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HELP! How do I keep button's hover state "on" when mousing over a dropdown menu?
I want the "on" version of the button to remain on while the user mouses down the menu. 
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Sexy Drop Down Menu with CSS & jQuery - Tutorial by Soh Tanaka - www.SohTanaka.com</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("ul.subnav").parent().append("<span></span>"); //Only shows drop down trigger when js is enabled - Adds empty span tag after ul.subnav
$("ul.topnav li span").mouseover(function() { //When trigger is clicked...
//Following events are applied to the subnav itself (moving subnav up and down)
$(this).parent().find("ul.subnav").slideDown('fast').show(); //Drop down the subnav on click
$(this).parent().hover(function() {
}, function(){
$(this).parent().find("ul.subnav").slideUp('slow'); //When the mouse hovers out of the subnav, move it back up
});
//Following events are applied to the trigger (Hover events for the trigger)
}).hover(function() {
$(this).addClass("subhover"); //On hover over, add class "subhover"
}, function(){ //On Hover Out
$(this).removeClass("subhover"); //On hover out, remove class "subhover"
});
});
</script>
<style type="text/css">
ul.topnav {
list-style: none;
padding: 0 0;
margin: 0;
}
ul.topnav li {
float: left;
margin: 0;
padding: 0 0 0 0;
position: relative; /*--Declare X and Y axis base--*/
}
ul.topnav li a{
padding: 0;
color: #000;
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
}
ul.topnav li a:hover{
background: url(http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/examples/drop-down-menu/topnav_hover.gif) no-repeat left top;
}
ul.topnav li span { /*--Drop down trigger styles--*/
width: 235px;
height: 28px;
float: left;
background: url(images/drop-btn-off.gif) no-repeat center top;
}
ul.topnav li span.subhover {background-position: left top; cursor: pointer;
background: url(images/drop-btn-on.gif) no-repeat center top;
} /*--Hover effect for trigger--*/
ul.topnav li ul.subnav {
list-style: none;
position: absolute; /*--Important - Keeps subnav from affecting main navigation flow--*/
left: 0; top: 35px;
background: #333;
margin: 0; padding: 0;
display: none;
float: left;
width: 170px;
border: 1px solid #111;
}
ul.topnav li ul.subnav li{
margin: 0; padding: 0;
border-top: 1px solid #252525; /*--Create bevel effect--*/
border-bottom: 1px solid #444; /*--Create bevel effect--*/
clear: both;
width: 170px;
}
html ul.topnav li ul.subnav li a {
float: left;
width: 145px;
background: #333 url(http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/examples/drop-down-menu/dropdown_linkbg.gif) no-repeat 10px center;
padding-left: 20px;
}
html ul.topnav li ul.subnav li a:hover { /*--Hover effect for subnav links--*/
background: #222 url(http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/examples/drop-down-menu/dropdown_linkbg.gif) no-repeat 10px center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul class="topnav">
<li>
<a href="#">Resources</a>
<ul class="subnav">
<li><a href="#">Sub Nav Link</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Sub Nav Link</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Sub Nav Link</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Sub Nav Link</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Sub Nav Link</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Sub Nav Link</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</body>
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