online, and post a link here, we will gladly check that:
Your server is working
That all required HTML code is correct
That your folder hierarchy is correct
That all required dependent files (HTML, CSS, JS, Images etc.) are uploaded to proper folders
That Javascript Versions are correct
That link paths are all correct and case sensitive
Sounds like your submenus may be positioned with a small gap from your top-level links -
Spry Menu Bar Submenu not dropping.
Hi,
I,ve got a problem with the Spry Bar Menu Bar....The Submenu is not dropping when I preview the page in a browser. Would be great if somebody could help me out here.
Many thanks in advance.Hello Wiebke,
to my knowledge that's not a reason. Murray has often answered to ftp problems, last thing I've noticed was: "If the files are being uploaded to the correct location, then they must overwrite the existing files in that location. If you are not seeing those changes in the browser, then you must be looking at a stale page in the browser - dump your local browser cache and try again. So, make sure that the files are being properly uploaded, and that your browser is fully refreshed." and from osgood "Have you tried an alternative ftp upload client other than Dreamweaver?".
The last hint is that what I prefer. In all in these cases I'm not a friend of a detailed troubleshooting. It is one of the reasons that I prefer an external FTP program. The difficulties with which you have to fight encourage me in this opinion, not least because we always search for experts, we don't charge a "jack of all trades".
For this reason, to manage, for example, several websites or to upload my files and sometimes for the opposite way, for a necessary download from my server or to use a "a site-wide synch", I'm using FileZilla. It simply looks easier for me to keep track of all operations precisely and generate or reflect easily the desired tree structure.
Above all, FileZilla has a feature (translation from my German FileZilla) called "compare file list". Here it's possible to use file size or modification time as a criterion. There is also the possibility to "hide identical files", so that only these files which you want to redact remain visible.
And even if it means you have to install a new program, I am convinced that there is an advantage. Here is the link to get it and where you can read informations about how it works:
http://filezilla-project.org/ and
http://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Tutorial#Using_the_site_manager
Mac: Mac OS X
http://filezilla-project.org/download.php
Of course, you also need all the access data to reach your server.
Good luck
Hans-Günter -
Spry Horizontal Menu bar - submenu position
I'm new to spry so apologies in advance if this has been
posted before.......
I'm putting together a new site using the spry horizontal
menu bar - I've managed to put together a CSS format which works
well in both FireFox and IE7 EXCEPT for the position of the
sub-menus below the main menu bar. IE7 seems to position the sub
menu relative to the top right corner of the parent menu item.
Firefox seems to position it relative to the bottom left corner -
and I can't find a solution which works for both browsers. Any
ideas?You must have fixed it in the meantime as I see no problem.
Gramps -
Is it possible to change the height of Spry Menu Bar items?
I'm new to websites and have been trying to understand the CSS of the Spry menu bar. I've managed to put a horizontal menu bar in place and with the help of some previous discussions in this forum, have changed the colours of the menu items and have even managed to centre the text - Thanks!
However, I really would like to have a smaller menu bar - height wise.
I've tried reducing the default height of the menu bar items by adding a height and by reducing the font size and padding. The results have been varied. In Firefox and in Dreamweaver's 'live view' there is still a thin line showing underneath my horizontal menu which is the background colour of the div my menu sits in. In IE there is a similar 'chunk missing' from the bottom of the items.
Is this something that can be done? I've seen lots of help on how to change the width of the items, but have not found any which suggest that the height can be changed.
GillSure. You just need to be thorough. Keep in mind that in a Spry Menu Bar you are making the link-text in the list-items block elements, so you will want to change the line-height of the a element. Pick style selectors in the css stylesheet that end in a, with or without an additional class (a.classhere), and play with the line-height.
Another attribute you can consider is the difference in height between Cap and lower case and All caps. You can usually get away with a smaller line-height and a smaller font-size with all caps, because there are no descenders on the text to require more line-height. Keep in mind also that when you state a line-height, your text will center vertically in the line-height, as far as I know, so you might even get away without top and bottom padding.
Beth -
Linux - Can't move menu or enable menu bar button (like Windows)
I have used Firefox 4.0 betas on both Windows and Linux. I notice that unlike Windows, Linux doesn't seem to have the ability to hide the menu under the button which says 'Firefox'.
I also cannot move the menu bar and place it on the navigation bar for example. I like to minimise on toolbars but because of the way this is designed, this does not seem possible on Linux. On 3.6.9 I use an add-on which consolidates all of the menu bar items onto one called menu, and then I add the navgation bar to this bar as well as buttons, and then I can remove one of the toolbars. With 4.0 beta however this is not possible if one wants to use tabs on top.
Can anyone confirm if the single menu button functionality as available on Windows will be coming to Linux? Given how many betas have been released I'm concerned time is running out for this feature.
I had previously found a support page which revealed that the Windows version has an extra toolbar which Linux does not have. I cannot find that link currently however.There has been some progress on this. To implement the Firefox button on Linux, 3 separate patches to the code need to be added. The first has just been added and the developer who is working on this hopes to get the remaining 2 patches available over the weekend. Still no guarantees that it will make it but it does look hopeful.
There is a limited time frame for this to be implemented, beta 7 is planned to be the beta that is "feature complete", new features should not land after this. If the patches have not landed by beta 7 then Firefox 4 may ship without the Firefox button on Linux. -
Menu bar widget submenu placement bug in IE7
I am tring to set up my first horizontal menu bar widget.
Looks great in FF, but the submenu is placed over the main
menu and off to the side in IE7.
Could any one help?
Example is located here:
http://dco4.com/spry_test/
Submenu is under "consumables" button.Possibly a padding or margins error.. having a similar issue
myself only it lines up properly in IE and not in Firefox!
Sorry.. -
Spry menu bar places vertically, not horizontally?
I followed the tutorial on using the widget browser to download Spry Menu Bar 2.0 and after configuring for a horizontal bar placed the bar in the tutorial index.html. The placement results in a vertical menu bar. What am I doing wrong?
SPRY CODE
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
<title>Spry Menu Bar - Basic : tcm.menu</title>
<link type='text/css' href='Spry-UI-1.7/css/Menu/basic/SpryMenuBasic.css' rel='stylesheet'/>
<script type='text/javascript' src='Spry-UI-1.7/includes/SpryDOMUtils.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='Spry-UI-1.7/includes/SpryDOMEffects.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='Spry-UI-1.7/includes/SpryWidget.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='Spry-UI-1.7/includes/SpryMenu.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='Spry-UI-1.7/includes/plugins/MenuBar2/SpryMenuBarKeyNavigationPlugin.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='Spry-UI-1.7/includes/plugins/MenuBar2/SpryMenuBarIEWorkaroundsPlugin.js'></script>
<style type="text/css">
/* 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:#b0c9d9;
font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", 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: bold;
font-size: 18px;
font-style: normal;
padding:0;
border-color: #cddce7 #ffffff #ffffff #ffffff;
border-width:0px;
border-style: none none none none;
/* 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: 960px;
.MenuBarFixedCentered {
float: none;
width: 960px;
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: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
background-color:transparent;
border-width:2px;
border-color: #cddce7 #5c6a72 #5c6a72 #cddce7;
border-style: solid solid solid solid;
#MenuBar .MenuItemFirst {
border-style: solid solid solid solid;
#MenuBar .MenuItemLast {
border-style: solid solid solid solid;
#MenuBar .MenuItem .MenuItemLabel{
text-align:center;
line-height:1.4em;
color:#333333;
background-color:transparent;
padding: 6px 15px 6px 25px;
width: 138px;
.SpryIsIE6 #MenuBar .MenuItem .MenuItemLabel{
width:1em; /* Equivalent to min-width in modern browsers */
/* First level submenu items */
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItem {
font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 16px;
font-style: normal;
background-color:#677e8c;
padding:0px 2px 0px 0px;
border-width:1px;
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: solid solid none solid;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemFirst .MenuItemLabel{
padding-top: 6px;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemLast {
border-style: solid solid solid solid;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemLast .MenuItemLabel{
padding-bottom: 6px;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItem .MenuItemLabel{
text-align:left;
line-height:1em;
background-color:transparent;
color:#ffffff;
padding: 6px 12px 6px 5px;
width: 171px;
/* Hover states for containers, items and labels */
#MenuBar .MenuItemHover {
background-color: #677e8c;
border-color: #697278 #b8c4ca #b8c4ca #697278;
#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: #b0c9d9;
border-color: #cccccc #cccccc #cccccc #cccccc;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemHover .MenuItemLabel{
background-color: transparent;
color: #000000;
/* 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: #000000;
.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 */
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="MenuBar">
<li> <a href="#">Home</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#">Entertainment</a>
<ul>
<li> <a href="#">TV Listings</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#">Music</a>
<ul>
<li> <a href="#">Hits</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#">Ragga</a>
<ul>
<li> <a href="#">Roots</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#">Reggaeton</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#">Dancehall</a> </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <a href="#">Country</a> </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <a href="#">The Dirt</a>
<ul>
<li> <a href="#">Hollywood</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#">NY Beat</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#">London Scene</a> </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <a href="#">The Web</a> </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <a href="#">Politics</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#">Sports</a>
<ul>
<li> <a href="#">Football</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#">Baseball</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#">Basketball</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#">Racing</a>
<ul>
<li> <a href="#">F1</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#">Indy Car</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#">Stock Car</a> </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">
var MenuBar = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar2("#MenuBar", {
widgetID: "MenuBar",
widgetClass: "MenuBar MenuBarLeftShrink",
insertMenuBarBreak: true,
mainMenuShowDelay: 100,
mainMenuHideDelay: 200,
subMenuShowDelay: 200,
subMenuHideDelay: 200
</script>
</body>
</html>
INDEX.HTML
<!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>Bayside Pulse</title>
<link href="styles/bayside.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
</style>
<link href="file:///C|/Users/John Bachelor/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5/en_US/Configuration/Temp/Assets/eam5844.tmp/Spry-UI-1.7/css/Menu/basic/SpryMenuBasic. css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="file:///C|/Users/John Bachelor/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5/en_US/Configuration/Temp/Assets/eam5844.tmp/Spry-UI-1.7/includes/SpryDOMUtils.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="file:///C|/Users/John Bachelor/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5/en_US/Configuration/Temp/Assets/eam5844.tmp/Spry-UI-1.7/includes/SpryDOMEffects.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="file:///C|/Users/John Bachelor/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5/en_US/Configuration/Temp/Assets/eam5844.tmp/Spry-UI-1.7/includes/SpryWidget.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="file:///C|/Users/John Bachelor/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5/en_US/Configuration/Temp/Assets/eam5844.tmp/Spry-UI-1.7/includes/SpryMenu.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="file:///C|/Users/John Bachelor/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5/en_US/Configuration/Temp/Assets/eam5844.tmp/Spry-UI-1.7/includes/plugins/MenuBar2/Spr yMenuBarKeyNavigationPlugin.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="file:///C|/Users/John Bachelor/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5/en_US/Configuration/Temp/Assets/eam5844.tmp/Spry-UI-1.7/includes/plugins/MenuBar2/Spr yMenuBarIEWorkaroundsPlugin.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<style type="text/css">
/* 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:#b0c9d9;
font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", 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: bold;
font-size: 18px;
font-style: normal;
padding:0;
border-color: #cddce7 #ffffff #ffffff #ffffff;
border-width:0px;
border-style: none none none none;
/* 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: 960px;
.MenuBarFixedCentered {
float: none;
width: 960px;
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: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
background-color:transparent;
border-width:2px;
border-color: #cddce7 #5c6a72 #5c6a72 #cddce7;
border-style: solid solid solid solid;
#MenuBar .MenuItemFirst {
border-style: solid solid solid solid;
#MenuBar .MenuItemLast {
border-style: solid solid solid solid;
#MenuBar .MenuItem .MenuItemLabel{
text-align:center;
line-height:1.4em;
color:#333333;
background-color:transparent;
padding: 6px 15px 6px 25px;
width: 138px;
.SpryIsIE6 #MenuBar .MenuItem .MenuItemLabel{
width:1em; /* Equivalent to min-width in modern browsers */
/* First level submenu items */
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItem {
font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 16px;
font-style: normal;
background-color:#677e8c;
padding:0px 2px 0px 0px;
border-width:1px;
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: solid solid none solid;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemFirst .MenuItemLabel{
padding-top: 6px;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemLast {
border-style: solid solid solid solid;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemLast .MenuItemLabel{
padding-bottom: 6px;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItem .MenuItemLabel{
text-align:left;
line-height:1em;
background-color:transparent;
color:#ffffff;
padding: 6px 12px 6px 5px;
width: 171px;
/* Hover states for containers, items and labels */
#MenuBar .MenuItemHover {
background-color: #677e8c;
border-color: #697278 #b8c4ca #b8c4ca #697278;
#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: #b0c9d9;
border-color: #cccccc #cccccc #cccccc #cccccc;
#MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemHover .MenuItemLabel{
background-color: transparent;
color: #000000;
/* 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: #000000;
.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 */
</style>
<script type="text/xml">
<!--
<oa:widgets>
<oa:widget wid="2141544" binding="#MenuBar" />
</oa:widgets>
-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="header"><img src="images/bayside_pulse.jpg" width="960" height="150" alt="Bayside Pulse" /></div>
<div id="nav">
<ul id="MenuBar">
<li> <a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li> <a href="#">Entertainment</a>
<ul>
<li> <a href="#">TV Listings</a></li>
<li> <a href="#">Music</a>
<ul>
<li> <a href="#">Hits</a></li>
<li> <a href="#">Ragga</a>
<ul>
<li> <a href="#">Roots</a></li>
<li> <a href="#">Reggaeton</a></li>
<li> <a href="#">Dancehall</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <a href="#">Country</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <a href="#">The Dirt</a>
<ul>
<li> <a href="#">Hollywood</a></li>
<li> <a href="#">NY Beat</a></li>
<li> <a href="#">London Scene</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <a href="#">The Web</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <a href="#">Politics</a></li>
<li> <a href="#">Sports</a>
<ul>
<li> <a href="#">Football</a></li>
<li> <a href="#">Baseball</a></li>
<li> <a href="#">Basketball</a></li>
<li> <a href="#">Racing</a>
<ul>
<li> <a href="#">F1</a></li>
<li> <a href="#">Indy Car</a></li>
<li> <a href="#">Stock Car</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">
// BeginOAWidget_Instance_2141544: #MenuBar
var MenuBar = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar2("#MenuBar", {
widgetID: "MenuBar",
widgetClass: "MenuBar MenuBarLeftShrink",
insertMenuBarBreak: true,
mainMenuShowDelay: 100,
mainMenuHideDelay: 200,
subMenuShowDelay: 200,
subMenuHideDelay: 200
// EndOAWidget_Instance_2141544
</script>
</div>
<div id="sidebar">
<h3>Check This Out</h3>
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<p>Sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt ullamco laboris nisi. Duis aute irure dolor mollit anim id est laborum. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut enim ad minim veniam, in reprehenderit in voluptate.</p>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, duis aute irure dolor cupidatat non proident. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt. </p>
</div>
<div id="maincontent">
<h2>There’s More to San Francisco than Cafe Townsend</h2>
<p>Sure, Cafe Townsend's cool, and Chef Ipsum provides a great range of international cuisine. But San Francisco is the city where you can weave dreams of your own. Come, explore!</p>
<h3>Scott’s For a Night to Remember</h3>
<p>It's certainly one you're unlikely to forget—or should that be Fegette? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. <img src="images/adobeduo.jpg" alt="Scott and Duane" width="400" height="233" class="floatright" />In reprehenderit in voluptate quis nostrud exercitation ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Eu fugiat nulla pariatur.</p>
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<p>Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut enim ad minim veniam, duis aute irure dolor. Ullamco laboris nisi in reprehenderit in voluptate excepteur sint occaecat. Cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Consectetur adipisicing elit, <a href="#">ullamco laboris nisi</a> in reprehenderit in voluptate.</p>
<p>Eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Ut enim ad minim veniam, sunt in culpa. Ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>
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</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>Please upload your file to a server and give us a link. It is extremely difficult to work with pasted-in code...much more useful to see it in working order.
Beth -
Spry Menu Bar 2.0 (1.0) - Handling of widget generated CSS, placement and rendering problems in CSS
Hello:
I wanted to repost my question to re-frame the issue based on what I have learned thus far.
I am working on a website that has been developed using the Spry Menu Bar Framework UI (2.0) I.0, that has some peculiar rendering problems that affect IE 6 in particular. The CSS is reprinted below.
In particular, when I post the widget generated CSS in the head as it is orginally situated by the framework, the menu bar works fine. However, it seemed to me that I should be able to reduce page weight (an important consideration considering my target population) by placing it in the general style sheet governing the entire site.
When I place the styles at the beginning of the style sheet the menu doesn't render at all in any of the browsers (IE 6+, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Netscape, etc.) as it conflicts with the general rules governing links that appear later in the style sheet. When I place the styles specific to the Menu bar at the end of the style sheet, then the menu bar renders properly in all browsers except IE 6.
The odd thing is that the only way to ensure that the menu bar works in IE 6 is to keep the menu related styles in the head of each page. This raises problems related to page weight (not an insurmountable consideration if no other solution can be found) but still an issue. Likewise I need to support IE 6, again given the target audience/population. The issue obviously has something to do with specificity, but I am not certain that is the only consideration at work here. I have not tried the !important selector in regard to the menu, as IE 6 seems to only partially support this.
Thanks in advance for any advice or insight that can be provided. Thanks in particular to Martin for his contributions to my earlier question related to this issue.
Steve Webster.
The CSS governing the horizontal menu bar is as follows: (currently the following CSS is embedded in the head of the web page)
<style type="text/css">
/* -- 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 rightpointing 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, allsubmenus 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 levelmenu 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 onthe 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 onMenuBar 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/Nav igation%20Bar%20Segment-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: none none none none;
#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/Nav igation%20Bar%20Segment%20Light2.png);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
#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;
#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 theparent MenuItemContainer - nice to have but not available on ie6 */
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 theMenuItemContainer. 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 forselection, such as "hover" (MenuItemHover) and "has a subMenu"(MenuItemWithSubMenu),
* giving the selector '.MenuItemWithSubMenu.MenuItemHover'.
* Unfortunately IE6 does not support using mutiple classnames in aselector for an element. For a selector such as '.foo.bar.baz', IE6ignores
* all but the final classname (here, '.baz'), and sets thespecificity accordingly, counting just one of those classs assignificant. 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 lotof these needed, the plugin does not generate the extra classes formodern 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.jsscript.
* The 'SpryIsIE6' class is placed on the HTML element by the script in SpryMenuBarIEWorkaroundsPlugin.js if the browser isInternet Explorer 6. This avoids the necessity of IE conditionalcomments 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 */
</style>
The CSS governing the site generally is reproduced below: (my belief is that it is the a:link, a:visited, a:hover, a:active styles that may be in conflict).
@charset "utf-8";
body {
font: 100% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
min-height: 0; /* This is necessary to overcome the "haslayout" bugthat is found in Windows 7 in conjuction with IE8. For Moreinformation see: URL -- http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/haslayout.html */
margin: 0; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */
padding: 0;
text-align:center; /* This allows for the centering of the container and overcomes a bug inherent in IE 5 */
color: #000000;
list-style-image: none;
background-color: #FCFCFC;
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 {
color:#000066;
a:link {
color: #151A96;
text-decoration: underline;
a:visited {
text-decoration: underline;
color: #1B8DCD;
a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
color: #F30A0A;
a:active {
text-decoration: underline;
color: #151A96;
#container {
width: 960px;
margin: 0 auto; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */
text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */
background-image:
url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Website%20Midsection %20_960.png);
background-repeat: repeat-y;
#header {
padding: 0; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elementsin the divs that appear beneath it. If an image is used in the #headerinstead of text, you may want to remove the padding. */
width:960px;
height:332px;
background-image:
url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Website%20Header_960 .png);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
#header h1 {
margin-right: 0px; /* zeroing the margin of the last element in the #header div will avoid margin collapse - an unexplainable space between divs. If the div has a border around it, this is not necessary as that also avoids the margin collapse */
padding: 0; /* using padding instead of margin will allow you to keep the element away from the edges of the div */
display:none;
#header img {
display: none;
#Main_nav_contents {
padding: 0;
margin-top: 0px;
height: 39px;
width: 950px;
padding-top: 275px;
padding-left: 39px;
z-index: 3;
#MenuBarVertical {
margin-bottom: 50px;
padding-top: 50px;
padding-bottom:200px;
padding-left: 15px;
padding-right: 15px;
.mainContent_left {
margin: 0;/* the right margin on this div element creates the columndown the right side of the page - no matter how much content thesidebar1 div contains, the column space will remain. You can removethis margin if you want the #mainContent div's text to fill the#sidebar1 space when the content in #sidebar1 ends. */
padding-left:30px;
padding-right:20px; /* remember that padding is the space inside the div box and margin is the space outside the div box */
width: 600px;
float: left;
.sidebar_right {
float: right; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
width: 270px; /* the actual width of this div, in standards-compliant browsers, or standards mode in Internet Explorer will include the padding and border in addition to the width */
margin-top: 30px;
margin-left:0;
margin-right:10px;
font-size:90%;
.mainContent_right {
margin-left: 10px;
padding-left:30px;
padding-right:20px;
width: 600px;
float: right;
.sidebar_left {
float: left; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
width: 270px; /* the actual width of this div, in standards-compliant browsers, or standards mode in Internet Explorer will include the padding and border in addition to the width */
margin-top: 30px;
margin-left:30px;
margin-right:0;
overflow: hidden;
font-size:90%;
.main_content_centered {
width: 650px;
margin-left: 155px;
.main_content_centered_header {
margin-left: 75px;
.sidebar_textbox {
margin: 0px;
width: 260px;
padding: 2px;
.sidebar_textbox_header {
width:255px;
height:58px;
background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Por trait%20Textbox%20Header.png);
.sidebar_textbox_background_middle {
width: 255px;
padding-top: 12px;
padding-bottom: 10px;
background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Por trait%20Textbox%20Middle.png);
background-repeat: repeat-y;
.sidebar_textbox_content {
/* The width and padding are set as follows to accomodate quirks inbrowser rendering and to ensure that text is contained within thebackground of the text box */
width: 230px;
padding-left: 20px;
padding-right: 40px;
.sidebar_textbox_footer {
width:255px;
height:64px;
background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Port rait%20Textbox%20Footer.png);
#issues_menu a:link {
color: #151A96;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight:bold;
#issues_menu a:visited {
color: #151A96;
font-weight:bold;
text-decoration: none;
#issues_menu a:hover {
color: #F30A0A;
font-weight:bold;
font-style: oblique;
text-decoration: none;
#issues_menu a:active {
color: #151A96;
font-weight:bold;
text-decoration: none;
#archives {
padding-top: 15px;
padding-right: 15px;
padding-bottom: 20px;
padding-left: 0px;
.landscape_textbox {
width: 500px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-left: 30px;
padding-top:35px;
padding-bottom: 25px;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
.landscape_textbox_hdr {
width:500px;
height:38px;
margin:auto;
padding:0;
background-image:
url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Landscape%20Textbox%2 0Header.png);
.landscape_textbox_middle {
width:auto;
margin:auto;
padding-top: 12px;
padding-bottom: 12px;
background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/lan dscapte%20Textbox%20Middle.png);
background-repeat:repeat-y;
.landscape_textbox_content {
width:450px;
padding:25px;
.landscape_textbox_ftr {
width:500px;
height:44px;
margin:auto;
padding:0;
background-image:url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Lan dscape%20Textbox%20Footer.png);
#footer {
padding: 0; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear above it. */
width: 960px;
height: 222px;
background-image:
url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Website%20Footer%20_ 960.png);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
#footer p {
margin: 0px; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footerwill avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
padding:0px; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */
text-align:center;
margin-left: 50px;
margin-right: 50px;
padding: 10px;
font-size: small;
#footer h5 {
text-align:center;
.fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
float: right;
margin-left: 8px;
.fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page */
float: left;
margin-right: 8px;
.clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain a float */
clear:both;
height:0;
font-size: 1px;
line-height: 0px;
.dropcap {
display: block;
float: left;
line-height: 80%;
font-size: 250%;
font-weight: bolder;
color: #000066;
padding: .03em .1em 0 0;
.red_arrows {
list-style-position: outside;
list-style-image: url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Arrow%20Large.png);
.blue_bullets {
list-style-position: outside;
list-style-image: url(../ACLCO%20Graphics%20-%20Web%20site%20Parts/Bullet%20Medium%20Fu ll.png);
.attention {
color: #F30A0A;
font-size:x-large;
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-style: italic;
font-weight:900;
.attention_small {
color: #F30A0A;
font-size:large;
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-style: italic;
font-weight:900;
.table {
table-layout:fixed;
.blue {
color: #00F;
#container .mainContent_left p .blue {
color: #0303A0;Hi Nancy:
The specific code that I am referring to is the CSS code governing the styling of the spry menu widget that only works in IE 6 if, and only if, it remains in the head of the web page. If removed and placed in a stylesheet, the IE plugins fail to compensate for the IE 6 "gap" bug. As I said, it doesn't make sense to me that, assuming specificity is addressed, that these can not be included in an external style sheet. I am looking for a) an explanation why they must remain embedded in the web page; and 2) any means by which I might be able to export them.
I will reproduce the specific css style (code) below: it should also be visable through reveal source --
Thanks again, Steve Webster.
The CSS governing the horizontal menu bar is as follows: (currently the following CSS is embedded in the head of the web page)
<style type="text/css">
/* -- 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 rightpointing 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, allsubmenus 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 levelmenu 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 onthe 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 onMenuBar 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/Nav igation%20Bar%20Segment-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: none none none none;
#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/Nav igation%20Bar%20Segment%20Light2.png);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
#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;
#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 theparent MenuItemContainer - nice to have but not available on ie6 */
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 theMenuItemContainer. 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 forselection, such as "hover" (MenuItemHover) and "has a subMenu"(MenuItemWithSubMenu),
* giving the selector '.MenuItemWithSubMenu.MenuItemHover'.
* Unfortunately IE6 does not support using mutiple classnames in aselector for an element. For a selector such as '.foo.bar.baz', IE6ignores
* all but the final classname (here, '.baz'), and sets thespecificity accordingly, counting just one of those classs assignificant. 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 lotof these needed, the plugin does not generate the extra classes formodern 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.jsscript.
* The 'SpryIsIE6' class is placed on the HTML element by the script in SpryMenuBarIEWorkaroundsPlugin.js if the browser isInternet Explorer 6. This avoids the necessity of IE conditionalcomments 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 */
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