Hi Guys the HTML code is <html> <head> <title>1STA - Connecting STA</title> <!-- css --> <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/styles.css" type="text/css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./css/lightwindow.css" /> <!-- JavaScript --> <script type="text/javascript" src="./library//prototype.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="./library/effects.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="./library/lightwindow.js"></script> </head> <body> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" align="center"> <tr> <td class="hg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <A HREF="/1STA/newsfeed.php"><IMG height="32" alt="logo" src="./images/logo.png" width="137" ISMAP></A> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="hg"></td> </tr> <tr class="nav"> <td bgcolor="#00AEEF"><ul id="navlevel-1"> <li><a href="#" title="">My Profile</a> <ul class="navlevel-2"> <li><a href="/1STA/editprofile.php" title="Edit Profile">Edit My Profile</a></li> <li><a href="/1STA/viewprofile.php" title="View Profile">View My Profile</a></li> </ul> </li><li><a href="#" title="">Admin</a> <ul class="navlevel-2"> <li><a href="/1STA/automatedemailsearch.php" title="Automated Emails">Automated Emails</a></li> <li><a href="/1STA/accountadmin.php" title=" Manage Accounts">Manage Accounts</a></li> <li><a href="/1STA/newsfeedsearch.php" title=" News Feed Items">News Feed Items</a></li> <li><a href="/1STA/languagetemplateadmin.php" title="UI Languages">UI Languages</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul></td> <td align="right" bgcolor="#00AEEF"><a href="/1STA/includes/logout.php" class="logout">Sign Out</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="hg"></td> </tr> </table> Code (markup): The css code that deals with the menu is /****** MAIN NAVIGATION ******/ ul#navlevel-1 { margin:0; padding:1px 0; list-style:none; width:100%; height:21px; font:normal 8pt verdana, arial, helvetica; } ul#navlevel-1 li { margin:0; padding:0; display:block; float:left; position:relative; width:148px; } ul#navlevel-1 li a:link, ul#navlevel-1 li a:visited { padding:4px 0; display:block; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; background:transparent ; color:#ffffff; width:148px; height:14px; } ul#navlevel-1 li:hover a, ul#navlevel-1 li a:hover, ul#navlevel-1 li a:active { padding:4px 0; display:block; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; background:#000099; color:#ffffff; width:146px; height:13px; } ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 { margin:0; padding:1px 1px 0; list-style:none; display:none; background:#ffffff; width:146px; position:absolute; top:21px; left:-1px; } ul#navlevel-1 li:hover ul.navlevel-2 { display:block; } ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li { width:146px; clear:left; width:146px; } ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li a:link, ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li a:visited { clear:left; background:#00A7EE; padding:4px 0; width:146px; border:none; position:relative; z-index:1000; } ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li:hover a, ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li a:active, ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li a:hover { clear:left; background:#000099; padding:4px 0; width:146px; border:none; position:relative; z-index:1000; } ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li ul.navlevel-3 { display:none; margin:0; padding:0; list-style:none; position:absolute; left:145px; top:-2px; padding:1px 1px 0 1px; background:#ffffff; z-index:900; } ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li:hover ul.navlevel-3 { display:block; } ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li ul.navlevel-3 li a:link, ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li ul.navlevel-3 li a:visited { background:#00A7EE; } ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li ul.navlevel-3 li:hover a, ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li ul.navlevel-3 li a:hover, ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li ul.navlevel-3 li a:active { background:#000099; } ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li a span { position:absolute; top:0; left:132px; font-size:12pt; color:#0059AD; } ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li:hover a span, ul#navlevel-1 li ul.navlevel-2 li a:hover span { position:absolute; top:0; left:132px; font-size:12pt; color:#ffffff; } Code (markup): Now what happens is that this works perfectly fine in Firefox but in internet explorer It is just not working. The menu does not drop down. go the website www.greenal.co.uk and check this out Any idea why this is so. Please help - Zahid
one thing that I noticed was the user of :hover on elements other than links. I know this works in FF but IE does have problems with it. something you could do would be: on the #navlevel-1 add: onmouseover="this.style.display='block';" Code (markup): This is the same thing as :hover, yet is cross-compatible in IE and FF.
A far more easier method of implementing dropdown menus is using suckerfish dropdowns. Try this link: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns The main reason why this isn't working for IE is purely because IE doesn't support li:hover. You would need to use JS to make it work for IE. The link I posted would be a big help, just use the code they provided then tweak the css from there.