Submenu Alignment

Hello,
I've been working with the customization of a horizaontal drop down menu, and I have it exactly how I want it except for one thing: the submenus are currently dropping down slightly to the right of the parent menu, and I would like them to drop directly underneath so that each menu has the same center.
You can see an example of the offset menus here (ignore the poor spacing, this is a dummy): http://new.physics.tamu.edu/header2
Any help would be greatley appreciated - I'm sure I'm just overlooking something. Thanks!
Code:
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    cursor: default;
    width: 900px;
    height: 28px;
    margin-top: 0;
    margin-right: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 9px;
    padding-top: 6;
    padding-right: 0;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    padding-left: 0;
ul.MenuBarActive
    z-index: 1000;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 13pt;
    position: relative;
    text-align: center;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: auto;
    float: left;
    padding-top: 0;
    padding-right: 5;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    padding-left: 5;
    margin-right: 13px;
    margin-left: 13px;
    background-color: transparent;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    z-index: 1020;
    cursor: default;
    width: 100 px;
    position: absolute;
    left: -1000em;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
    width: auto;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
    position: absolute;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
    left: auto;
    top: 0;

If you read the comments in the style sheet you will notice that something has gone haywire. Just look at this
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    cursor: default;
    width: 900px;
    height: 28px;
    margin-top: 0;
    margin-right: 0px;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 9px;
    padding-top: 6;
    padding-right: 0;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    padding-left: 0;
Please read the following:
http://www.dwcourse.com/dreamweaver/ten-commandments-spry-menubars.php#one
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/menubar/CenteringHorizontalMenuBarSample.h tml
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/menubar/MenuBarSample.html
Gramps

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since the layout of the pasted text got all weird, here i'm trying it again.
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@charset "UTF-8";
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/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
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margin-right: 0em;
margin-bottom: 10px;
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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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margin-right: 0%;
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border: 1px solid #666;
background-color: #6C6C6C;
height: 0px;
padding-left: 0em;
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display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #6C6C6C;
padding: 0em;
color: #FC0;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 14px;
margin-left: 0em;
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background-repeat: no-repeat;
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Here are is the CSS for the menubar:
@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; } /* 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: 125px;      float: left;      font-family: "MS Serif", "New York", serif;      overflow: visible; } /* 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: 50;      cursor: default;      width: 7em;      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: 7em; } /* 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: 0;      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;      text-align: center;      background-image: url(../menubgdefault.png); } /* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */ ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus {      color: #FFF002;      font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } /* 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 {      color: #FFF002;      text-decoration: underline;      font-weight: bold; } /******************************************************************************* 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%;      background-color: #999; } /* 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;      } }
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">

</style>
<script type="text/javascript">

</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" />
      
      <param name="expressinstall" value="Scripts/expressInstall.swf" />
      
      
      <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="Components/CandidatesHomeSlideshow.swf" width="550" height="265" wmode="transparent">
        
        <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" />
        
        <div>
          <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>
        
      </object>
      
    </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">

</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

How can I get my submenu to work in IE?

Please help!! I made a vertical spry menu bar with a few submenus. These submenus do not show on Internet Explorer, but show up in FF, Opera, and Netscape & (Safari-of course). Please let me know what I have to change for this to work! I have been trying all different kinds of things and cannot seem to get it working. Any help is appreciated, thanks...
The below is my code... @charset "UTF-8"; /* SpryMenuBarVertical.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, a fixed width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarVertical
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 11px;
cursor: default;
width: 148px;
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
font-weight: bold;
border: 1px none #666;
/* 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 same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical li
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: relative;
text-align: left;
cursor: pointer;
width: 148px;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
margin: 0 0 0 100%;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
width: 135px;
left: -1000em;
top: 0;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
left: 0;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul li
width: 135px;
} /******************************************************************************* DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts *******************************************************************************/ /* Outermost menu container has borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical
border: 1px solid #CCC;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarVertical a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #2D2F96;
padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
color: #FFF;
text-decoration: none;
height: 34px;
border: 1px solid #FFF;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a:hover, ul.MenuBarVertical a:focus
background-color: #FF5D00;
color: #FFF;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
background-color: #FF5D00;
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.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right center;
} /* 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.MenuBarVertical 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.MenuBarVertical 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.MenuBarVertical li.MenuBarItemIE
display: list-item;
f\loat: right;
background-position: 0 0 0 100%;
.headings {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #2D2F96;
text-align: center;
website links {
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color: #000;
text-align: center;

I am not sure I understand ''it still will not print. ''
If you cannot see any content on pages you printed or in print preview, the cause might be margins which are set too high.
#In order to check the margins, we need to go to ''File'' > ''Page Setup''.
#Once this is done, switch to the ''Margins & Header/Footer'' tab.
#Check what's set there under ''Margins''.
The following are the default values for ''Margins'':
'''Right''': 12.7
'''Top''': 12.7
'''Left''': 12.7
'''Bottom''': 12.7
Check these values accordingly and change them if necessary.

Spry Menu with submenu border?

Hi Everyone,
I'm a bit of a newbie, and I am designing a website with a spry menu (which I have since found out probably wasn't the best way to go) and I have hit a hurdle which I can't fix or find the solution to anywhere. I'm hoping it might be easy for you guys.
I have attached a pic of the problem, one menu item has a submenu, this is the 'About' menu, as you can see, it has a border top and bottom that I can't seem to find in the code in order to get rid of it. If anyone could let me know how to fix this I'll be extremely grateful!
Also, any suggestions of better menu methods would be appreciated.
Have a nice day
Spry CSS below:
@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
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    cursor: default;
    width: 100%;
    float: none;
    margin-top: 0;
    margin-right: auto;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: auto;
/* 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 KN: width changed to auto */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
    margin: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 18px;
    position: relative;
    text-align: left;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: auto;
    white-space: nowrap;
    float: left;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: bolder;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    padding: 0;
/* 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
    float:none;
/* 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. KN: I removed the border radius prior to this it was border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;*/
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
    display: block;
    cursor: pointer;
    padding-left: 1.1em;
    padding-right: 1.1em;
    padding-top: 1em;
    padding-bottom: 1em;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #009007;
    border-bottom: 2px;
    border-right: 0.3px #333333;
    border-bottom-color: rgb(51,51,51);
    background-image: url(../Images/spry-menu%20chrome.jpg);
    background-position: right;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
    color: #333;
    background-image: url(../Images/spry-menu-chrome-hover.jpg);
/* 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-image: url(../Images/spry-menu-chrome-hover.jpg);
    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-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
    color: rgb(0,141,7);
    background-image: url(../Images/spry-menu%20chrome.jpg);
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 95% 50%;
    background-color: rgb(3,139,7);
/* 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-position: 95% 50%;
    background-image: url(../Images/spry-menu-chrome-hover.jpg);
    color: #333;
/* 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-position: 95% 50%;
    background-image: url(../Images/spry-menu-chrome-hover.jpg);
    color: #333;
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;

Hi Gramps,
Here is the site:
http://www.wordartist.com/mythicharacters
If you hover on "Sacred Arts", you'll see the behavior.
Thanks for taking a look at this,
Phlange98

Change the colour of my submenu in spry-UI-1.7

hello,
as the title says, how do i change the background colour of my submenu (the one that collapses) and the hover action background.
i created it with the widget browser, but found out this colour doesnt work so well.
in my spry-UI-1.7>css>Menu>basic i have two .css files
SpryMenuBasic.css
this is the css:
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBasic.css - version 0.5 - Spry Pre-Release 1.7 */
/* Copyright (c) 2010. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
/* This is the css for a basic Spry 2 MenuBar.
* The first section is basic layout, and should in general not need to be modified.
* The final section of this file specifies images to use for arrows for the menu. These
* are either down or right-pointing as required by horizonatal or vertical layouts. You
* can either replace the referenced images with your own, or you can modify these rules to
* point to your won images.
* These rules are supplemented by those specified in the OAM file for inclusion in the html document,
* or alternatively, the file SpryMenuBarBasicSkin.css which is included with this widget. */
/* Resets for ul and li in menus */
.MenuBar .MenuBarView, .MenuBar .SubMenuView {
display:block;
list-style:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
/*** Layout Rules for Basic Menu ***/
/* Top Level MenuBar
* Because we float the MenuItemContainers in the MenuBar, we have to make sure the menubar wrapper expands to hold them all.
* The simplest way is to float the widget wrapper
.MenuBar { /* overridden by .MenuBarVertical version of this rule */
float:left;
width:100%;
.MenuBarVertical {
float:left; /* Used to make menubar shirink to fit contents */
width:auto;
/* SubMenus */
.MenuBar .SubMenu {
display:block;
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:-10000px; /* By default, all non-visible submenus are hidden by moving way to the west */
padding:0;
/* First level of submenus - pulls down from horizontal menubar, right from vertical */
.MenuBar .SubMenuVisible{ /* overridden by .MenuBarVertical version of this rule */
top:100%;
left:0px;
.MenuBarVertical .SubMenuVisible {
top:0px;
left:100%;
/* All submenus below level 1. All pullout to the right */
.MenuBar .SubMenu .SubMenuVisible {
display:block;
position:absolute;
top:0px;
left:100%;
/* MenuItems, MenuItemLabels, and MenuItemContainers */
.MenuBar .MenuItem {
display:block;
text-decoration:none;
.MenuBar .MenuItemLabel {
display:block;
.MenuBar .MenuItemContainer {
position:relative;
white-space:nowrap;
float:left; /* overridden by .MenuBarVertical version of this rule */
display:block;
margin:0;
padding:0;
.MenuBarVertical .MenuItemContainer {
float:none;
.MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemContainer {
float:none;
/* Layout Rules needed by IE6 - excluded from other browsers */
.SpryIsIE6 .SubMenu .SubMenu {
width:100px;
height:1%;
.SpryIsIE6 .MenuBar .SubMenuVisible .SubMenuVisible {
width:auto;
/* End Layout section */
* Arrows - This section specifies arrow images for a submenu dropdowns in Basic SpryMenu.
.MenuBar .MenuItemLabel{
background-image:none;
/* For all arrows used here, we depend upon the image to push itself away from right edge, or the user can add right padding to the MenuItem */
.MenuBar .MenuItemWithSubMenu .MenuItemLabel{
background-image:url("images/ArrowMenuDown.gif");
background-position:right center;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
.MenuBar .MenuItemHover.MenuItemWithSubMenu .MenuItemLabel{
background-image:url("images/ArrowMenuDown.gif");
background-position:right center;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
.MenuBarVertical .MenuItemHover.MenuItemWithSubMenu .MenuItemLabel{
background-image:url("images/ArrowMenuRight.gif");
background-position:right center;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
.MenuBarVertical .MenuItemWithSubMenu .MenuItemLabel{
background-image:url("images/ArrowMenuRight.gif");
background-position:right center;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
.MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemWithSubMenu .MenuItemLabel{
background-image:url("images/ArrowMenuRight.gif");
background-position:right center;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
.MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemHover.MenuItemWithSubMenu .MenuItemLabel{
background-image:url("images/ArrowMenuRight.gif");
background-position:right center;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
/* IE6 rules for Arrows */
.SpryIsIE6 .MenuBar .MenuItemWithSubMenuHover .MenuItemLabel{
background-image:url("images/ArrowMenuDown.gif");
background-position:right center;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
.SpryIsIE6 .MenuBarVertical .MenuItemWithSubMenuHover .MenuItemLabel{
background-image:url("images/ArrowMenuRight.gif");
background-position:right center;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
.SpryIsIE6 .MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemWithSubMenuHover .MenuItemLabel{
background-image:url("images/ArrowMenuRight.gif");
background-position:right center;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
and i got "SpryMenuBasicSkin.css"
with this css:
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBasicSkin.css - version 0.5 - Spry Pre-Release 1.7 */
/* Copyright (c) 2010. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
/* This is the skinning css for a basic Spry 2 MenuBar.
* You can use this CSS as a starting point for skinning an instance of the SpryMenuBar widget */
/* The rules in this file assume the following widget classes for menu layout:
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.
These should be set as the 'WidgetClass' in the widget constructor. If the menu is to be vertical, pass both names,
space-delimited. For example: WidgetClass: "MenuBar MenuBarVertical".
You can also pass in extra classnames to set your desired top level menu bar layout. 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.
eg: WidgetClass: "MenuBar MenuBarLeftShrink"
.MenuBar {
background-color:#cccccc;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 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: normal;
font-size: 16px;
font-style: normal;
padding:0;
border-color: #ffffff #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: 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: 0px 24px 0px 0px;
background-color:#cccccc;
border-width:1px;
border-color: #cccccc #ffffff #cccccc #ffffff;
border-style: none solid none solid;
.MenuBar .MenuItemFirst {
border-style: none none none none;
.MenuBar .MenuItemLast {
border-style: none solid none none;
.MenuBar .MenuItem .MenuItemLabel{
text-align:center;
line-height:1.4em;
color:#333333;
padding: 6px 15px 6px 39px;
width: 6em;
width:auto;
background: #cccccc;
.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: normal;
font-size: 14px;
font-style: normal;
background-color:#ffffff;
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 solid solid;
.MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemFirst {
border-style: solid solid solid 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:#ffffff;
color:#333333;
padding: 6px 12px 6px 5px;
width: 7em;
/* Hover states for containers, items and labels */
.MenuBar .MenuItemHover {
background-color: #999999;
border-color: #cccccc #cccccc #cccccc #cccccc;
.MenuBar .MenuItemWithSubMenu.MenuItemHover .MenuItemLabel{
background-color: #999999; /* consider exposing this prop separately*/
color: #000000;
.MenuBar .MenuItemHover .MenuItemLabel{
background-color: #999999;
color: #000000;
.MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemHover {
background-color: #cccccc;
border-color: #cccccc #cccccc #cccccc #cccccc;
.MenuBar .SubMenu .MenuItemHover .MenuItemLabel{
background-color: #cccccc;
color: #333333;
/* Submenu properties -- First level of submenus */
.MenuBar .SubMenuVisible {
background-color: #ffffff;
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: #ffffff;
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: #999999; /* consider exposing this prop separately*/
color: #000000;
.SpryIsIE6 .MenuBar .MenuBarView .SubMenu .MenuItemWithSubMenuHover .MenuItemLabel/* IE6 selector */{
background-color: #cccccc; /* consider exposing this prop separately*/
color: #333333;
.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 */
what is the rule i nedd to change? i think the background colour of the submenu is lightgray #CCCCCC right now, and the hover one is a darker colour.
thanks!

I am sorry to have to point out to you that you have changed SpryMenuBasicSkin.css so much that it is impossible to render any assistance.
To start with, the menubar has an ID of MenuBar, yet in the CSS I only see this referenced as a CLASS as in
.MenuBar {
background-color:#cccccc;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 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: normal;
font-size: 16px;
font-style: normal;
padding:0;
border-color: #ffffff #ffffff #ffffff #ffffff;
border-width:0px;
border-style: none none none none;
I would suggest to start again.
Once you have done that, supply a link to your site and we will assist you further.
Gramps

HELP! Spry Submenu No Longer Working in Firefox

This used to work, I've made some changes to the site, adding
to the menu etc. now the submenus no longer collapse in Firefox,
fine in IE. I haven't changed the JS from when it used to work,
although, here's the bottom half, attached below. Here's the index:
http://hollycontracting.com/dev
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryMenuBarVertical.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, a fixed width box
with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarVertical
margin: 5px;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
cursor: default;
width: 9em;*/
/* 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 same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical li
background-image:url(wwww.hollycontracting.com/dev/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
margin:0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#FFFFFF;
position: relative;
text-align: left;
cursor: pointer;
width: 10em;
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right
(95%) and up (-5%) with a higher z-index, but they are initially
off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
background-image:url(wwww.hollycontracting.com/dev/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
margin: 0 0 0 130%;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#161616;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
width: 8em;*/
left: -1000em;
top: 0;
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation
MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen
ul.MenuBarVertical ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
left: 0;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul li
width: 6.5em;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Outermost menu container has borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical
border: 0px solid #161616;
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
border: 0px solid #161616;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text
decoration */
ul.MenuBarVertical a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-image:url(wwww.hollycontracting.com/dev/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#C3922E;
text-decoration: none;
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue
background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a:hover, ul.MenuBarVertical a:focus
background-image:url(wwww.hollycontracting.com/dev/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#FFFFFF;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to
MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarVertical
a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarVertical
a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
background-image:url(wwww.hollycontracting.com/dev/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#FFFFFF;
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.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
background-image:
url(wwww.hollycontracting.com/dev/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.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.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
background-image:
url(wwww.hollycontracting.com/dev/SpryAssets/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.MenuBarVertical iframe
//position: absolute;
z-index: 1010;
filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless
you are an expert
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the
slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
ul.MenuBarVertical li.MenuBarItemIE
display: inline;
f/loat: left;

Search teh forums some have reported that removing the cache in Safari resolves this issue
LN

Safari 3.1 not displaying Spry submenu correctly

I am redesigning a site and have placed a Horizontal Spry
menu at the top of the page. Some of the options in the menu have a
sub menu with some of the options in one of the sub menus having
their own sub menu. I have tested this in IE 7, Opera, FireFox and
Safari 3.1 and it works perfectly in all except for Safari 3.1. In
Safari 3.1 the sub menus fly out horizontally instead of dropping
down vertically as it should. Has anyone else had this problem? If
so does anyone know if it is a bug in Safari 3.1 and if so is there
a fix or a hack? Any help would be appreciated.
Unfortunately I am not at the moment able to put up a live
page for you to see this in action but I will put a copy of my Spry
CSS at the bottom of this post.
I guess if it wasn’t for the fact that some of the
options in one of the sub menus, having their own sub menu I could
leave it as it usable by flying out horizontally, but when the
second sub menu flies out it covers up the rest of the options in
the first sub menu.
Thanks.
@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.MenuBarHorizontal
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
cursor: default;
width: auto;
/* 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;
white-space:nowrap
/* 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;
position: absolute;
left: -1000em;
float:none
background-color:transparent;
/* 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: #234778;
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
padding-top: 0.1em;
padding-right: 0.75em;
padding-bottom: 0.1em;
padding-left: 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
background-color: #33C;
color: #FFF;
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to
MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal
a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal
a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
background-color: #33C;
color: #FFF;
SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a
given menu item
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation
MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned
on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
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;
/* 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;

As extra info on this topic - I did an archive reinstall of 10.5.2 and Safari was working fine.
Performed a software update which installed 6 packages and upgraded the OS to 10.5.5 and Safari is once again crapped in an identical manner to before.
It would seem to be a problem with an OS update.
Can anyone else verify and/or provide a fix

Spry Vertical Submenu Bar Appears Behind iFrame

In IE and Chrome, the Spry vertical submenu bar appears properly on every page of the website, except for the one page that has iframes.
In IE, the submenus appear behind the iFrames
In Chrome, the submenus appear in front of the iFrames but with an incomplete border
In Firefox and Safari, the submenus appear as they should (in front of the iframes and with a complete border)
I've scoured this forum and tried several fixes that seemed to work for others with slightly different conditions but didn't work for mine.
I've included my SpryMenuBarVertical.css for referece; if you can offer a fix for this particular issue, I'd be forever grateful. Thank you!
—Lisa
@charset "UTF-8"; /* SpryMenuBarVertical.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */ /* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */ /******************************************************************************* LAYOUT: 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-sty le-type: none; font-size: 100%; cursor: default; width: 245px; } /* 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 are same fixed width as parent; position children relative to this container */ ul.MenuBarVertical li { margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none; font-size: 100%; position: relative; text-align: left; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; } /* Submenus are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) and then, on hover, appear slightly overlapping to the right and up with a higher z-index */ ul.MenuBarVertical ul { margin: -5% 0 0 95%; padding: 0; list-style-type: none; font-size: 100%; position: absolute; z-index: 1020; cursor: default; width: 12em; left: -1000em; top: 0; } /* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */ ul.MenuBarVertical ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible { left: 0; } /* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */ ul.MenuBarVertical ul li { width: 12em; } /******************************************************************************* DESIGN: color scheme, borders, fonts *******************************************************************************/ /* Outermost menu containers have no borders */ ul.MenuBarVertical { border-bottom: 0px solid Gray; } /* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */ ul.MenuBarVertical ul { border: 1px solid Gray; } /* Menu items are a mustard yellow block with padding and no text decoration */ ul.MenuBarVertical a { display: block; cursor: pointer; background-color: #E6DC8F; padding: 0.5em 1em; color: #333; text-decoration: none; border-top: 0px solid Gray; } /* Menu items that have hover or focus display with a dark green background and white text */ ul.MenuBarVertical a:hover, ul.MenuBarVertical a:focus { background-color: #275936; color: #FFF; } /* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a dark green background and white text */ ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible { background-color: #275936; color: #FFF; } /* Active top-level menu items display a branch */ body#home a#homeNav, body#forsale a#forsaleNav, body#clubhouse a#clubhouseNav, body#falmouth a#aboutfalmouthNav, body#faqs a#faqNav, body#directions a#directionsNav, body#calendar a#calendarNav, body#partners a#partnersNav { background-image: url(NavBranch.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #FFF; padding-left: 50px; } /* Active top-level menu items with a submenu display a branch and a white arrow */ body#aboutridgewood a#aboutridgewoodNav, body#floorplans a#floorplansNav, body#contactrealtors a#contactNav, body#videos a#videosNav { background-image: url(NavBranchArrowWhite.png); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-color: #275936; color: #FFF; padding-left: 50px; } /******************************************************************************* 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 use a green background arrow image */ ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenu { background-image: url(NavArrowGreen.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; } /* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and use a white background arrow image */ ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover { background-image: url(NavArrowWhite.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; } /* Current menu items that have a submenu display a branch graphic to the left and a white arrow to the right */ body#story a#aboutridgewoodNav, body#story a#storyNav, body#neighborhood a#aboutridgewoodNav, body#neighborhood a#neighborhoodNav, body#structure a#aboutridgewoodNav, body#structure a#structureNav, body#green a#aboutridgewoodNav, body#green a#greenNav, body#maplewood a#floorplansNav, body#maplewood a#maplewoodNav, body#birchwood a#floorplansNav, body#birchwood a#birchwoodNav, body#sprucewood a#floorplansNav, body#sprucewood a#sprucewoodNav, body#aspenwood a#floorplansNav, body#aspenwood a#aspenwoodNav, body#cedarwood a#floorplansNav, body#cedarwood a#cedarwoodNav, body#oakwood a#floorplansNav, body#oakwood a#oakwoodNav, body#contactrealtors a#contactNav, body#contactrealtors a#contactrealtorsNav, body#lenders a#contactNav, body#lenders a#contactlendersNav, body#owners a#contactNav, body#owners a#contactownersNav, body#videoOverview a#videosNav, body#videoOverview a#videoOverviewNav, body#videoTour a#videosNav, body#videoTour a#videoTourNav, body#videoLender a#videosNav, body#videoLender a#videoLenderNav { background-image: url(NavBranchArrowWhite.png); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: -1% 50%; background-color: #275936; color: #FFF; padding-left: 50px; } /******************************************************************************* BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert *******************************************************************************/ /* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */ ul.MenuBarVertical iframe { position: absolute; z-index: 1010; 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.MenuBarVertical li.MenuBarItemIE { display: inline; f\loat: left; background: #FFF; } }

Long answer = z-index
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/15/the-z-index-css-property-a-comprehensive-look/
Nancy O.

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