> On Aug 13, 2007, at 1:18 PM, Ingo Chao wrote:
> 
> Chris Rahe wrote:
> http://www.bremenhospital.org/testsite/pages/specialists.html

>> "Specialities" button:
>>
>> IE is not able to determine the static position of an absolutely 
>> positioned block. So, if you swap left: -999px to 'auto' on hover, it 
>> misplaces it.
>>
>> An a.p. block is positioned with respect to its containing block, 
>> performed by its nearest positioned anchestor. You'll have to apply 
>> position:relative to the .specMenu and left:0 for the hover state of 
>> the child .specMenu li:hover ul within.  ...

Chris Rahe wrote:
 > Thanks! That seemed to fix it in IE7, but the dropdown is permanently
 > there in IE6.
 >
 > As to the select, I'm going to change that to a button similar to the
 > "Specialties" button as soon as I get it working.
 >
 > Thanks again for the help. Any ideas on making it work for IE6? Just
 > because my visitors are likely to not have the latest browsers.


No, you did not follow the steps I suggested.

Now, the inner ul is positioned relative.

I meant to position:relative the outer ul.specMenu.

Keep the inner ul absolutely positioned.

replace left:auto with left:0 on the hover state.


Can we please use bottom posting in this thread? The list policies

Ingo

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