Now I have a CSS question. My flyouts are working correctly on my local test server, but I cannot get the look I want. I would like the top most menu to have no background color, ie transparent and all the flyouts to have a background color. I think I need to add another class or something in order to do this, but my CSS skills are pretty remedial. I have tried to add an additional "ul.MenuBarHorizontal a" that is renamed and change the background color without luck. I've also tried to duplicate the CSS file and use 2 different settings on the different parts but that's not it either. I can only get all or nothing. Is it a descendent style that's killing me? Thanks for any help.
CSS File:
Code:
/* 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: 8em;
float: left;
}
/* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
width: 8em;
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: 8em;
}
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
{
position: absolute;
margin: 0 0 0 100%;
}
/* 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: transparent;
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.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: #FF9900;
}
/*******************************************************************************
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;
}
}
html code:
Code:
<body>
<ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarHorizontal">
<li><a href="#" >Home</a></li>
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Stiffy-ETD's</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Applications</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Benefits</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Stiffy FAQ's</a></li>
<li><a href="#">How to Adjust</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Instructions</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Tech Info</a>
<ul>
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">FAQ's</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Alignment</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Performance</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Technical</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Alignment Definitions</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Camber</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Caster</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Toe</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Scrub Radius</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Included Angle</a></li>
<li><a href="#">SAI</a></li>
<li><a href="#">4-Wheel Alignment</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Product Instructions</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Suspension Tuning Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Lowering & Camber Change</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
//-->
</script>
</body>