CSS Dropdown menu for the header- With Categories!

[chadderuski]

A different question:

I noticed in IE6 (and probably IE5 as well) that there is a problem with the menu with pages that have a <select> active .... meaning the select box shows through the menu.

I was reading about a solution to this over at Brainjar:

http://www.brainjar.com/dhtml/menubar/default11.asp

But egaads, talk about a chore!

[Get Em Fast]

Chad, the CSS Flyout Menu is just fine. It's easy to install, easy to manipulate, but as with ANYTHING to do with ZC, SOMEBODY's gonna have problems with it. If you can use the dropdown menu, then you can use the Flyout menu, with, or without images, as well.

[jettrue]

A different question:

I noticed in IE6 (and probably IE5 as well) that there is a problem with the menu with pages that have a <select> active .... meaning the select box shows through the menu.

I was reading about a solution to this over at Brainjar:

http://www.brainjar.com/dhtml/menubar/default11.asp

But egaads, talk about a chore!

My solution for this is much easier.

Someone else had this problem, and my suggestion was to make the select menu float to the right, so it was underneath "Contact Us", "My Account" and "Shopping Cart" which are much smaller menus. You can also use css to constrict the width of a menu.

For example... if you're having problems with the sorter menu under "all products" or "new products", add something like this to your css:

#sorter select {float:right;clear:both;width:120px;}
#sorter label {float:right;}

[chadderuski]

GetEmFast!

Thanks for speaking up and setting me straight! I certainly wasn't trying to ruffle any feathers! ;P Just looking for an opinion from a trusted designer.

-cj

[chadderuski]

My solution for this is much easier.

Someone else had this problem, and my suggestion was to make the select menu float to the right, so it was underneath "Contact Us", "My Account" and "Shopping Cart" which are much smaller menus. You can also use css to constrict the width of a menu.

For example... if you're having problems with the sorter menu under "all products" or "new products", add something like this to your css:

#sorter select {float:right;clear:both;width:120px;}
#sorter label {float:right;}

Ah yes! Why use a sledgehammer when a screwdriver will work just fine!

I'll float these right per your suggestion for a quick fix.

I suspect a proper solution should be implemented in the csshover.htc hover class.

-cj

On a side note: Have you ever experimented with initiating a minute time delay in the hover? I have seen a flash solution for this. A micro delay is nice to prevent the menus from flying out when moving the mouse around the screen. It tames the menu slightly.

[Get Em Fast]

GetEmFast!

Thanks for speaking up and setting me straight! I certainly wasn't trying to ruffle any feathers! ;P Just looking for an opinion from a trusted designer.

-cj

Oh, no, Chad.......I didn't mean it to come out that way (mean sounding), I was just simply saying that some people can have problems........well, even chewing their food right, let alone trying to install a mod on ZC, hence the rumors of the bugs. I manipulated this mod to use images, uploaded it as an update, and inherited all the support issues that goes with it,........ I think.
Where people have the most problems with this, is when they change to a different image(s), they just don't understand that if their images aren't the EXACT same size as the ones that I included, then they have to change other things, like width, height, margins, and such.
But, I never meant, in ANY way to make it sound like I was throwing flames, this morning.......sorry if it came out that way.

[chadderuski]

Oh, no, Chad.......I didn't mean it to come out that way (mean sounding), I was just simply saying that some people can have problems........well, even chewing their food right, let alone trying to install a mod on ZC, hence the rumors of the bugs. I manipulated this mod to use images, uploaded it as an update, and inherited all the support issues that goes with it,........ I think.
Where people have the most problems with this, is when they change to a different image(s), they just don't understand that if their images aren't the EXACT same size as the ones that I included, then they have to change other things, like width, height, margins, and such.
But, I never meant, in ANY way to make it sound like I was throwing flames, this morning.......sorry if it came out that way.

LOL. I didn't take it mean or flaming at all! And it was perhaps unfair of me to ask the way I did instead of doing my own research or trying for myself. Never enough time in a day! I'm speaking with the designer of above said site in 2 hours and was "cutting corners" so to speak. I promise I'll give your mod a try!

Believe me, I know what your saying. I've been a programmer since 1980-ish! But this isn't the place for telling war stories! :)

[Get Em Fast]

LOL. I didn't take it mean or flaming at all! And it was perhaps unfair of me to ask the way I did instead of doing my own research or trying for myself. Never enough time in a day! I'm speaking with the designer of above said site in 2 hours and was "cutting corners" so to speak. I promise I'll give your mod a try!

Believe me, I know what your saying. I've been a programmer since 1980-ish! But this isn't the place for telling war stories! :)

........Smiles, and replies, "Sure, it is....right around the corner, at the Pub, I'll even buy the first round...."

Seriously though, if you've been programming since the 80's, you'll have NO problems with this mod. And if you do, we're all here for ya'.

[Zinfandel]

Hey chadderuski,

You may want to know that while I was deciding on which way to go, I had both the dropdown and the flyout menus going under IE6 at the same time and they both worked just fine.

And as for...

I noticed in IE6 (and probably IE5 as well) that there is a problem with the menu with pages that have a <select> active .... meaning the select box shows through the menu.

Atleast you're getting some answers, I posted a concern about that very same issue and might as well have spoken to my hand.

Thanks to you I got somewhat of a solution to think about.

I've been coding since 1982, COBOLII, CICS, DB2 SQL, all mainframe.
But I wouldn't know an object if it came from the orient.
During the last two years,I tried my hand in C#, Java, ASP, and now PHP. My brains are toast. I need help with the hard stuff, like adding a mod into my ZC without getting a headache.

Let's keep up this community orientation with a smile for as long as we can stand it. It's good for everybody.

[Get Em Fast]

I'm sorry you're feeling unloved Z. Hey, we're all "The Zen Family", and we love you......I would have tried to help......you know I would, if I hadn't been sick.
And as far as the Flyout Menu & the Dropdown menu working together......Oh, yea.....like ebony & ivory! At least in IE 7 (now IE 6 confirmed) & FF.