Spry Menu Bar "clicking motion"

Hello,
I am struggling with find a CSS code (or some sort of code
for that matter) that will let me create a "clicking motion". I
have a Spry menu bar setup with a background image for standard
view, then one for when the image is highlighted. I am curious as
to how I can add a third image to appear when a button is actually
clicked (appearing as though the button was pushed into the
screen).
I also am wondering what is meant by the statement
"Background color when in focus". For reference,
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/WSEE4C0148-A6F4-4bf5-9DEF-CE06AB026214a .html#WS1FAAE9CA-F175-44e7-9499-8EA194F0636Ba
Thank you

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

Spry Menu Bar - Freezing the Menu item in hover when clicking a submenu item

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I am trying to add a feature to a verticle spry menu bar that freezes the menu item or "parent" (to apear to be hovered) when clicking one of the parents sub-menu items. I want to do this so that users can know how they arrived at the page they're on.
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None of the links are working I have just been playing with the spy menu for weeks. I finally figured it out and do not belive the error is in the spry style sheets.
Here is the code for my page. I know I am working with a template. I really do not want to start over if a <div> tag is missing.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Sub Zero Refrigeration Heating and Air Conditioning in Midlothian Illinois</title>
<style type="text/css">

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<script src="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="Scripts/swfobject_modified.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
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<li><a href="#">Boiler</a></li>
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<li><a href="#">Heat Pump</a></li>
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<li><a href="#">Residential Boiler Service Agreements</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Residential Furnace and IAQ Service Agreements</a></li>
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           <li><a href="#">American Standard</a></li>
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Spry Menu Bar and IE 7.0

The spry menu bar use in
http://www.riversway.org/index_new.html
is not displaying the correct orientation. Any ideas why it is
doing that.
Also, I'm trying to understand the comments in the CSS file
that the menu bar uses. Can anyone tell me where I can edit the
width and height of the menu items individually and the width and
height of the submenu items individually. If there is a better way
than adding a style tag before each item that I need to style
differently than its class designation, I'm all ears.
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Hi
I visited your web and the menubar looks ok in both IE7 and
FF2. The menubar is horizontally and the submenus drop down
(vertically). I can't understand your problem.
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want to be bigger, and then I assign the specific width to it on
css.
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here.
It's only a test, but I think the menubar works. The css is
commented (you will see that submenus on item 2 and item 3 have
their own width). I don't know if this is what you are looking for.
To change the height you can change paddings.
About vertically/horizontally submenus, I saw that assigning
width:auto to ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul cause that IE7 visualizes the
submenu horitzontally instead of vertically in some scenarios. I
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any -in the above URL you can see how I have done.
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Added a spry menu bar and site works in firefox but not in chrome or IE. Please help

Hello,
I'm a photographer by trade and have only picked up enough web design knowledge in order to build a website that isn't distracting to my photographs and is simple to update and mantain. Please breakdown any answers to my questions in very simple terms.
To start off here is a link to my site for reference. www.cechternach.com
1. My Biggest problem right now is that my site works in firefox but appears as a blank white page in chrome and in IE it only shows my background color.
I'm assuming that this has something to do with the spry menu bar I added. The galleries, banner, and footer were all part of a previous version of this website that didn't use the menu bar. I actually used png's exported from an illustrator as buttons. I've been wrestling with this menu bar for a few days now. I had an issue with the menubar forcing down the gallery below it. that was fixed by changing a position value from relative to absolute in the menubar css. Then I couldn't see the submenu over the galleries. I think I fixed that with a wmode change but I"m not sure if I did that right. I believe i needed to change that in the object and embed part of the code. One spot for certain browsers and the other spot for other browsers. I was a little confused on this because i also read that i needed to change the wmode in the javascript file in dreamweaver cs4 which is what i'm using. Whatever wmode I changed it seemed to work in firefox. The submenu background was showing up transparent but i fixed that in the menubar css.
2. I would like the submenu's to have a semi transparent blurred background effect. Is this possible with a spry menu bar?
3. How do I center my text in the submenu?
4. My menu bar buttons should be the same font as my name in my banner. It looks fine on my computer that has that font loaded but on other computers I was testing the site on the menubar buttons show up as a default font. How can i fix this?
5. Is there any way to get rid of the grey lines that show up around my slideshow pro galleries and menu bar buttons when they are clicked?
The last four questions aren't as important as the first one. I may be upsetting the flow of the forum as well. Please let me know if I'm not following procedure with any of my questions. Feel free to point out any other problems you see with my page. I'm trying to learn this as I go. Thanks in advance.

Spry widgets, which includes the SpryMenuBar, in their original state do not pose any problem in any browser!
Widgets contain two parts
JavaScript which drives the widget
CSS which styles the widget to individual tastes
The most common reason for a widget to misbehave especially in IE is because the inexperienced web developer has upset the delicate balance of the CSS. I say delicate, because in the original, great care has been taken by the Spry team to ensure cross browser compatibility.
There are other reasons why a whole page can misbehave. In these cases, the culprit should be sought outside of the Spry framework.
When trouble shooting, I would first of all comment out all of the Spry Spry parts and test the page in IE. If it does work after that, then yes come back here and we will have a look at the SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css for you.
If it doesn't work after disabling Spry, then have a look at the coding and the CSS for your page and fix that.
I hope this helps.
Ben

Creating multiple Spry menu bars in one site

I've been creating a website and I am required to use multiple templates to manage all the different sections of the site. To make it much less of a hassle, once I created one template, I simply saved that template as another template so I would not have to start all over again. On the first template I created a spry menu bar with a certain amount of buttons. And because I created the other templates with that template, those templates had the same menu bar containing the same settings. The problem is, because of the specified settings of the spry menu bar, if I change the amount of buttons from the original to one less, the whole bar on that template will get off center and messed up because the settings for the menu bar are not set to that certain amount of buttons, but if I change the settings to suite that amount of buttons, then the settings for all the templates change and that messes up the other menu bars on those templates because they have a different amount of buttons. Currently my templates all contain 10 buttons and I am wanting to create a new menu bar with only about 4 - 6 buttons. I thought going up to insert and inserting a brand new menu bar would do the trick but when I did that it inserted a menu bar that had all the settings of the already-created menu bar, (ie same background images, and hovers, etc.) as well as the width which, because the width is suited for 10 buttons, it does not properly make the default 4 button menu bar center correctly. And if I try to change the settings on this menu bar then the same thing happens with everything changing and getting messed up.
So after this long explanation, my question is, how can I insert multiple spry menu bars into one site that are not correlated with each other in terms of all the settings so that when changed, will not affect each other? I am guessing I am having this problem because I created all the templates from one template so they are all interlocked, but the page that I tried to insert the brand new menu bar on was not created from any of the templates and was the first page I made at the very start.
http://phonytrojanmusic.zxq.net/ Here is the link to the site. The first page that opens up is the page that I tried to insert the brand new menu bar on. If you click on band choir or elementary you will see the menu bars with 10 buttons that are all interlocked in terms of settings. Also, I'd like to note that if I delete a button in one template, it does not delete that same button in the other templates, nor does it add a button to the other templates if I add one. Only the physical appearance changes because the settings are meant for only one amount of buttons. Sorry for the novel!

Alright well I just tried to use 2 complete different templates. I created one brand new template from scratch, added the menu bar, gave it an ID of "band", and configured it to suite 10 buttons accordingly. Then I started off from scratch again with a starting html page with a different css style sheet and added the menu bar and gave it a different ID of "choir" but the settings of the two different bars still act as one set of settings! I dont know how to fix this problem. Please tell me what to post if anything will help you. Im guessing the solution is very simple but I have tried everything.
here is the code for the two different menu bars (one in each template)
choir
<ul id="Choir" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
      <li><a href="#">Programs</a>      </li>
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Blog</a>      </li>
      <li><a href="#">Directors</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Gallery</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Forms</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Calendar</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Links</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
    </ul>
band
<ul id="Band" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
      <li><a href="http://phonytrojanmusic.zxq.net/index.html">Programs</a>      </li>
      <li><a href="http://phonytrojanmusic.zxq.net/band/bandmain.html">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="http://centerburgtrojanmusic.blogspot.com/">Blog</a></li>
      <li><a href="http://phonytrojanmusic.zxq.net/band/directors.html" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Directors</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="http://phonytrojanmusic.zxq.net/band/directors/cooper.html">Cooper</a></li>
          <li><a href="http://phonytrojanmusic.zxq.net/band/directors/teschler.html">Teschler</a></li>
          <li><a href="http://phonytrojanmusic.zxq.net/band/directors/lee.html">Lee</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li><a href="http://phonytrojanmusic.zxq.net/band/shows.html" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Shows</a>
        <ul>
          <li class="MenuBarHorizontal"><a href="http://phonytrojanmusic.zxq.net/band/shows/field.html">Field</a></li>
          <li><a href="http://phonytrojanmusic.zxq.net/band/shows/concert.html">Concert</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li><a href="http://phonytrojanmusic.zxq.net/band/gallery.html">Gallery</a></li>
      <li><a href="http://phonytrojanmusic.zxq.net/band/forms.html">Forms</a></li>
      <li><a href="http://trojanmusic.org/cal.html">Calendar</a></li>
      <li><a href="http://phonytrojanmusic.zxq.net/band/links.html">Links</a>      </li>
      <li><a href="http://phonytrojanmusic.zxq.net/band/contact.html">Contact</a></li>
    </ul>
I currently do not have any links attached to any of the buttons in the choir bar. Something went wrong and now I have to make the whole site over again so it is not very accessible. Please post back asap!

Javascript error when selecting Spry Menu Bar in Design View

Hi there,
I get the following error message when trying to format the Spry Menu Bar in Design View:
"while executing inspectSelection in spry_menu.htm, a Javascript error occurred."
I have tried the following troubleshooting steps:
deleting site cache
closing/re-opening Dreamweaver
deleting Spry Menu Bar and recreating - same error occurs.
Other information:
I am using a MacBook Pro
it happens when clicking on the Menu Bar itself. I just want to change the properties
the Spry Menu Bar does not appear in Live View.
Here is a link to my site on Browserlab. It has not yet been published:
https://browserlab.adobe.com/en-us/index.html#zoom=100;state=use;view=0;url=dreamweaver%3A %2F%2Fsite%3AHope%2520Against%2520Hope%2FHAH_home.html;browsers=WXPIE6000%2CWXPIE9000%2COS XFF7000%2COSXSF5000%2CWXPCH14000
Is it a case of changing one of the values in the spry_menubar.js file?
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Charlie

Hi there,
The problem appears to have returned. I am getting the same error message as before and also an error saying there is a syntax error in my source code. Dreamweaver tells me which line the error is in:
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("hope_menu", {imgDown:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
In response to your earlier questions/points:
I am using version 0.13 of SpryMenuBar.js (is this what you mean?)
The menu now shows in Live View as I would expect it to
Here is a link to my published site:
http://hopeagainsthopeuk.co.uk/HAH_home.html
Do you have any further advice?

Trouble with Spry Menu Bar Not Opening on Hover

I have two Spry Menu Bars on this one page. They were both working fine. Now the menu bar on the top right is not opening on rollover. I have uploaded the Spry .JS and .CSSfiles to the server.Could it be that I added 2 to the names of the CSS styles, but not all of them? I just tested them all with 2 after the style name, and it didn't fix it.
I also noticed that the ability to edit these two navigation bars using the Property Inspector went away. I can't seem to click on them to edit. Now I edit them through the code only.
Rebuild it on another page, and paste in the code?
Suggestions?
ALso, getting an error message on line 2 of HTML below, which I don't remember editing.
I will paste the template page HTML, then the CSS, then the Javascript Spry file for Menu Bar Horizontal. I did not edit the JS file at all.
Link to the uploaded files: http://www.sproulcreative.com/filetest/panin_website/
Thanks for any help you can offer.
D
HTML for template page:
<!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>Press Reviews of Paninos Italian Restaurant Food in three Colorado Locations</title>

<link href="../styles_paninositalianrestaurant.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar_topnav.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarHorizontal_topnav.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<a href="#skiptomaincontent">
     <img src="../images/spacer.gif" alt="Skip to main page content" name="spacer" width="1"
height="1" class="invisible" id="spacer">   </a>

<div id="topnav">

<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
<ul id="twittermenu" class="MenuBarHorizontal2">
      <li><a href="../paninos_local_italian_restaurant_fort_collins_colorado_springs_minnesota.html">H ome</a></li>
      <li><a href="../reviews_italian_restaurant_food.html">Reviews</a></li>
      <li><a href="../history_of_paninos_local_italian_restaurant_coloradosprings_fortcollins_minnesot a.html">History</a></li>
      <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu2" href="#">Twitter</a>
                  <ul>
                        <li><a href="http://twitter.com/Paninosfc">Follow Fort Collins, CO, Paninos</a></li>
                        <li><a href="http://twitter.com/paninosmn">Follow Minnesota Paninos</a></li>
                  </ul>
      </li>
      <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu2">Facebook</a>
            <ul>
                  <li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=Paninos&init=quick#/pages/North-Oaks-MN/Paninos/13234142 7180?v=wall&ref=search">Minnesota Twin Cities Four</a></li>
            </ul>
            </li>
</ul>

</div>

<div id="pagebg">
<div id="centralpageborder">

<div id="headerbox">
      <div align="left">
            <img src="../images/web_logo_paninos_final.png" alt="Paninos Italian Restaurant Logo (black text with a tomato for the letter O), Your family's Italian restaurant for over 35 years, locally owned and operated." width="215" height="118" class="paddingbottom" />

<ul id="MainFourNav" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
      <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu"><img src="../images/img_mainnav_locations_contact.png" alt="Paninos Italian Restaurant Locations and Contact Information: Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Minnesota" name="locationscontactbutton" width="167" height="24" border="0" id="locationscontactbutton" /></a>                 <ul>
                     <li><a href="../contact_info_italian_restaurant_fort_collins_colorado_paninos.html">Fort Collins, Colorado, by CSU</a></li>
                     <li><a href="../contact_info_italian_restaurant_colorado_springs_downtown_colorado_paninos.html" >Colorado Springs Downtown: Tejon St. by Colorado College</a></li>
<li><a href="../contact_info_italian_restaurant_colorado_springs_8th_street_colorado_paninos.htm l">Colorado Springs: South Eighth St.</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://paninos.com/minnesota/">Minnesota website</a></li>
                  </ul></li>
      <li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu"><img src="../images/img_main4nav_download_menus.png" alt="Download Italian Restaurant Menus in PDF format for restaurants in Fort Collins, Colorado; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Minnesota" name="menudownloadbutton" width="142" height="24" border="0" id="menudownloadbutton" /></a>
            <ul>
                  <li><a href="#"><em>Please pick your favorite Paninos:</em></a></li>
                  <li><a href="../online_menus_local_italian_food/Paninos_Menu_ColoradoSprings_Downtown.pdf">Color ado Springs Downtown: Tejon St. by Colorado College</a></li>
<li><a href="../online_menus_local_italian_food/Paninos_Menu_ColoradoSprings_Eighth_Street.pdf"> Colorado Springs: South Eighth St.</a></li>
                  <li><a href="../online_menus_local_italian_food/Paninos_Menu_Fort_Collins_Colorado.pdf">Fort Collins, Colorado, by CSU</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://paninos.com/minnesota/">Minnesota (go to website)</a></li>
            </ul>
      </li>
      <li><a href="../photo_gallery_pasta_dishes_pizza_italian_food.html"><img src="../images/img_main4nav_photo_gallery.png" alt="Photo Gallery of Local Italian Food including pizza and pasta" name="photogallery" width="56" height="24" border="0" id="photogallery" /></a> </li>
      <li><a href="../pizza_coupons_and_special_deals_italian_food.html"><img src="../images/img_main4nav_specials.png" alt="Pizza Coupons and Specials" name="pizzacouponsandspecials" width="71" height="24" border="0" id="pizzacouponsandspecials" /></a> </li>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
            
            <p class="headerphotos"><img src="../images/imgheader_lasagna_beef_hot_cheesey_coloradosprings_fortcollins_italian_res taurant.png" width="263" height="133" /><img src="../images/imgheader_spinach_salad_with_chicken.png" width="263" height="133" /><img src="../images/imgheader_big-t-pizza2.png" width="263" height="133" /></p>
            </div>
</div>
<div id="bodybox">
<div id="pagetitle"><img src="../images/img_title_press_reviews_italian_restaurant.png" width="307" height="38" /></div>
<div id="innerbdybox">
<div id="content">
<div id="maintext">

<a name="skiptomaincontent" id="skiptomaincontent"></a>
<h1>A Tradition Food And Sports: <br />
                        CC & Panino’s Love of Hockey Runs From Colorado to Minnesota</h1>
      <h4>Byline: By Jim Bainbridge, The Gazette</h4>
      <p>No Colorado Springs business has had a deeper bond with the Colorado College hockey program during the past three decades than Panino’s Restaurant, a connection seen on its walls, in its clientele and in its bloodlines.<br />
            Panino’s has been tied to the school’s hockey program since the restaurant was bought in 1974 by former CC All-America hockey player Tony Frasca. It’s still the place to be on game day a generation later with his son Mike running things. <a href="http://daily.gazette.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VGhlR2F6ZXR0ZS8yMDA1LzAzLzI5I0FyMDMzMDI=&Mo de=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom"><span class="smalltext">Click here to view entire article.</span></a><br />
<span class="smalltext">(Reprinted with permission of The Gazette)</span></p>
       </div>

      <div id="photosidebar">
            
            <img src="../images/img_waiter1_pizza_lasagna.png" alt="Happy waiter serving Pizza and Lasagna" width="190" height="158" /> <br />
            <img src="../images/img_panino_italian_grinder_sandwich.png" alt="Grinder Hot Italian Sandwich called a Panino" width="190" height="158" /></div>
      
</div>
      
<div id="linkssidebar">
        <p>The Gazette<br />
            The Coloradoan<br />
            The North Forty News<br />
            Colorado Springs Times</p>
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CSS for Spry Menu Bar:
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - Revision: Spry Preview Release 1.4 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal2
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    cursor: default;
    width: auto;
    /*margin-top: -10px; */
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 0px;
    padding-top: 0;
    padding-bottom: 0;
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
ul.MenuBarActive
    z-index: 1000;
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal2 li
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 95%;
    position: relative;
    text-align: left;
    cursor: pointer;
    float: left;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-weight: bold;
/* 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.MenuBarHorizontal2 ul
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    font-size: 100%;
    z-index: 1020;
    cursor: default;
    width: 8.2em;
    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.MenuBarHorizontal2 ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal2 ul li
    width: 8.2em;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal2 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.MenuBarHorizontal2 ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
    top: 0;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal2 ul
    border: 1px solid #9E2532;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal2 a
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
    color: #F3E8CC;
    text-decoration: none;
    background-color: #663300;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal2 a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal2 a:focus
    color: #FFF;
    background-color: #663300;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal2 a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal2 a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal2 a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    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.MenuBarHorizontal2 a.MenuBarItemSubmenu2
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDown.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 100% 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.MenuBarHorizontal2 ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu2
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 100% 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.MenuBarHorizontal2 a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 100% 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.MenuBarHorizontal2 ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 100% 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.MenuBarHorizontal2 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.MenuBarHorizontal2 li.MenuBarItemIE
        display: inline;
        f\loat: left;
        background: #FFF;
JAVASCRIPT FILE FOR MENU BAR HORIZONTAL:
/* SpryMenuBar.js - Revision: Spry Preview Release 1.4 */
// Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated.
// All rights reserved.
// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
//   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
//     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
//   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
//     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
//     and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
//   * Neither the name of Adobe Systems Incorporated nor the names of its
//     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
//     software without specific prior written permission.
// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
// AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
// IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
// ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
// LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
// CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
// SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
// INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
// CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
// ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
// POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
SpryMenuBar.js
This file handles the JavaScript for Spry Menu Bar. You should have no need
to edit this file. Some highlights of the MenuBar object is that timers are
used to keep submenus from showing up until the user has hovered over the parent
menu item for some time, as well as a timer for when they leave a submenu to keep
showing that submenu until the timer fires.
var Spry;
if(!Spry)
    Spry = {};
if(!Spry.Widget)
    Spry.Widget = {};
// Constructor for Menu Bar
// element should be an ID of an unordered list (<ul> tag)
// preloadImage1 and preloadImage2 are images for the rollover state of a menu
Spry.Widget.MenuBar = function(element, opts)
    this.init(element, opts);
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.init = function(element, opts)
    this.element = this.getElement(element);
    // represents the current (sub)menu we are operating on
    this.currMenu = null;
    var isie = (typeof document.all != 'undefined' && typeof window.opera == 'undefined' && navigator.vendor != 'KDE');
    if(typeof document.getElementById == 'undefined' || (navigator.vendor == 'Apple Computer, Inc.' && typeof window.XMLHttpRequest == 'undefined') || (isie && typeof document.uniqueID == 'undefined'))
        // bail on older unsupported browsers
        return;
    // load hover images now
    if(opts)
        for(var k in opts)
            var rollover = new Image;
            rollover.src = opts[k];
    if(this.element)
        this.currMenu = this.element;
        var items = this.element.getElementsByTagName('li');
        for(var i=0; i<items.length; i++)
            this.initialize(items[i], element, isie);
            if(isie)
                this.addClassName(items[i], "MenuBarItemIE");
                items[i].style.position = "static";
        if(isie)
            if(this.hasClassName(this.element, "MenuBarVertical"))
                this.element.style.position = "relative";
            var linkitems = this.element.getElementsByTagName('a');
            for(var i=0; i<linkitems.length; i++)
                linkitems[i].style.position = "relative";
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.getElement = function(ele)
    if (ele && typeof ele == "string")
        return document.getElementById(ele);
    return ele;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.hasClassName = function(ele, className)
    if (!ele || !className || !ele.className || ele.className.search(new RegExp("\\b" + className + "\\b")) == -1)
        return false;
    return true;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.addClassName = function(ele, className)
    if (!ele || !className || this.hasClassName(ele, className))
        return;
    ele.className += (ele.className ? " " : "") + className;
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.removeClassName = function(ele, className)
    if (!ele || !className || !this.hasClassName(ele, className))
        return;
    ele.className = ele.className.replace(new RegExp("\\s*\\b" + className + "\\b", "g"), "");
// addEventListener for Menu Bar
// attach an event to a tag without creating obtrusive HTML code
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.addEventListener = function(element, eventType, handler, capture)
    try
        if (element.addEventListener)
            element.addEventListener(eventType, handler, capture);
        else if (element.attachEvent)
            element.attachEvent('on' + eventType, handler);
    catch (e) {}
// createIframeLayer for Menu Bar
// creates an IFRAME underneath a menu so that it will show above form controls and ActiveX
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.createIframeLayer = function(menu)
    var layer = document.createElement('iframe');
    layer.tabIndex = '-1';
    layer.src = 'javascript:false;';
    menu.parentNode.appendChild(layer);
    layer.style.left = menu.offsetLeft + 'px';
    layer.style.top = menu.offsetTop + 'px';
    layer.style.width = menu.offsetWidth + 'px';
    layer.style.height = menu.offsetHeight + 'px';
// removeIframeLayer for Menu Bar
// removes an IFRAME underneath a menu to reveal any form controls and ActiveX
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.removeIframeLayer = function(menu)
    var layers = menu.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('iframe');
    while(layers.length > 0)
        layers[0].parentNode.removeChild(layers[0]);
// clearMenus for Menu Bar
// root is the top level unordered list (<ul> tag)
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.clearMenus = function(root)
    var menus = root.getElementsByTagName('ul');
    for(var i=0; i<menus.length; i++)
        this.hideSubmenu(menus[i]);
    this.removeClassName(this.element, "MenuBarActive");
// bubbledTextEvent for Menu Bar
// identify bubbled up text events in Safari so we can ignore them
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.bubbledTextEvent = function()
    return (navigator.vendor == 'Apple Computer, Inc.' && (event.target == event.relatedTarget.parentNode || (event.eventPhase == 3 && event.target.parentNode == event.relatedTarget)));
// showSubmenu for Menu Bar
// set the proper CSS class on this menu to show it
Spry.Widget.MenuBar.prototype.showSubmenu = function(menu)
    if(this.currMenu)
        this.clearMenus(this.currMenu);
        this.currMenu = null;
    if(menu)
        this.addClassName(menu, "MenuBarSubmenuVisible");
        if(typeof document.all != 'undefined' && typeof window.opera == 'undefined' && navigator.vendor != 'KDE')
            if(!this.hasClassName(this.element, "MenuBarHorizontal") || menu.parentNode.parentNode != this.element)
                menu.style.top = menu.parentNode.offsetTop + 'px';
        if(typeof document.uniqueID != "undefined")
            this.createIframeLayer(menu);
    this.addClassName(this.element, "MenuBarActive");
// 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, "MenuBarSubmenuVisible");
        if(typeof document.all != 'undefined' && typeof window.opera == 'undefined' && navigator.vendor != 'KDE')
            menu.style.top = '';
            menu.style.left = '';
        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, isie)
    var opentime, closetime;
    var link = listitem.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
    var submenus = listitem.getElementsByTagName('ul');
    var menu = (submenus.length > 0 ? submenus[0] : null);
    var hasSubMenu = false;
    if(menu)
        this.addClassName(link, "MenuBarItemSubmenu");
        hasSubMenu = true;
    if(!isie)
        // 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)
        if(self.bubbledTextEvent())
            // ignore bubbled text events
            return;
        clearTimeout(closetime);
        if(self.currMenu == listitem)
            self.currMenu = null;
        // show menu highlighting
        self.addClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? "MenuBarItemSubmenuHover" : "MenuBarItemHover");
        if(menu && !self.hasClassName(menu, "MenuBarSubmenuVisible"))
            opentime = window.setTimeout(function(){self.showSubmenu(menu);}, 250);
    }, false);
    this.addEventListener(listitem, 'mouseout', function(e)
        if(self.bubbledTextEvent())
            // ignore bubbled text events
            return;
        var related = (typeof e.relatedTarget != 'undefined' ? e.relatedTarget : e.toElement);
        if(!listitem.contains(related))
            clearTimeout(opentime);
            self.currMenu = listitem;
            // remove menu highlighting
            self.removeClassName(link, hasSubMenu ? "MenuBarItemSubmenuHover" : "MenuBarItemHover");
            if(menu)
                closetime = window.setTimeout(function(){self.hideSubmenu(menu);}, 600);
    }, false);

It has to do with all of your absolutely positioned elements. What's happening is that the menu is falling behind the absolutely positioned elements on your page. Since there is nothing there, it's like trying to click a link that is outside your home while you are staring through a window. Personally with that page setup you have now I really don't see a need for absolutely positioned elements. But if you feel you will require them as part of your design you need to ensure the z-index of your menu layer is greater than that of the body elements positioned below it.

Spry menu bar doesnt work in IE

Hi,
I have created a new site in dreamweaver cs5 that works fine in firefox and safari but in IE the spry menu bar does not appear. It does not show at all until you put the mouse over it then the rollover box shows and you are able to click on it to get to the page. The whole bar does not show at all, just each box once you put mouse in area???
Any ideas what is wrong??
This is the site : www.adamthomastherapy.co.uk
Thanks,
Katie

Change the rule
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a {
    background-image: url("../../../../../../../../../Desktop/Adams%20site/buttons.gif");
    color: #FFFFFF;
    cursor: pointer;
    display: block;
    padding-bottom: 1em;
    padding-left: 1em;
    padding-right: 1em;
    padding-top: 1em;
    text-decoration: none;
to
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a {
    background-image: url("../Gifs/buttons.gif");
    color: #FFFFFF;
    cursor: pointer;
    display: block;
    padding-bottom: 1em;
    padding-left: 1em;
    padding-right: 1em;
    padding-top: 1em;
    text-decoration: none;
This path to your image seems quite wrong and overrides the li background. White text on white background (for IE), you cannot see anything.

Spry menu bar error in IE 9

Hi everyone,
I added a Spry Menu Bar (menubar1) to my site layout using Dreamweaver CS3. When I clicked 'Live mode' everything looked fine but when I previewed it in a browser and since then I have recently uploaded it to test it out I get white blocks to the right of the nav bar in Internet Explorer 9 (only). When I previewed it in a browser (prior to uploading it) a dialog box would pop up asking to allow blocked content at the bottom. When I clicked "allow" white blocky rectangles showed up to the right of the tabs. I have no idea what it is or why it's showing up. It only seems to be doing this in IE 9 (as I checked it in Firefox & Chrome with no problems to report) when I acknowledge the blocked content by clicking 'allow'. If I ignore the message and click the x the white blocks don't show up. But now that I have it uploaded the blocked content box doesn't show up but I still get the white boxes to the right of the navigation bar. And it's only happening in Internet Explorer (I have version 9 for Windows Vista). I'm attaching a URL to all my files including the html, javascript, CSS, etc.. Note: the files you want to take a look at to see what I'm talking about are: indextest.html and abouttest.html.
If you have any questions or need any additional files let me know. Thanks for the help!
Here's the link to veiw the files: http://www.test.ashleysperrydesigns.com/

Thanks altruistic gramps for the help. Changing the color of the blocks fixed it however there is a slight overlap between the box and the green border. If you go to: http://www.test.ashleysperrydesigns.com/indextest.html you will see what I mean. I know there has to be an easy fix but I don't know how to do it. Do you mind taking a look?
Thanks,
ashmic

Help with vertical spry menu bar submenu displaying incorrectly!

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

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

Like many other people I have spent several frustrating days trying to solve the problem of Spry Menu Bar sub-menus appearing to be transparent (text, etc. underneath the sub-menus shows above/through the sub-menu items). This problem manifested itself in IE7, but not in Netscape, Safari or Firefox.
I thought it must be the dreaded IE z-index problem.
I have been through most other people's questions and replies on the Adobe forums, tried all kinds of z-index changes and various other mods to my own CSS and/or the Spry CSS's - all to no avail.
My situation:
I have a Spry Menu Bar above a clicktrail and a text block. Both the clicktrail and the text block showed through the sub-menu items, which drop-down over them.
All three items are located in relative-positioned divs, necessary because the whole page design is contained in a self-centralizing container div and absolute-positioned divs screw up the whole page layout when the screen size or browser window size changes.
(Sorry, I can't upload the files to a website at the moment.)
The solution that works for me in Dreamweaver CS4:
I selected the divs for the clicktrail and the text block, one at a time, and selected Modify > Arrange > Send to Back in Dreamweaver CS4.
I then selected these two items again and selected Modify > Arrange > Bring to Front.
Finally I selected the div containing the Spry Menu Bar and selected Modify > Arrange > Bring to Front. The thought behind this was that this would put the Spry Menu Bar on top of everything else - and it works!
This solution works in all four browsers, but don't ask me how! I can't see any change in any CSS, nor in my template code. All I can see is a strange, flashing vertical line (like an enormous cursor - about 10 cm [3"] high) in the middle of the template page only (and only in Dreamweaver) if I click on the page background. I can neither find an explanation for this nor anything in the coding which might cause it. By the way; the z-index for the menu div =2, the z-index for the clicktrail div is not defined and the z-index for the div for the text block is set to auto. I haven't tried other values and to be honest I'm not sure what they were set to before I applied the above 'solution'.
But hey - who the hell cares - my site works!
I hope this helps someone else out of an absolute hell-hole...if someone out there can explain where to find the code that had been changed or added by doing this I'd like to know. I don't like things I can't explain - even if they do work!

This is where the browser is told to supply a white background
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
     display: block;
     cursor: pointer;
     background-color: #fff;
     padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
     color: #333;
     text-decoration: none;
Vhange the value to transparent.
Also the last line int the CSS should be removed as in
filter: "alpha(opacity=60)";
Gramps

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