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hi pete,
> I'm not sure I can solve your specific problem, but I can speak to
> positioning an object relative to its parent. This was an epiphany for
> me when I discovered it (reading and Eric Meyer book, I'm sure).
>
> To put it simply, you must set the parent element to be recognized as
> a box. You do this by setting its position to "relative" or
> "absolute". The child element's position is then set to "absolute". I
> know, it's not particularly intuitive.
>
> So, to position div#fbar (the child) relative to the postion of
> div#bar (the parent), you do something like this:
>
> div#foo { position:relative; }
> div#bar { position: absolute; top: 10px; left: 20px; }
>
> Then, in the xhtml...
>
> <div id="foo">
> <div id="bar">some content</div>
> </div>
>
> That'll offset the content of bar 10px from the top edge and 20px from
> the left edge of foo.
>
> Hope this makes sense
well described, and you're right -- once the epiphany strikes, lots
becomes clear ...
i'm using this 'standard approach' successfully throughout my site ..
> and help a bit w/ your trouble.
iiuc, i _do_ have the 'boxes' correctly defined/laid out. the menu &
dropdown are, in fact working 'correctly' as:
<div id="topbar_container"> /* posn: fixed; rel to browser */
<div id="topbar"> /* posn: relative; rel to
parent = "topbar_container" */
<div id="techList"> /* float: right; rel to
parent = "topbar" */
<ul>
<li>
<ul>
<li>
<a><span id="xaraya"> </span></a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div id="techList">
</div id="topbar">
</div id="topbar_container">
now, i WANT to have the dropdown submenu positioned relative to its
parent's ("techList") 'box', which is floateded right in "topbar" ...
BUT, the only way i seem to be able to position it AND have it appear in
the browser, is to:
define it as a block
position it ABSOLUTE, relative to the parent TOPBAR ...
i.e.,
#techList ul:hover li ul {
display: block;
position: absolute;
width: 80px;
height: 15px;
top: 15;
right: 14px;
}
the QUESTION is, HOW TO position the dropdown's SUBMENU relative to the
parent <ul> object, namely the right-floated image ...
cheers,
richard
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