On Aug 13, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Ingo Chao wrote: > > > >> 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 > > -- > http://www.satzansatz.de/css.html > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
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? ==================================== Chris Rahe Executive Director of Marketing and Development Community Hospital of Bremen (574) 546-8011 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/