Spry Menu Bar CS4

I have used the horizontal Spry Menu Bar for the navigation for my website.  I used a tiered system because I needed two levels of drop downs for the menu.  When we loaded the site to the web yesterday it worked fine on Mozilla but there was a glitch on IE.  Instead of dropping down in a stacking order, the submenus would be lined up horizontally along the screen in a long line.  I'm not sure if I need to edit the .css file for the spry menu bar, or the .js file.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Note:  I've attached the javascript code AND the css code for reference.

I was just struggling with this, too. I think I have it fixed -- it's looking good in IE7 and IE8 (my standalone of IE6 has conflicts and refuses to open this morning).
You need to update the CSS. Give this a try.
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
    clear:left;
    float: none;
    background-color: transparent;
     color: #878189;
Take a look -- the menus should be displaying vertically in a list in IE, but you'll see the background color isn't extending to fill the entire list box.
So add the background-color property with the correct color to the ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul entry.
I haven't gone through your code line by line, but those two changes fixed it for me. Let me know if it works.

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    since the layout of the pasted text got all weird, here i'm trying it again.
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    padding-right: 0em;
    padding-bottom: 0px;
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    border-right-width: 1px;
    border-bottom-width: 1px;
    border-left-width: 1px;
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    border-top-color: #666;
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    height: 0px;
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    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
    width: 166px;
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    margin-top: 0%;
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  • Spry Menu Bar wraps to second line on a few monitors

    Hello-
    I am stuck on a spry horizontal menu bar and have discussed with a few local dreamweaver users and we can't figure this out. I'm using CS4 to create an internal site for my company (sorry, I can't send you link). I tested the site on firefox and explorer on my computer and everything works beautifully. When going through the soft launch one computer out of the six computers who reviewed the site had an issue with my navigation bar. I used the horizontal spry menu bar to create a navigation with six options. The problem computer wrapped the last two to a second line which makes everything weird on pages within the site.
    Screen captures are below. Three images show the main page where the navigation wraps on top of the side column and right column. The second image shows the menu bar wrapping behind the left column on additional site pages which is happening on all additional site pages.
    The code for the spry menu assets should be below the images. If you need additional information, if I didn't provide everything, I'll send it. I'm very new to this and pretty much self-taught. I have taken an online class through ed2go.com, I've asked a ton of questions from other designers using Dreamweaver, and I've watched MANY tutorials online. ANY help you can give would be MUCH appreciated. THANK YOU!!
    MAIN PAGE/HOME PAGE
    ADDITIONAL SITE PAGES
    @charset "UTF-8";
    /* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
    /* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
    LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order
    /* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    cursor: default;
    width: auto;
    background-color: #D6D6D6;
    background-image: url(/Images/Autry_Background.jpg);
    /* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
    ul.MenuBarActive
    z-index: 1000;
    /* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    position: relative;
    text-align: left;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 8em;
    float: left;
    /* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    z-index: 1020;
    cursor: default;
    width: 8.2em;
    position: absolute;
    left: -1000em;
    background-image: url(/Images/Autry_Background.jpg);
    /* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
    /* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
    width: 8.2em;
    /* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
    position: absolute;
    margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
    /* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
    top: 0;
    DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
    /* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    border: 1px solid #CCC;
    /* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
    color: #FFF;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-align: center;
    vertical-align: middle;
    background-color: #005BAE;
    /* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
    background-color: #CCC;
    color: #000;
    text-decoration: blink;
    /* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    background-color: #CCC;
    color: #333;
    SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item
    /* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDown.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
    /* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
    /* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
    /* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
    BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert
    /* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 1010;
    filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
    /* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
    @media screen, projection
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
      display: inline;
      f\loat: left;
      background: #FFF;

    Hi, Mel,
    I see that you are using default widths for the list items in the menus. If you reduce the width of the list items, you should be able to settle on a width that works better than 8em and 8.2em.
    Here are the bits that will need editing:
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    position: relative;
    text-align: left;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 8em; /* make this width smaller */
    float: left;
    /* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    z-index: 1020;
    cursor: default;
    width: 8.2em; /* make this width smaller */
    position: absolute;
    left: -1000em;
    background-image: url(/Images/Autry_Background.jpg);
    /* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
    /* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
    width: 8.2em; /* make this width smaller */
    Z

  • Spry Menu Bar acting weird in IE

    Hello,
    I am relativley new to Dreamweaver and I built a website using CS4.  I never did a spry menu bar and I have one on my site.  The menu bar works fine in firefox, in safari it seems to work as it is aligned right, but my flash player doesn't.  But the main problem is in IE.  The grey background I have for the spry bar is in the right spot but the actual links are offset, and when you role over them the submenus are on the left and also offset.  I tried messing around with the hack IE in the spry css but not really sure what I am doing as I don't know code too much.  I also am Mac based and the problem in IE is on the PC. Also I built all the pages in Illustrator and inserted them in and used hot spots. I am not sure if that may have something to do with it.   If any one can help I would really appreciate it.  The website I created is http://www.menaceaudio.com. 
    Also if this helps here is my SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css
    @charset "UTF-8";
    /* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
    @media screen, projection
    /* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
    /* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
    LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order
    /* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal
        margin: auto;
        list-style-type: none;
        font-size: 100%;
        cursor: default;
        width: 41.25em;
        padding: 0px;
    /* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
    ul.MenuBarActive
        z-index: 1000;
    /* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
        margin: 0;
        list-style-type: none;
        font-size: 14pt;
        position: relative;
        text-align: center;
        cursor: pointer;
        float: left;
        padding: 0;
        color: #FFF;
        background-color:#ccc;
        width: 8.23em;
    /* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        list-style-type: none;
        font-size: 100%;
        z-index: 1020;
        cursor: default;
        float: left;
        left: -1000px;
        width: 8.23em;
        position: absolute;
        background-color: #CCC;
    /* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
        left: 0px;
    /* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
        width: 8.23em;
        background-color: #CCC;
        position: relative;
    /* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
        position: absolute;
        margin-top: -5%;
        margin-right: 0;
        margin-bottom: 0;
        margin-left: 95%;
    /* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
        background-repeat: repeat-y;
    /* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
        left: -20px;
        top: 30px;
    DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
    /* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    /* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
        cursor: pointer;
        text-decoration: none;
        font-family: eurostile;
        font-size: 14px;
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        padding: 0.5em;
        margin: 0.5px;
        display: block;
        color: #036;
        border-top-width: thin;
        border-right-width: thin;
        border-bottom-width: thin;
        border-left-width: thin;
        border-top-style: solid;
        border-bottom-style: solid;
        border-left-style: solid;
        border-top-color: #333;
        border-right-color: #333;
        border-bottom-color: #333;
        border-left-color: #333;
        border-right-style: solid;
    /* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
        color: #FFF;
    /* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item
    /* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
        background-repeat: repeat-x;
        font-family: eurostile;
    /* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    /* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
    BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert
    /* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
        position:absolute;
        z-index: 1010;
        filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
        ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
        ßfloat: left;
        position: relative;
        display: inline;

    I'm using IE8, and I don't see the offset errors of which you speak. I do recommend restoring the IE hacks at the bottom of the stylesheet to the original, however.
    I also notice that the width of the individual menu items (top level) is forcing "CONTACT" to a second line. You can safely remove the pixel width on the containing div, returning to 100%. But your paddings and widths of top level menu items may be the forcing issue here.
    Beth

  • Spry menu bar in firefox not telescoping main li horizontally

    I am having trouble with my spry menu bar in firefox and chrome not telescoping horizontally. In IE8 they tile horizontally but in firefox(3.6.10) and chrome(6.0.472.63) they stay tiled vertically.
    Example:
    IE8
    [menu1][menu2][menu3][menu4][menu5]
    FF and Chrome
    [menu1]
    [menu2]
    [menu3]
    [menu4]
    [menu5]
    I do not think that it is the css due to it not telescoping when I view it in live view in dreamweaver cs4. SO I am thinking it is someting in the javascript that is just for IE.
    ANy help or a push in the right direction would be great.
    here is the css
    /* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
    /* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
    LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order
    /* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        list-style-type: none;
        font-size: 100%;
        cursor: default;
        width: 100%;
    /* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
    ul.MenuBarActive
        z-index: 1000;
    /* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        list-style-type: none;
        font-size: 100%;
        position: relative;
    /*    text-align: left;*/
        cursor: pointer;
        width: 19.8%;
        float: center;
        z-index: 100;
    /* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        list-style-type: none;
        font-size: 100%;
        z-index: 1020;
        cursor: default;
        width: 8.2em;
        position: absolute;
        left: -1000em;
        float: none;
    /* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
        left: auto;
    /* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
        width: 8.2em;
    /* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
        position: absolute;
        margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
    /* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
        left: auto;
        top: 0;
    DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
    /* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
        border: 1px solid #CCC;
    /* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
        display: block;
        cursor: pointer;
        background-color: #EEE;
        padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
        color: #333;
        text-decoration: none;
        text-align: left;
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.NoPadding
        padding: 0.39em 0.75em;
    *//* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
        color: #FFF;
        background-color:transparent;
    /* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
        background-color:transparent;
        color:#2A0000;
    SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item
    /* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
        background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDown.gif);
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        background-position: 100% 50%;
        z-index:100;
    /* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
        background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        background-position: 95% 50%;
        z-index:100;
    /* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
        background-image: url(SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif);
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        background-position: 95% 50%;
        z-index:100;
    /* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
        background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        background-position: 95% 50%;
        z-index:100;
    BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert
    /* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
        position: absolute;
        z-index: 1010;
        filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
    /* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
    @media screen, projection
        ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
            display: inline;
            float: left;
            background: #FFF;
            z-index:100;
    #MenuBar1{
        position:relative;
        margin-top:-10px;
        margin-bottom:0px;
        z-index:1010;
    ***And the javascript***
    var Spry; if (!Spry) Spry = {}; if (!Spry.Widget) Spry.Widget = {};
    Spry.BrowserSniff = function()
        var b = navigator.appName.toString();
        var up = navigator.platform.toString();
        var ua = navigator.userAgent.toString();
        this.mozilla = this.ie = this.opera = this.safari = false;
        var re_opera = /Opera.([0-9\.]*)/i;
        var re_msie = /MSIE.([0-9\.]*)/i;
        var re_gecko = /gecko/i;
        var re_safari = /(applewebkit|safari)\/([\d\.]*)/i;
        var r = false;
        if ( (r = ua.match(re_opera))) {
            this.opera = true;
            this.version = parseFloat(r[1]);
        } else if ( (r = ua.match(re_msie))) {
            this.ie = true;
            this.version = parseFloat(r[1]);
        } else if ( (r = ua.match(re_safari))) {
            this.safari = true;
            this.version = parseFloat(r[2]);
        } else if (ua.match(re_gecko)) {
            var re_gecko_version = /rv:\s*([0-9\.]+)/i;
            r = ua.match(re_gecko_version);
            this.mozilla = true;
            this.version = parseFloat(r[1]);
        this.windows = this.mac = this.linux = false;
        this.Platform = ua.match(/windows/i) ? "windows" :
                        (ua.match(/linux/i) ? "linux" :
                        (ua.match(/mac/i) ? "mac" :
                        ua.match(/unix/i)? "unix" : "unknown"));
        this[this.Platform] = true;
        this.v = this.version;
        if (this.safari && this.mac && this.mozilla) {
            this.mozilla = false;
    Spry.is = new Spry.BrowserSniff();
    // 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;
        this.showDelay = 250;
        this.hideDelay = 600;
        if(typeof document.getElementById == 'undefined' || (navigator.vendor == 'Apple Computer, Inc.' && typeof window.XMLHttpRequest == 'undefined') || (Spry.is.ie && typeof document.uniqueID == 'undefined'))
            // bail on older unsupported browsers
            return;
        // Fix IE6 CSS images flicker
        if (Spry.is.ie && Spry.is.version < 7){
            try {
                document.execCommand("BackgroundImageCache", false, true);
            } catch(err) {}
        this.upKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_UP;
        this.downKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_DOWN;
        this.leftKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_LEFT;
        this.rightKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_RIGHT;
        this.escKeyCode = Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_ESC;
        this.hoverClass = 'MenuBarItemHover';
        this.subHoverClass = 'MenuBarItemSubmenuHover';
        this.subVisibleClass ='MenuBarSubmenuVisible';
        this.hasSubClass = 'MenuBarItemSubmenu';
        this.activeClass = 'MenuBarActive';
        this.isieClass = 'MenuBarItemIE';
        this.verticalClass = 'MenuBarVertical';
        this.horizontalClass = 'MenuBarHorizontal';
        this.enableKeyboardNavigation = true;
        this.hasFocus = false;
        // load hover images now
        if(opts)
            for(var k in opts)
                if (typeof this[k] == 'undefined')
                    var rollover = new Image;
                    rollover.src = opts[k];
            Spry.Widget.MenuBar.setOptions(this, opts);
        // safari doesn't support tabindex
        if (Spry.is.safari)
            this.enableKeyboardNavigation = false;
        if(this.element)
            this.currMenu = this.element;
            var items = this.element.getElementsByTagName('li');
            for(var i=0; i<items.length; i++)
                if (i > 0 && this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
                    items[i].getElementsByTagName('a')[0].tabIndex='-1';
                this.initialize(items[i], element);
                if(Spry.is.ie)
                    this.addClassName(items[i], this.isieClass);
                    items[i].style.position = "static";
            if (this.enableKeyboardNavigation)
                var self = this;
                this.addEventListener(document, 'keydown', function(e){self.keyDown(e); }, false);
            if(Spry.is.ie)
                if(this.hasClassName(this.element, this.verticalClass))
                    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.KEY_ESC = 27;
    Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_UP = 38;
    Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_DOWN = 40;
    Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_LEFT = 37;
    Spry.Widget.MenuBar.KEY_RIGHT = 39;
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