On Aug 13, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Ingo Chao wrote:

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>> On Aug 13, 2007, at 1:18 PM, Ingo Chao wrote:
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>> Chris Rahe wrote:
>> http://www.bremenhospital.org/testsite/pages/specialists.html
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>>> "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.  ...
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> 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.
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> No, you did not follow the steps I suggested.
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> Now, the inner ul is positioned relative.
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> I meant to position:relative the outer ul.specMenu.
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> Keep the inner ul absolutely positioned.
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> replace left:auto with left:0 on the hover state.
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> Can we please use bottom posting in this thread? The list policies
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> Ingo
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Well I think I've followed your instructions and it works fine in  
IE7, but still not in IE6. Do I still have something wrong?



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