Spry submenu problem in IE7

Hi everyone,
I am having a problem with Dreamweaver CS3 where the spry
horizontal menu's submenus shift over to the right and level with
the bar rather than dropping down as a submenu should. This only
happens in IE7 however, not in Firefox or any other browser I have
tried. The website is
http://www.daytonlifepurpose.org/homePage.html
I tried the spry 1.5 js file "fix" but had no luck. Any help
at all would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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warning, and it doesn't occur in FF. Could someone please tell me
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/* SpryMenuBarVertical.css - Revision: Spry Preview Release
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/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights
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I just finished setting up a vertical, 3-level spry menu in
Dreamweaver CS3, and when I preview it in IE7, several pixels have
been added in between the buttons, which spreads the menu out and
looks terrible. The problem disappears after I clear the ActiveX
warning, and it doesn't occur in FF. Could someone please tell me
how to fix this??
Here's my SpryMenuBarVertical.css file:
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarVertical.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, a fixed width box
with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarVertical
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 0.8em;
cursor: default;
width: 150px;
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z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug:
http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html
ul.MenuBarActive
z-index: 1000;
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list-style-type: none;
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Revision: 10817
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-10-02 09:20:31 -0700 (Fri, 02 Oct 2009)
Log Message:
Fix a deeplinking problem in IE7
QE Notes: None
Doc Notes: None
Bugs: SDK-17197
Reviewer: Corey
API Change: No
Is noteworthy for integration: No
tests: checkintests
Ticket Links:
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Hi,
I'm trying to finish a job and when i have cross checked the browsers it appears that i have a problem in ie7 only, as it is fine in ie8, Firefox, Safari etc. My left navigation bar is out of place. I'm not sure what is causing it any help would be appreciated. villa-sonshine.co.uk
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Floating left and right and having the 'content' sitting inbetween in 'thin air' is a highly flimsy construction.
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/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
border: 1px solid #339999;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #fff;
padding: 0.4em 0.8em;
color: #339999;
text-decoration: none;
white-space: nowrap;
/* 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: #fff;
color: #339999;
/* 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: #339999;
color: #fff;
/* 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;

Thank you so much for your quick answer Beth!
You solved half my problem!
I added the bg-color to the li and ul styles of the submenus (css below) and now the white background shows correctly in IE7.
The only thing I still would like to resolve: The hover style for the menu items (inverse bg and text colors) only works for the actual text of the link and not for the entire width of the submenu box.
Any suggestions?
Thank you again.
Best, Oliver
@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: 10px;
cursor: default;
width: auto;
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-weight: normal;
/* 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: auto;
float: left;
/* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
width: auto;
position: absolute;
left: -1000em;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
left: auto;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
width: 100%;
clear:left;
    float: none;
background-color: #fff;
     color: #fff;
white-space: nowrap;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
position: absolute;
margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
left: 100%;
top: 0;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
border: 1px solid #339999;
background-color: #FFF;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #fff;
padding: 0.4em 0.8em;
color: #339999;
text-decoration: none;
white-space: nowrap;
/* 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: #fff;
color: #339999;
/* 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: #339999;
color: #fff;
/* 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;

Renegade Spry submenu & sub-submenu tabs in IE7

In IE7, submenu tabs for a Spry horizontal menu open at the
top of the page, not adjacent to the menu tabs. Sub-submenu tabs
open at the far right, out of the visible page. No problems in
Firefox
Site is
http://www.broadwaterllc.com/Pages/about.html
Relevant code (admittedly sloppy, but this is my first
attempt) is:
<div align="center" class="style3 style6 style7">
<div align="right"><a href="#"
class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Transactions</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="recenttransactions.html">Recent
Transactions</a></li>
<li><a href="Transactions.html">All
Transactions</a></li>
<li><a href="#"
class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Transactions by Segment</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="newspapers.html">Newspaper
Publishing</a></li>
<li><a href="books.html">Book
Publishing</a></li>
<li><a href="eduprof.html">Educational &
Professional</a></li>
<li><a href="B2B_BIS.html">Business Media
& Information</a></li>
<li><a href="Digital.html">Digital
Media</a></li>
<li><a href="Misc.html">Other
Transactions</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li>
Thanks in advance

The best thing to do is to start a new page. Add a menu bar
to it. Set it up the way you need it. Then make a copy of the DW
generated CSS. Then open the non copy virsion. Inside you will see
a lot of comments that tell you what each is doing. It will also
point out the IE bug fixes. P.S. some are in the html code as well.
Work with this copy until you have it looking the way you want it
in the web browsers. Then copy and past it over your live copy on
the server. Use the back up if you make a change you do not like
and can not remember how to fix. Remember to do one or two changes
at a time. Then test.

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