HTML drop downs not working

**msandeep27** · 09-01-2011, 01:45 PM

Hi

I am not able to get the drop downs working when i place this code in my application .i have given below m css file and the Html page .When i deploy the css file and html page along witht the csshover3.htc i am able to get the drop downs working properly (horizontally) in ie7 ,firefox. but when i integrate this code in my application i am not able to get the dropdown instead i get the menu in the left of the page vertical .Presently i am using ie7 but i want it to be browser compatible so i am using only html here. Please verify the code below

CSS

Code:

#menu {
width: 100%;
background: #eee;
float: left;
}

#menu ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
float: left;
}

#small {width: 3em;}
#medium {width: 5em;}
#large {width: 8em;}


#menu a, #menu h2 {
font: bold 10px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
display: block;
border-width: 1px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #ccc #888 #555 #bbb;
margin: 0;
padding: 2px 3px;
}


#menu li {position: relative;}

#menu ul ul {
position: absolute;
z-index: 500;
width: 9em;
}

#menu ul ul ul {
top: 0;
left: 100%;
}


div#menu ul ul,
div#menu ul li:hover ul ul,
div#menu ul ul li:hover ul ul
{display: none;}

div#menu ul li:hover ul,
div#menu ul ul li:hover ul,
div#menu ul ul ul li:hover ul
{display: block;}

#menu h2 {
color: #ddbc36;
background: #003366;
text-transform: uppercase;
}

#menu a {
color: #000;
background: #efefef;
text-decoration: none;
}

#menu a:hover {
color: #a00;
background: #fff;
}

HTML

Code:

<html>
<head>
<LINK href="/css/menu.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<!--[if IE]>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
body {
behavior: url(css/csshover3.htc);  
font-size: 100%;
}

#menu ul li {float: left; width: 100%;}
#menu ul li a {height: 1%;} 

#menu a, #menu h2 {
font: bold 0.7em/1.4em arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
</style>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<div id="menu"> 

<ul id="small">
  <li><h2>T</h2>
       <ul>
          <li><a href="../action/T1 ">A1</a></li>
	  <li><a href="../action/T2=true">A2</a></li>
	  <li><a href="../action/T3=true">A3</a></li>
	  <li><a href="../action/T4=InitialPage">A4</a></li>
	  <li><a  href="../action/T5=InitialPage">A5</a></li>
	
	  <li><a href="#S">B</a>
		<ul>
		    <li><a href="../action/S1">B1</a></li>
		    <li><a href="../action/S2">B2</a></li>
		    <li><a href="../action/S3">B3</a></li>
		    <li><a href="../action/S4">B4</a></li>
		    <li><a href="#S">B5        </a>
				<ul>
					<li><a href="../action/Messages?listType=CREATE">Create</a></li>
					<li><a href="../action/Messages?listType=VIEW">View</a></li>
				</ul>
		    </li>
				
		</ul>
	  </li>

       </ul>
  </li>
</ul>
<ul id="medium">
  <li><h2>V</h2>
       <ul>
          <li><a href="../action/V1">C1</a></li>
	  <li><a href="../action/V2">C2</a></li>
	  <li><a href="../action/V3">C3</a></li>
	  <li><a href="#U">C4</a></li>
	  <li><a  href="../action/U1">D1</a></li>
	  <li><a  href="../action/U2">D2</a></li>
	  <li><a href="../action/U3">D3</a></li>
       </ul>
  </li>
</ul>
<ul id="medium">
  <li><h2>X</h2>
       <ul>
				<li><a href="../action/X1">E1</a></li>
				<li><a href="../action/X2">E2</a></li>
				<li><a href="../action/X3">E3</a></li>
       </ul>
  </li>
</ul>
<ul id="medium">
  <li><h2>ALL OTHER</h2>
       <ul>
				<li><a href="../action/Y1">F1</a></li>
				<li><a href="../action/Y2">F2</a></li>
				      
       </ul>
  </li>
</ul>
<ul id="small">
  <li><a href="../action/Z" style="color:#ddbc36;background:#003366;text-transform: uppercase;">G</a></li>
</ul>
<ul id="medium">
  <li><h2>V</h2>
       <ul>
				<li><a href="../action/V1">H1</a></li>
				<li><a href="../action/V2">H2</a></li>
      </ul>
  </li>
</ul>
<ul id="large">
  <li><h2>W</h2>
       <ul>
				<li><a href="../action/W1">I1</a></li>
				<li><a href="../action/W2">I2</a></li>
				<li><a href="../action/W3">I3</a></li>
				<li><a href="../action/W4">I4</a></li>
				<li><a href="../action/W5">I5</a></li>
				<li><a href="../action/W6">I6</a></li>				
				<li>
					<a  href="../action/Z">J</a>
					<ul>
							<li><a  href="../action/Z1">J1</a></li>
							<li><a  href="../action/Z2">J2</a></li>
							<li><a  href="../action/Z3">J3</a></li>
					</ul>
				</li>	
       </ul>
  </li>
</ul>
<ul id="medium">
  <li><h2>Q</h2>
       <ul>
				<li><a href="../action/Q1">K1</a></li>
				<li><a href="../action/Q2">K2</a></li>
       </ul>
  </li>
</ul>
<ul id="large">
  <li><h2>P</h2>
       <ul>
				<li><a href="../action/P1">L1</a></li>
				<li><a href="../action/P2">L2</a></li>				
       </ul>
  </li>
</ul>
<ul id="small">
  <li><a href="#" style="color:#ddbc36;background:#003366;text-transform: uppercase;" onclick='return showTopMenuHelp()'>Help</a></li>
</ul>
							
</div> 
</body>
</html>

**Mourya** · 09-11-2011, 10:38 AM

Hi Sandeep,

I checked the above code, on firefox and chromes , its working fine, but doesn't work in IE.

I think the reason is because you are uisng duplicate id (small,large,medium) , which IE is unable to parse. Try changing the Id, and check once.

Thanks
Mourya

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