Menu bugs?

[DJBenLogan]

Hi folks

First post on the board! here goes....

I have some menus that I have placed within my site. They work on the principles of show hide layers.

When I rollover the menu item the hidden layer appears fine and similarly if I rollout the menu disappears.

There is a slight behavioural issues which my client has picked up on....

When I click a named anchor within the page, e.g a back to top, the menu then behaves slightly differently. It still appears and disappears with the correct mouse events, but it flickers on for a second, and you cannot click any of the items within the menu, as you don't have enough time for your mouse to get across to them!

Any suggestions? Is this becuase I have the mouse event on the <TD>

http://www.spotlessdesign.com/temp/index.htm

Sub page item with back to top

http://www.spotlessdesign.com/temp/services/managed_network.htm

Menus functions stored in:

http://www.spotlessdesign.com/temp/includes/generalfunctions.js

Any offers?

Cheers

Ben

[philaweb]

Originally posted by DJBenLogan
When I click a named anchor within the page, e.g a back to top, the menu then behaves slightly differently. It still appears and disappears with the correct mouse events, but it flickers on for a second, and you cannot click any of the items within the menu, as you don't have enough time for your mouse to get across to them!

IE6 = You're right. The menu does flicker. Prior to clicking the "back to top" link.
I've noticed the submenu stays up even when hovering away from the originating menu link.

FF 0.8 = No submenu after clicking the "back to top" link.

Opera 7.32 = Works flawlessly. BTW... Menu design differs in Opera (right edge cut).

Someone else might give you advice on the <TD> thingy.
I would have used a nested list for this purpose.

[DJBenLogan]

Hi Philaweb

Cheers for taking a look!

Couple of questions...

What does "FF = 0.8" mean? Is this a browser type?

Do you have any examples of a nested list you could show me?

Cheers

Ben

[DJBenLogan]

In fact does anyone have any links to really good cross browser menu scripts?

Ben

[philaweb]

Originally posted by DJBenLogan
What does "FF = 0.8" mean? Is this a browser type?
Mozilla Firefox 0.8
Originally posted by DJBenLogan
Do you have any examples of a nested list you could show me?
Accessible Dropdown Menu (http://www.udm4.com) ~ that's my No. 1 choice. There are also others out there.
Just do a search on this site or look for them on the CSS board. Some of the regulars of this board has different recommendations.

[Vladdy]

UDM is also my recommendation for full blown menu with a lot of features.
If you want to keep things simple:
www.vladdy.net/Demos/CSSNav.html

[DJBenLogan]

Cheers for the reccomendations chaps!

I think the simple CSS one would be my best option to begin with

Cheers again!

Ben