ie6 hidden ul problems

[GolfBits]

I'm using a drop-down menu that appears when you put the mouse cursor over the menu item. The drop-down menu is a hidden unordered list, but in ie6 and earlier i come across display problems. The <ul> doesn't appear, but the space that the <ul> takes up does appear. This results in a bunch of blank space between the menu and the page content. ie6 users have to scroll down to see anything.

Does anyone know what causes this? How to fix it? If it can be fixed?

Any help is very much appreciated.

[infinityspiral]

Fixing this can get nasty real fast. You may need to use absolute positioning on secondary item to get it to drop in the right spot.

[GolfBits]

Fixing this can get nasty real fast. You may need to use absolute positioning on secondary item to get it to drop in the right spot.

Yup, I've noticed. I decided to detect the browser they are using, then suggest they upgrade. It's also easier for me to not display the drop down if they are using ie6 or earlier. They won't have all the features, but at least my site doesn't have a giant blank space that makes my website look like nothing is on it.

Thanks for you help.