Vertical Spry Menu

Continuing from my previous question - which was really well answered by Ben.
My problem now is that it all works beautifully in Safari on my Mac (and I would expect in IE on PC)
but secondary nav no longer appears in Firefox on my Mac. Don't have a PC so can't check definitively but can get it checked tomorrow.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can get it to work across platforms as it appears in Safari?
Page to view is online at:
http://www.yourlondontours.com/indexnewben.html
Thanks
Sheila

One of the things that Spry Menus rely on (at least in my experience) is z-index. Although others might disagree, some browsers seem to interpret z-index (counted from the picture plane toward the viewer) in an intuitive way. Others strictly interpret z-index, and when you are using many APdivs, remembering that absolute positioning takes that material out of the flow of the page, it gets tricky.
Of course you don't want to rebuild your site. I don't blame you. Instead of that radical approach on a site that is already put together, try moving the div that contains the menu (with the menu in it, of course), while keeping the apparent position on the page. You might find a way for it to work.
I do sympathize...moving from an apparently easy to use program to one that is more strict with coding is frustrating. But I do recommend taking steps to implement/use many fewer APdivs...use them as condiment rather than main dish(es) , if you will. You will find tutorials that will help, if you go to the knowledgebase (up under Support on the main menu here) and just do a search.
By the way, any div that is not specifically noted another kind of div has essentially relative positioning. Picture your page as being built from the top down with containers that "stack" (upside down...) in the same way your content appears to flow (to the user).
Beth

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How to get rid of the line encasing the left hand side of a vertical spry menu?

Hi,
I have created a vertical spry menu bar. It all works but there is a line like this [ encasing the left hand side of the menu. Does anyone know how to get rid of this?
Thanks!

Line 73 in your Spry css calls for a border
ul.MenuBarVertical{
border: 1px solid #ccc;
Either remove the rule or change the #ccc to #fff

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I’m new to Dreamweaver and am learning as I go. I am having a problem with the vertical spry menu bar submenu in the Live View. When I scroll over the spry menu bar option that has a submenu, the submenu appears in the upper right hand corner of my screen. (My menu bar is going down the left hand side.) However, when I preview it in Internet Explorer it looks fine after I allow the Java Script to run or the Active X controls, which my browser usually automatically blocks. (The browser just displays a small message along the top and I click on it to allow it.) To get it to do this much, I had to play around with the CSS for the spry menu bar a little bit.
Before, when I clicked on the Live View option, a small message ran along the top in Dreamweaver saying it couldn’t find the Flash Plugin and asked me to download the most recent FlashPlayer, which I did twice. It continued to say that and then I just closed that message that kept popping up, but I think that has something to do with the problem. I then researched that problem in the Spry Framework Help and Dreamweaver Help, but couldn’t find a solution that worked. (Someone had posted a link for downloading the Flash Player for Netscape Navigator, but that didn’t seem to do anything.)
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IE is a big problem child among browsers. Don't use it as your default browser.
For best results, build your site to display & perform well in the web standards browsers like Firefox, Chrome, Safari & Opera. If it works in one, it should work pretty much the same in all of them.
After you're satisfied with how your site looks in the good browsers, then test in IE. If needed, add hacks or conditional comments to make IE behave. There are many web sites that discuss known bugs in IE and how to work around them.
Lastly, the active X nag screens only appear locally. Once deployed on the remote server, you won't see them.
For better answers to your layout questions, we need to see your page. Can you post a URL?
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
http://alt-web.com/
http://twitter.com/altweb

Vertical Spry Menu-IE alters positioning. How do I fix this? Works in all other browsers correctly.

I've recently uploaded a new website and am having a glitch with internet explorer with the vertical spry menu. It appears perfectly in all other browsers. I had added css rules to move up some of the longer submenus so they would all appear on the screen without needing to scroll down on the main page to view them. In internet explorer, it positions the top menu item, but the rest of the list does not follow in suit. Any ideas? This is super frustrating! Thanks!
link is here:
http://www.academypublishing.com

Hi,
I see now and it's really a little crazy, because the menus are there, just not where they should be.
I still need to investigate the matter thoroughly a little more closely, because I never saw it till now. Too bad that Gramps has not seen the thread, I'm convinced he will do the trick immediately! What if you would write a letter to him?By the way, did you make a try it with the original version of "SpryMenuBarVertical.css".
Hans-G.

Vertical Spry menu works in IE7 but not Safari

My vertical SPRY menu works well in various versions of IE
but when I preview in Safari it has an odd way of creating the
sub-menu. Here is the visual:
http://www.ornh.mb.ca/index_test.html
Any suggestions? Dawn

First thing is first. Your spry code is out of date. You are
running version 1.4 and the latest is 1.6.1. Go to the page below
and run the Spry Updater package:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/home.html

IE problems with vertical spry menu bar

hi,
first of all: I'm aware that this problem has been discussed
before. but nothing I've found so far has really helped me.
the problem is that my vertical spry menu bar doesn't work
properly with the internet explorer. I've (clumsily) repositioned
the submenu bars, but that didn't seem to be the main problem.
I'm using dreamweaver cs3 on a mac and have checked for
safari and firefox, in which everything works fine. I'd be very
grateful if someone could have a look at
www.philipbirau.com/portfolio.htm.
unfortunatly, I have neither the skills nor the money for
'professional' webdesign, so any hint will be appreciated. if you
need more information, please let me know.
thanks!
philip

hi,
first of all: I'm aware that this problem has been discussed
before. but nothing I've found so far has really helped me.
the problem is that my vertical spry menu bar doesn't work
properly with the internet explorer. I've (clumsily) repositioned
the submenu bars, but that didn't seem to be the main problem.
I'm using dreamweaver cs3 on a mac and have checked for
safari and firefox, in which everything works fine. I'd be very
grateful if someone could have a look at
www.philipbirau.com/portfolio.htm.
unfortunatly, I have neither the skills nor the money for
'professional' webdesign, so any hint will be appreciated. if you
need more information, please let me know.
thanks!
philip

Background png doesn't show right in vertical spry menu in IE

Hi,
My vertical spry menu background gradient png is fine in Firefox, Safari, Chrome, etc. But in IE it shows white. I have it posted on a temporary site: http://bethniebuhr.com
Can you help me fix the IE?
Thanks.

At the bottom the SpryMenuBarVertical.css you have
/* 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;
Either set the value to transparent or remove the line altogether.
Gramps

Help with vertical Spry menu

I posted this in the general forum, but thought I'd repost
here since this is more specific to Spry.
I'm having issues in IE (6 & 7...surprise, surprise) with
my vertical spry menu. It displays exactly the way I want it when I
use Opera. I think it has to do with the whitespace:nowrap on the
2nd level menu items, but I really don't know. I want the 2nd level
menu to be different width than the 3rd level, so I have both
levels set to auto width with nowrap.
This is how it looks in IE 7:
Menu
in IE
This is how it looks in Opera (correct):
Menu
in Opera
Attached is my CSS as well. Let me know if you need the HTML,
too.
Thank you for helping!
quote:
@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: 100%;
cursor: default;
width: 8em;
/* 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: 8em;
/* 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: -5% 0 0 95%;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
width: auto;
left: -1000em;
top: 0;
white-space: nowrap;
/* 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: auto;
white-space: nowrap;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Outermost menu container has borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical
border: 1px solid #CCC;
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
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: #EEE;
padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
color: #333;
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-color: #33C;
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: #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.MenuBarVertical 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.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;
/* 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;

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

Changing arrow color on vertical spry menu

How do I change the color of the arrow on the vertical spry menu indicating there are submenus for that topic?

http://www.ipdctest.com/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarVertical.css
It's the background image in these two CSS rules
ul.MenuBarVertical 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.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
PS the path to your SpryAssets folder is wrong in the page code.
Page code:
<script src="../../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="../../SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarVertical.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
Should be
<script src="/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="/SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarVertical.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

Vertical Spry Menu Bars

For some reason, whenever I roll over my vertical spry menu bar, instead of it going to the side, the submenus open within the menu bar, blocking the other menu bar items. How do I make it go to the side?
Also, is there a way to make it so that the submenu items open within and underneath the menu item, but push the other menu items below it rather than going over it?
Thanks!

The online version of SpryMenuBar.js is still 1.4
Instead of uploading the file, let's try to latch onto the JS file that Adobe has online. This means that you need to change line 9, or thereabouts, from
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
to
<script src="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/includes_minified/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Then go down to lines 28-30 and remove these as they have already been loaded above.
To make the menu stretch the full width add the following style rule or change the existing rul to include the following
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li {
width: 16.666667%;
After you have done that we'll go on from there
Gramps

Vertical Spry menu bar--adjusting bottom submenu

I'm trying to adjust the last submenu on my vertical Spry menu bar. Originally, the submenu caused the page to either expand when I moused over the submenu (in IE), or the page would load with white space below the footer in order to accomodate the submenu when I mouse over it (in Firefox). The adjustment I want is to move the submenu up so that neither of those things happen. I've made the adjustment appear exactly how I want it to in Chrome and Safari, but IE, Firefox, and Opera now have the submenu placed halfway up the page. I can post the code if it's helpful, but I do not have the site hosted anywhere at the moment. The adjustment I made is in the Spry menu's css:
ul.MenuBarVertical ul#last
margin: -205% 0 0 95%;
Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
Sarah

Thanks for the reply. After changing the code to your suggestion, now the submenu loads approximately 80px below the last menu item in all browsers except IE. In IE, the submenu looks the way it did straight out of the box. Any other ideas to try?
Sarah

How do I make Vertical Spry Menu appear in IE

The URL in question is:
http://www.ambppct.org/index_menu.php
I have inserted a Vertcal Spry Menu on this page. It functions perfectly in Safari, Firefox and IE 8. However it does not appear in previous versions of IE.
Below is the css file:
@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: 0em;
padding: 0em;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 12px;
cursor: default;
width: 12em;
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
color: #C03;
font-style: normal;
z-index: auto;
background-color: #CC9999;
/* 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;
width: 12em;
/* 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: 12em;
background-color: #CC9999;
/* 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
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
width: 12em;
left: -1000em;
top: 0;
margin-top: -5%;
margin-right: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 95%;
/* 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;
width: 12em;
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul li
width: 12em;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Outermost menu container has borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical
border: 1px solid #D6D6D6;
width: 12em;
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
border: 1px solid #D6D6D6;
width: 12em;
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarVertical a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #CC9999;
color: #C03;
text-decoration: none;
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
font-style: normal;
border: thin solid #D6D6D6;
overflow: hidden;
padding-top: 0.5em;
padding-right: 0.75em;
padding-bottom: 0.5em;
padding-left: 0.75em;
width: auto;
position: relative;
/* 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: #CC6666;
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: #C66;
color: #FFF;
width: auto;
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(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
width: auto;
/* 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%;
width: auto;
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: none;

You will have to update your spry code (do not know how (possibly in editing the css), but it is causing the problem).
If you have CS3 or 4, you can use the spry updater extension from -
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/
Delete your old spry files then apply the spry updater by selecting, Site - Spry Updater - then select the options req'd.
Check your page works, modify the spry css as required, checking the site in the browsers after every change.
PZ

Vertical Spry Menu Bar not working in all browsers

Hi, everyone!
I'm hoping you'll help me troubleshoot something. I have a spry menu bar (vertical) that's expanding properly in IE but not in Firefox or other browsers. Here is the link:
http://midlochorus.org/
Thanks in advance for any help!
Karen

I'm pretty bummed not to receive any answers to this. Is there nobody who can help me?

Dreamweaver Vertical Spry Menu Problem in IE7

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;
/* 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: 150px;
/* 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: -5% 0 0 95%;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
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
background-image:url(../images/topnav-up-165.gif);
background:#FFFFFF;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text
decoration */
ul.MenuBarVertical a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
background-image:url(../images/topnav-up.gif);
padding: 0.3em 0.3em;
color: #333;
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-color: #FFFFFF;
color: #333;
/* 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: #FFFFFF;
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.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
background-image: url(../images/topnav-up.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
background-color: #038203;
border-bottom-width: 2px;
border-bottom-style: solid;
border-bottom-color: #666666;
border-top-width: 2px;
border-top-color: #FFFFFF;
border-right-width: 2px;
border-left-width: 2px;
border-top-style: solid;
border-right-style: solid;
border-left-style: solid;
border-right-color: #666666;
border-left-color: #FFFFFF;
/* 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(../images/topnav-dn.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 0% 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;
/* 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;

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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ul.MenuBarVertical ul
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z-index: 1020;
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background:#FFFFFF;
DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
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decoration */
ul.MenuBarVertical a
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
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color: #333;
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ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarVertical
a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarVertical
a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
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ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
background-image: url(../images/topnav-up.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
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border-bottom-width: 2px;
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border-top-width: 2px;
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border-right-width: 2px;
border-left-width: 2px;
border-top-style: solid;
border-right-style: solid;
border-left-style: solid;
border-right-color: #666666;
border-left-color: #FFFFFF;
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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(../images/topnav-dn.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 0% 50%;
BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless
you are an expert
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controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarVertical iframe
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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.MenuBarVertical li.MenuBarItemIE
display: inline;
f\loat: left;
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I have a general question I would like to pose to anyone who has worked with the vertical spry 2.0 menu bar regarding the orientation of sub-menus (left vs. right flyout). In the previous version of the spry menu bar it was possible to to designate that the flyout sub-menus would appear to the left (as opposed to the right (normal or standard position) of the main level menu bar.
In reviewing the tutorials for the new version, and reviewing the settings for the widget I can't seem to see anything similar for the latest version of the spry menu bar. Does anyone now if this is possible? Does it require adjustments to the Javascript or can it be done directly from within the widget customization.
I realize that it isn't normal practice to pose questions in such general terms, however I thought I would try to determine if anyone has had experience in this regard before launching into the project.
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I do have a similar issue with Scott, in that it takes two or more "taps" to get the submenus to fly out, but at least the arrow is there so the user knows there is a submenu to be had. The only real issue I still have is that for sub-submenus (i.e., third-level), no amount of tapping will get those to display long enough to select them (only an issue on the iPad). I don't know a way around this for the iPad, other than to also eliminate all links from second-level menus that have a third level, and that's more reprogramming than I want to do for today.
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I am a beginner, so maybe this is a stupid question... But here we go
Is there a way to "link" horizontal and vertical menu bars together?
I'll try to give an example...
The horizontal bar (main menu, in the header of the page) is:
Item 1          Item 2        Item 3          Item 4
(sub 1.1)      (sub 2.1)
(sub 1.2)      (sub 2.2)
Now, when clicking on one of the links, let's say "Sub 2.2", I would like to have the sidebar show this:
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Now, the easy way to do this, is to create a separate page with a separate accordion menu in the side bar for each of the "Items". But that means that when I alter something (add a submenu, change its name, change a link, etc), I'd need to change the separate pages as well.
Is there a not too complicated way to link them together? So that the Item 2 in the side bar is not just a word, and the menu below not just a separate menu, but refer to the horizontal menu which is in the header? In other words, I would like to create one single list with all the "Items", "Subs" and "Sub-subs" to which I can refer and use them in different spry formats and locations.
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Tom

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