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#1 2003-01-06 3:05 pm

fennerio
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From: Muncie, IN
Registered: 2002-02-04
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Dreamweaver question ... cross-browser DHTML blechola.

I'm in the process of redesigning our corporate website, and I've pretty much got a layout that I like.  I've created some DHTML dropdown menus in Dreamweaver that work like a charm in IE5.2 on the Mac, but apparently nowhere else.  smile 

Ain't that always the way?

Basically what I've got going on in my page - which you can view here - is a server-side include at the top of the page which includes the logo and the navigation as well as the drop-down menus.  The SSI is embedded in a table.

When you mouseover the links, the drop menus do indeed pop up, but not where they're supposed to.  They pop up with absolute positioning on the screen instead of relative to the page.  It makes some sense that it does this since the dropdowns are achieved with layers (DIV tags), and they like to be positioned absolutely, at least the way Dreamweaver handles them. 

This site is not designed to be full-screen, basically because about 90% of the folks that looked at my mockups preferred this layout to the one that I'd done full-screen. 

Anyway, if anyone knows how to go about getting these pesky dropdown menus to drop down where they're supposed to, I'd appreciate a heads-up.  smile

Thanks!!
Mike

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#2 2003-01-06 7:27 pm

Daniel
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From: Melbourne, FL
Registered: 2000-11-21
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Re: Dreamweaver question ... cross-browser DHTML blechola.

They work fine in Chimera for me.  smile


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#3 2003-01-08 12:06 am

Gipetto
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Registered: 2000-09-24
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Re: Dreamweaver question ... cross-browser DHTML blechola.

For me the rollovers pop down centered under the subject they pertain to.

Where are they supposed to be relative to the button?

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#4 2003-01-08 12:24 am

TonyPrevite
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From: Glendale, AZ
Registered: 2002-04-14
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Re: Dreamweaver question ... cross-browser DHTML blechola.

He changed it up to a full browser/combo....much nicer...there is no good way to do those kind of <DIV> based menu's on a centered table like it was before. Relative positioned <DIV>'s act different among all browsers.

This was a good way around it.....nice work.

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