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IE 7 css menu glitch

Hi Experts,

I have a css menu that is working correctly in all browsers tested except IE7. The issue occurs when the cursor travels over the <a href> to make a hidden <div> appear. The div appears but as the cursor moves to highlight the next menu option the div disappears again.

I have been through my code again and again but can't seem to see what IE doesn't like.

Please see the example here:

http://www.randomlychallenged.com/HomeTEST2.php

Thank you for any advise to can offer.
My CSS
 
.chromestyle{
width: 99%;
font-weight: bold;
}
 
.chromestyle:after{ /*Add margin between menu and rest of content in Firefox*/
content: "."; 
display: block; 
height: 0; 
clear: both; 
visibility: hidden;
}
 
.chromestyle ul{
border: 1px solid #BBB;
width: 100%;
background: url(chromebg.gif) center center repeat-x; /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
padding: 4px 0;
margin: 0;
text-align: center; /*set value to "left", "center", or "right"*/
}
 
.chromestyle ul li{
display: inline;
}
 
.chromestyle ul li a{
color: #494949;
padding: 4px 7px;
margin: 0;
text-decoration: none;
border-right: 1px solid #DADADA;
}
 
.chromestyle ul li a:hover, .chromestyle ul li a.selected{ /*script dynamically adds a class of "selected" to the current active menu item*/
background: url(chromebg-over.gif) center center repeat-x; /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
}
 
/* ######### Style for Drop Down Menu ######### */
 
.dropmenudiv{
position:absolute;
top: 0;
border: 1px solid #BBB; /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
border-bottom-width: 0;
font:normal 12px Verdana;
line-height:18px;
z-index:100;
background-color: white;
width: 200px;
visibility: hidden;
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#CACACA,direction=135,strength=4); /*Add Shadow in IE. Remove if desired*/
}
 
 
.dropmenudiv a{
width: auto;
display: block;
text-indent: 3px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #BBB; /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
padding: 2px 0;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
color: black;
}
 
* html .dropmenudiv a{ /*IE only hack*/
width: 100%;
}
 
.dropmenudiv a:hover{ /*THEME CHANGE HERE*/
background-color: #F0F0F0;
}
 
 
 
////////////////////////////////Javascript/////////////////////////////////////////
 
//** Chrome Drop Down Menu- Author: Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
 
//** Updated: July 14th 06' to v2.0
	//1) Ability to "left", "center", or "right" align the menu items easily, just by modifying the CSS property "text-align".
	//2) Added an optional "swipe down" transitional effect for revealing the drop down menus.
	//3) Support for multiple Chrome menus on the same page.
 
//** Updated: Nov 14th 06' to v2.01- added iframe shim technique
 
//** Updated: July 23rd, 08 to v2.4
	//1) Main menu items now remain "selected" (CSS class "selected" applied) when user moves mouse into corresponding drop down menu. 
	//2) Adds ability to specify arbitrary HTML that gets added to the end of each menu item that carries a drop down menu (ie: a down arrow image).
	//3) All event handlers added to the menu are now unobstrusive, allowing you to define your own "onmouseover" or "onclick" events on the menu items.
	//4) Fixed elusive JS error in FF that sometimes occurs when mouse quickly moves between main menu items and drop down menus
 
//** Updated: Oct 29th, 08 to v2.5 (only .js file modified from v2.4)
	//1) Added ability to customize reveal animation speed (# of steps)
	//2) Menu now works in IE8 beta2 (a valid doctype at the top of the page is required)
 
var cssdropdown={
disappeardelay: 250, //set delay in miliseconds before menu disappears onmouseout
dropdownindicator: '<img src="../Images/Home/MenuIcon.gif" border="0" />', //specify full HTML to add to end of each menu item with a drop down menu
enablereveal: [true, 3], //enable swipe effect? [true/false, steps (Number of animation steps. Integer between 1-20. Smaller=faster)]
enableiframeshim: 1, //enable "iframe shim" in IE5.5 to IE7? (1=yes, 0=no)
 
//No need to edit beyond here////////////////////////
 
dropmenuobj: null, asscmenuitem: null, domsupport: document.all || document.getElementById, standardbody: null, iframeshimadded: false, revealtimers: {},
 
getposOffset:function(what, offsettype){
	var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
	var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
	while (parentEl!=null){
		totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft : totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
		parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
	}
	return totaloffset;
},
 
css:function(el, targetclass, action){
	var needle=new RegExp("(^|\\s+)"+targetclass+"($|\\s+)", "ig")
	if (action=="check")
		return needle.test(el.className)
	else if (action=="remove")
		el.className=el.className.replace(needle, "")
	else if (action=="add" && !needle.test(el.className))
		el.className+=" "+targetclass
},
 
showmenu:function(dropmenu, e){
	if (this.enablereveal[0]){
		if (!dropmenu._trueheight || dropmenu._trueheight<10)
			dropmenu._trueheight=dropmenu.offsetHeight
		clearTimeout(this.revealtimers[dropmenu.id])
		dropmenu.style.height=dropmenu._curheight=0
		dropmenu.style.overflow="hidden"
		dropmenu.style.visibility="visible"
		this.revealtimers[dropmenu.id]=setInterval(function(){cssdropdown.revealmenu(dropmenu)}, 10)
	}
	else{
		dropmenu.style.visibility="visible"
	}
	this.css(this.asscmenuitem, "selected", "add")
},
 
revealmenu:function(dropmenu, dir){
	var curH=dropmenu._curheight, maxH=dropmenu._trueheight, steps=this.enablereveal[1]
	if (curH<maxH){
		var newH=Math.min(curH, maxH)
		dropmenu.style.height=newH+"px"
		dropmenu._curheight= newH + Math.round((maxH-newH)/steps) + 1
	}
	else{ //if done revealing menu
		dropmenu.style.height="auto"
		dropmenu.style.overflow="hidden"
		clearInterval(this.revealtimers[dropmenu.id])
	}
},
 
clearbrowseredge:function(obj, whichedge){
	var edgeoffset=0
	if (whichedge=="rightedge"){
		var windowedge=document.all && !window.opera? this.standardbody.scrollLeft+this.standardbody.clientWidth-15 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-15
		var dropmenuW=this.dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
		if (windowedge-this.dropmenuobj.x < dropmenuW)  //move menu to the left?
			edgeoffset=dropmenuW-obj.offsetWidth
	}
	else{
		var topedge=document.all && !window.opera? this.standardbody.scrollTop : window.pageYOffset
		var windowedge=document.all && !window.opera? this.standardbody.scrollTop+this.standardbody.clientHeight-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
		var dropmenuH=this.dropmenuobj._trueheight
		if (windowedge-this.dropmenuobj.y < dropmenuH){ //move up?
			edgeoffset=dropmenuH+obj.offsetHeight
			if ((this.dropmenuobj.y-topedge)<dropmenuH) //up no good either?
				edgeoffset=this.dropmenuobj.y+obj.offsetHeight-topedge
		}
	}
	return edgeoffset
},
 
dropit:function(obj, e, dropmenuID){
	if (this.dropmenuobj!=null) //hide previous menu
		this.hidemenu() //hide menu
	this.clearhidemenu()
	this.dropmenuobj=document.getElementById(dropmenuID) //reference drop down menu
	this.asscmenuitem=obj //reference associated menu item
	this.showmenu(this.dropmenuobj, e)
	this.dropmenuobj.x=this.getposOffset(obj, "left")
	this.dropmenuobj.y=this.getposOffset(obj, "top")
	this.dropmenuobj.style.left=this.dropmenuobj.x-this.clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+"px"
	this.dropmenuobj.style.top=this.dropmenuobj.y-this.clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+obj.offsetHeight+1+"px"
	this.positionshim() //call iframe shim function
},
 
positionshim:function(){ //display iframe shim function
	if (this.iframeshimadded){
		if (this.dropmenuobj.style.visibility=="visible"){
			this.shimobject.style.width=this.dropmenuobj.offsetWidth+"px"
			this.shimobject.style.height=this.dropmenuobj._trueheight+"px"
			this.shimobject.style.left=parseInt(this.dropmenuobj.style.left)+"px"
			this.shimobject.style.top=parseInt(this.dropmenuobj.style.top)+"px"
			this.shimobject.style.display="block"
		}
	}
},
 
hideshim:function(){
	if (this.iframeshimadded)
		this.shimobject.style.display='none'
},
 
isContained:function(m, e){
	var e=window.event || e
	var c=e.relatedTarget || ((e.type=="mouseover")? e.fromElement : e.toElement)
	while (c && c!=m)try {c=c.parentNode} catch(e){c=m}
	if (c==m)
		return true
	else
		return false
},
 
dynamichide:function(m, e){
	if (!this.isContained(m, e)){
		this.delayhidemenu()
	}
},
 
delayhidemenu:function(){
	this.delayhide=setTimeout("cssdropdown.hidemenu()", this.disappeardelay) //hide menu
},
 
hidemenu:function(){
	this.css(this.asscmenuitem, "selected", "remove")
	this.dropmenuobj.style.visibility='hidden'
	this.dropmenuobj.style.left=this.dropmenuobj.style.top="-1000px"
	this.hideshim()
},
 
clearhidemenu:function(){
	if (this.delayhide!="undefined")
		clearTimeout(this.delayhide)
},
 
addEvent:function(target, functionref, tasktype){
	if (target.addEventListener)
		target.addEventListener(tasktype, functionref, false);
	else if (target.attachEvent)
		target.attachEvent('on'+tasktype, function(){return functionref.call(target, window.event)});
},
 
startchrome:function(){
	if (!this.domsupport)
		return
	this.standardbody=(document.compatMode=="CSS1Compat")? document.documentElement : document.body
	for (var ids=0; ids<arguments.length; ids++){
		var menuitems=document.getElementById(arguments[ids]).getElementsByTagName("a")
		for (var i=0; i<menuitems.length; i++){
			if (menuitems[i].getAttribute("rel")){
				var relvalue=menuitems[i].getAttribute("rel")
				var asscdropdownmenu=document.getElementById(relvalue)
				this.addEvent(asscdropdownmenu, function(){cssdropdown.clearhidemenu()}, "mouseover")
				this.addEvent(asscdropdownmenu, function(e){cssdropdown.dynamichide(this, e)}, "mouseout")
				this.addEvent(asscdropdownmenu, function(){cssdropdown.delayhidemenu()}, "click")
				try{
					menuitems[i].innerHTML=menuitems[i].innerHTML+" "+this.dropdownindicator
				}catch(e){}
				this.addEvent(menuitems[i], function(e){ //show drop down menu when main menu items are mouse over-ed
					if (!cssdropdown.isContained(this, e)){
						var evtobj=window.event || e
						cssdropdown.dropit(this, evtobj, this.getAttribute("rel"))
					}
				}, "mouseover")
				this.addEvent(menuitems[i], function(e){cssdropdown.dynamichide(this, e)}, "mouseout") //hide drop down menu when main menu items are mouse out
				this.addEvent(menuitems[i], function(){cssdropdown.delayhidemenu()}, "click") //hide drop down menu when main menu items are clicked on
			}
		} //end inner for
	} //end outer for
	if (this.enableiframeshim && document.all && !window.XDomainRequest && !this.iframeshimadded){ //enable iframe shim in IE5.5 thru IE7?
		document.write('<IFRAME id="iframeshim" src="about:blank" frameBorder="0" scrolling="no" style="left:0; top:0; position:absolute; display:none;z-index:90; background: transparent;"></IFRAME>')
		this.shimobject=document.getElementById("iframeshim") //reference iframe object
		this.shimobject.style.filter='progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(style=0,opacity=0)'
		this.iframeshimadded=true
	}
} //end startchrome
 
}

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This gives error in IE
<input name="Submit" type="image" class="bodyTxtSmallWhite" style="margin:0 30.5em 0 0;" src="Images/Home/Login_Btn.jpg"  
onclick="./Login_Script.php" value="Login"  />
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Have tried removing the code you highlighted but it didn't make any difference.
I cannot load the page anymore
Your link's not working this morning. Is the page still up there?
Sorry I think the sever has gone down. I'll post back when it comes back online. PLEASE don't disappear... this is driving me nuts!!
Gotta go. Sorry
The server is back up if anyone is still there :)
You have a closing </div> tag before the submenu. The parent <div> needs to encompass both the top-level menu item and the sub-items. (You're also missing closing </li> tags on your menu items.)

I changed it as follows, and it works in IE7 on my local machine. Give this a try:

<DIV class=chromestyleOUT id=chromemenu>
<UL>
  <FORM id=user-login-form style="FLOAT: left" action=./Login_Script.php
  method=post><INPUT id=Username
  onfocus="if(this.value=='Username') this.value=''" size=12 value=Username
  name=Username> <INPUT id=Password
  onfocus="if(this.value=='aaaaaaaa') this.value=''" type=password size=12
  value=aaaaaaaa name=Password> <INPUT class=bodyTxtSmallWhite
  style="MARGIN: 0px 30.5em 0px 0px" onclick=./Login_Script.php type=image
  src="Home%20-%20Randomly%20Challenged%20"%20-%20The%20home%20of%20adventure%20online!_files/Login_Btn.jpg"
  value=Login name=Submit> </FORM>
  <LI><A href="http://www.randomlychallenged.com/">Home</A></LI>
  <LI><A href="http://www.randomlychallenged.com/NewContent.php">New Content</A> </LI>

  <LI><A href="http://www.randomlychallenged.com/HomeTEST2.php#"
  rel=dropmenu1>Help</A> </LI>
  </UL>
  <!--1st drop down menu -->
<DIV class=dropmenudivOUT id=dropmenu1 style="WIDTH: 150px">
<A href="http://www.randomlychallenged.com/FAQ.php.php">FAQ's</A>
<A href="http://www.randomlychallenged.com/SiteMap.php">Site Map</A>
<A href="http://www.randomlychallenged.com/ContactUs.php">Contact us</A>
</DIV></DIV>

Hi slovisa, Thanks for taking a look at this. I have cut 'n' pasted the code you posted but it's still disappearing when I come off the btn on my IE.
My version is: IE 7 7.0.5730.13

The code that you sent is up there now. Is it working for you?
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