div.multi_drop_menus * {
margin:0; padding:0; /* removes margin and padding off all list elements */
}
/* SET YOUR PREFERENCES!!! */
/* set your menu's font and colors here - the MENU MECHANICS follow below */
div.multi_drop_menus {
/* behavior:url(../lib/js_tools/csshover.htc); you must link to the hover.htc file for this menu to work in IE6 and earlier */
/* need a copy? go to http://www.xs4all.nl/~peterned/htc/csshover.htc - copy the code into a text file and save it as csshover.htc */
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; /* font family for menu */
font-size: 12px; /* size of menu's type relative to parent element */
margin:0px 0 10px 0px;
background-color:transparent; /* colors the div - div fills the parent element for a horizontal menu - set to background-color:transparent; if not needed */
font-weight: bold;
}
div.multi_drop_menus ul {
border-left:1px solid #CCB; /* creates dividing line to left of level 1's first menu item, revealing div color to left of menu */
display:inline; /* fixes margin-doubling bug in IE6 */
}
div.multi_drop_menus li {
background-color:#adadad; /* background color of the level 1 menu items */
border-right:1px solid #CCB; /* creates dividing lines to right of each horiz level 1 menu item *//* set to 0px to remove */
} /* border-right is automatically removed from vert menu below */
div.multi_drop_menus li:hover {
background-color:#CCC; /* background color of hovered menu items */
}
div.multi_drop_menus a {
color:#333; /* sets the color of all menu type */
padding:.2em 5px; /*creates space top/bottom and left/right respectively around each menu item's text - set vert height in ems */
}
div.multi_drop_menus a:hover {
color:#443; /* type color of a hovered menu choice */
}
div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul {
width:12em; /* sets the width of menu levels 2 - 4 */
}
div.multi_drop_menus li li {
background-color:#adadad; /* background color of the level 2 menu */
border-bottom:1px solid #CCB;/* lines between menu choices - set to 0px if not wanted */
}
div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li ul {
border-top:1px solid #CCB; /* set the border-top of levels 3 and 4 of a horizontal menu - set to 0px to remove - for a vertical menu, you will set this for levels 1 - 4 below */
top:-1px; /* set to negative value of border-top for perfect pop-out alignment -set to 0 if border is 0 - don't remove! */
}
div.multi_drop_menus li li li {
background-color:#EEB; /* background color of the level 3 menu */
}
div.multi_drop_menus li li li li {
background-color:#DDA; /* background color of the level 4 menu */
}
/* Want transparency on your menus? add the class 'transparent' to the multi_drop_menus div */
/*div.multi_drop_menus.transparent ul ul li {
note: the lower the value, the greater the transparency */
/* opacity:0.9; CSS3 - range 0 to 1 */
/*-moz-opacity:0.9; Firefox- range 0 to 1 */
/* filter:alpha(opacity=90); IE- range 0 to 100
}*/
/* ADDITIONAL PREFS FOR VERTICAL MENU - NO NEED TO TOUCH THESE IF LEVEL 1 IS HORIZONTAL */
div.multi_drop_menus.vertical ul {
border-top:1px solid #CCB; /* set the border-top of level 1 of the vertical menu - broken out separately so it can be different from top border of other levels */
}
div.multi_drop_menus.vertical li {
border-bottom:1px solid #CCB; /* adds horizontal lines between menu choices - overrides main setting above for this feature */
}
div.multi_drop_menus.vertical ul ul {
border-top:1px solid #CCB; /* set the border-top of levels 2 - 4 of a vertical menu - set to 0 to remove */
top:-1px; /* set to negative value of border-top for perfect pop-out alignment - set to 0 if border is 0 - don't remove!*/
}
/* end vertical menu preferences */
/* END MENU PREFERENCES */
/* YOU ARE STONGLY ADVISED NOT TO MODIFY THE CODE THAT FOLLOWS : ) */
/* the menu mechanics start here */
div.multi_drop_menus {
float: left;
width:100%;
}
div.multi_drop_menus ul {
float:left; /* makes ul wrap li */
font-size:1em; /* prevents inheritence from maiin text style sheet */
}
div.multi_drop_menus li {
float: left; /*causes the list to align horizontally instead of stack */
list-style-type:none; /* removes the bullet off each list item */
position:relative; /* positioning context for the absolutely positioned drop-down */
}
div.multi_drop_menus a {
display:block; /* makes link fill li so entire area is "hot" */
text-decoration:none; /* removes the underlining from the links */
}
/* the horizontal menu ends here */
/* the drop-downs starts here */
div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul {
position:absolute; /* positions the drop-down ul in relation to its relatively positioned li parent */
border:0; /* stops inheritance from level 1 ul */
margin-left:0px; /* stops inheritance from level 1 ul */
}
div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li {
width:100%;
padding:0; /* stops inheritance */
border-left:0; /* stops inheritance */
border-right:0; /* stops inheritance */
}
div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul {display:none;} /* conceals the drop-down when menu not hovered */
div.multi_drop_menus ul li:hover ul {
display:block; /* shows the drop-down when the menu is hovered */
z-index:1000; /* Safari needs this to display menu on top of other page elements */
}
/* pop-outs starts here */
body div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li ul {
position:absolute; /* associated menu with parent li positioning context */
visibility:hidden; /* ensures that level 3 menu is not reveal when level 2 is reveled */
left:100%;
top:-1px; /* aligns level 3 and 4 pop-out with previous level */
}
div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li:hover ul {visibility:visible;} /* shows level 3 menu when associated level 2 li is hovered */
/* second and third level popouts here*/
div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li:hover ul li ul {visibility:hidden;} /* ensures that level 4 is not reveal when level 3 is reveled */
div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li ul li:hover ul {visibility:visible;} /* shows level 4 menu when associated level 3 li is hovered */
/* the drop-downs end here */
/* extra styles for the vertical menu */
div.multi_drop_menus.vertical ul {
border-left:0px; /* removes the border of the level 1 ul that can be used in the horizontal menu */
margin-left:0; /* removes left margin that is available on horizontal menu */
}
.vertical ul { /* took off the id so the ul ul width setting in prefs was more specific */
width:100%;
}
div.multi_drop_menus.vertical li {
position:relative; /* positioning context for the level 2 menu */
width:100%; /* set width of level 1 menu - MUST match left value in ul ul selector below */
clear:left; /* makes the main menu stack - note: turning off floating (alternative way to create stacking) causes spacing problems in IE */
border-right:0; /* removes right borders used by horiz level 1 */
}
div.multi_drop_menus.vertical ul ul {
position:absolute; /* make ul position relative to parent li for all menu levels */
left:100%; /* align level 2 with level 1 - MUST match li width in selector above */
top:-1px; /* aligns the level 2 pop-out */
}
/* levels 2 -4 width */
div.multi_drop_menus.vertical li li {
}
div.multi_drop_menus.vertical ul ul ul {
left:100%; /* align level 2 with level 3 and 3 with 4 - MUST match li width in selector above */
}
/* END MENU MECHANICS */
/* inevitable hacks for IE6 and < */
* html div.multi_drop_menus {
z-index:1; /* IE6 won't respect high z-index on abs-pos'd child (ul li ul) without this on its parent rel-pos'd element */
} /* see http://www.last-child.com/conflicting-z-index-in-ie6/ */
* html div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul {
z-index:600; /* ensures menu is on top of other page elements */
}
* html div.multi_drop_menus a {
/* cannot find a way to get the top level 'a' to fill the unwidthed menu choices without drop-down in IE : ( */
}
/** html div.multi_drop_menus.vertical a {
now hasLayout in IE - works on the vert menu as container has width
zoom:100%;
} */
/* * html div.multi_drop_menus ul ul a { second level of horiz menu
zoom:100%; now IE 'haslayout" - IE now makes background hot in horizontal menus
} */
/* info on haslayout:
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2041209&postcount=24
http://onhavinglayout.fwpf-webdesign.de/hack_management/
*/
/* END OF LIST-BASED MENU */