here is the coed for the menu
thanks the book I read said nothing about this problem
<!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=utf-8" />
<title>menusolutions</title>
<!--start of the js drop down menu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<style type="text/css">
#dropmenudiv{
position:absolute;
border:1px solid gray;
border-bottom-width: 0px;
font:normal 10px Verdana;
line-height:15px;
z-index:110;
}
#dropmenudiv a{
width: 100%;
display: block;
text-indent: 3px;
border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
padding: 1px 0;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
}
#dropmenudiv a:hover{
background-color: #999999;
}
a:link {
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
a:active {
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
body,td,th {
color: #FFFFFF;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
//menu 1 <!--menu section start------------------------------------------------------------
var menu1=new Array()
menu1[0]='<a href="sales_nimlok.html">Nimlok</a>'
menu1[1]='<a href="sales_Orbus.html">Orbus</a>'
menu1[2]='<a href="sales_display_one.html">Display one</a>'
menu1[3]='<a href="sales_entasi.html">Entasi</a>'
//menu 2
var menu2=new Array()
menu2[0]='<a href="sales_banner_nimlok.html">Nimlok</a>'
menu2[1]='<a href="sales_banner_moss.html">Moss</a>'
//menu 3
var menu3=new Array()
menu3[0]='<a href="sales_nimlok.html">Nimlok</a>'
menu3[1]='<a href="sales_Orbus.html">Orbus</a>'
menu3[2]='<a href="sales_display_one.html">Display one</a>'
menu3[3]='<a href="sales_entasi.html">Entasi</a>'
//menu 4
var menu4=new Array()
menu4[0]='<a href="sales_nimlok.html">Nimlok</a>'
menu4[1]='<a href="sales_Orbus.html">Orbus</a>'
menu4[2]='<a href="sales_display_one.html">Display one</a>'
menu4[3]='<a href="sales_entasi.html">Entasi</a>'
//menu 5
var menu5=new Array()
menu5[0]='<a href="sales_nimlok.html">Nimlok</a>'
menu5[1]='<a href="sales_Orbus.html">Orbus</a>'
menu5[2]='<a href="sales_display_one.html">Display one</a>'
menu5[3]='<a href="sales_entasi.html">Entasi</a>'
//menu 6
var menu6=new Array()
menu6[0]='<a href="sales_nimlok.html">Nimlok</a>'
menu6[1]='<a href="sales_Orbus.html">Orbus</a>'
menu6[2]='<a href="sales_display_one.html">Display one</a>'
menu6[3]='<a href="sales_entasi.html">Entasi</a>'
//menu 7
var menu7=new Array()
menu7[0]='<a href="sales_nimlok.html">Nimlok</a>'
menu7[1]='<a href="sales_Orbus.html">Orbus</a>'
menu7[2]='<a href="sales_display_one.html">Display one</a>'
menu7[3]='<a href="sales_entasi.html">Entasi</a>'
var menuwidth='150px'
var menubgcolor='#4c4d4f'
var disappeardelay=250
var hidemenu_onclick="yes"
var ie4=document.all
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all
if (ie4||ns6)
document.write('<div id="dropmenudiv" style="visibility:hidden;width:'+menuwidth+';backg round-color:'+menubgcolor+'" onMouseover="clearhidemenu()" onMouseout="dynamichide(event)"></div>')
function getposOffset(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;
}
function showhide(obj, e, visible, hidden, menuwidth){
if (ie4||ns6)
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.style.top="-500px"
if (menuwidth!=""){
dropmenuobj.widthobj=dropmenuobj.style
dropmenuobj.widthobj.width=menuwidth
}
if (e.type=="click" && obj.visibility==hidden || e.type=="mouseover")
obj.visibility=visible
else if (e.type=="click")
obj.visibility=hidden
}
function iecompattest(){
return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}
function clearbrowseredge(obj, whichedge){
var edgeoffset=0
if (whichedge=="rightedge"){
var windowedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollLeft+iecompattest().clientWid th-15 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-15
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.x < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetWidth
}
else{
var topedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop : window.pageYOffset
var windowedge=ie4 && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop+iecompattest().clientHeig ht-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetHeigh t
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.y < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure){
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetHe ight
if ((dropmenuobj.y-topedge)<dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.y+obj.offsetHeight-topedge
}
}
return edgeoffset
}
function populatemenu(what){
if (ie4||ns6)
dropmenuobj.innerHTML=what.join("")
}
function dropdownmenu(obj, e, menucontents, menuwidth){
if (window.event) event.cancelBubble=true
else if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation()
clearhidemenu()
dropmenuobj=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("dropmenudiv") : dropmenudiv
populatemenu(menucontents)
if (ie4||ns6){
showhide(dropmenuobj.style, e, "visible", "hidden", menuwidth)
dropmenuobj.x=getposOffset(obj, "left")
dropmenuobj.y=getposOffset(obj, "top")
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+"px"
dropmenuobj.style.top=dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+obj.offsetHeight+"px"
}
return clickreturnvalue()
}
function clickreturnvalue(){
if (ie4||ns6) return false
else return true
}
function contains_ns6(a, b) {
while (b.parentNode)
if ((b = b.parentNode) == a)
return true;
return false;
}
function dynamichide(e){
if (ie4&&!dropmenuobj.contains(e.toElement))
delayhidemenu()
else if (ns6&&e.currentTarget!= e.relatedTarget&& !contains_ns6(e.currentTarget, e.relatedTarget))
delayhidemenu()
}
function hidemenu(e){
if (typeof dropmenuobj!="undefined"){
if (ie4||ns6)
dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden"
}
}
function delayhidemenu(){
if (ie4||ns6)
delayhide=setTimeout("hidemenu()",disappeardelay)
}
function clearhidemenu(){
if (typeof delayhide!="undefined")
clearTimeout(delayhide)
}
if (hidemenu_onclick=="yes")
document.onclick=hidemenu
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}
function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}
function MM_nbGroup(event, grpName) { //v6.0
var i,img,nbArr,args=MM_nbGroup.arguments;
if (event == "init" && args.length > 2) {
if ((img = MM_findObj(args[2])) != null && !img.MM_init) {
img.MM_init = true; img.MM_up = args[3]; img.MM_dn = img.src;
if ((nbArr = document[grpName]) == null) nbArr = document[grpName] = new Array();
nbArr[nbArr.length] = img;
for (i=4; i < args.length-1; i+=2) if ((img = MM_findObj(args[i])) != null) {
if (!img.MM_up) img.MM_up = img.src;
img.src = img.MM_dn = args[i+1];
nbArr[nbArr.length] = img;
} }
} else if (event == "over") {
document.MM_nbOver = nbArr = new Array();
for (i=1; i < args.length-1; i+=3) if ((img = MM_findObj(args[i])) != null) {
if (!img.MM_up) img.MM_up = img.src;
img.src = (img.MM_dn && args[i+2]) ? args[i+2] : ((args[i+1])? args[i+1] : img.MM_up);
nbArr[nbArr.length] = img;
}
} else if (event == "out" ) {
for (i=0; i < document.MM_nbOver.length; i++) {
img = document.MM_nbOver[i]; img.src = (img.MM_dn) ? img.MM_dn : img.MM_up; }
} else if (event == "down") {
nbArr = document[grpName];
if (nbArr)
for (i=0; i < nbArr.length; i++) { img=nbArr[i]; img.src = img.MM_up; img.MM_dn = 0; }
document[grpName] = nbArr = new Array();
for (i=2; i < args.length-1; i+=2) if ((img = MM_findObj(args[i])) != null) {
if (!img.MM_up) img.MM_up = img.src;
img.src = img.MM_dn = (args[i+1])? args[i+1] : img.MM_up;
nbArr[nbArr.length] = img;
} }
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="MM_preloadImages('../images_2.10/rentalb.jpg','../images_2.10/eventsb.jpg','../images_2.10/mobileb.jpg','../images_2.10/musb.jpg','../images_2.10/graphicsb.jpg')">
<td colspan="6"><a href="file:///C|/displacraft/sales/l" onclick="return clickreturnvalue()" onmouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu1, '100px')" onmouseout="delayhidemenu()"><img name="custom_exhibit" src="../images_2.10/exhibits.jpg" width="129" height="17" border="0" id="exhibit" alt="" /></a></td>
<td><img name="exhibitsb" src="../images_2.10/gs2.jpg" width="1" height="17" border="0" id="gs2" alt="" /></td>
<td colspan="6"><a href="file:///C|/displacraft/sales/l" onclick="return clickreturnvalue()" onmouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu2, '100px')" onmouseout="delayhidemenu()"><img name="enviroments" src="../images_2.10/enviroments.jpg" width="128" height="17" border="0" id="custom_exhibit2" alt="" /></a></td>
<td><img name="exhibitsb" src="../images_2.10/gs2.jpg" width="1" height="17" border="0" id="gs3" alt="" /></td>
<td colspan="6"><a href="file:///C|/displacraft/sales/l" onclick="return clickreturnvalue()" onmouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu3, '100px')" onmouseout="delayhidemenu()"><img name="museums" src="../images_2.10/mus.jpg" width="129" height="17" border="0" id="museums" alt="" /></a></td>
<td><img name="exhibitsb" src="../images_2.10/gs2.jpg" width="1" height="17" border="0" id="gs4" alt="" /></td>
<td colspan="6"><a href="displaycraft_change_v12.php" onclick="return clickreturnvalue()" onmouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu4, '100px')" onmouseout="delayhidemenu()"><img name="graphic" src="../images_2.10/graphics.jpg" width="128" height="17" border="0" id="custom_exhibit2" alt="" /></a></td>
<td><img name="exhibitsb" src="../images_2.10/gs2.jpg" width="1" height="17" border="0" id="gs6" alt="" /></td>
<td colspan="6"><a href="file:///C|/displacraft/sales/l" onclick="return clickreturnvalue()" onmouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu5, '100px')" onmouseout="delayhidemenu()"><img name="rental" src="../images_2.10/rental.jpg" width="129" height="17" border="0" id="rental" alt="" /></a></td>
<td><img name="exhibitsb" src="../images_2.10/gs2.jpg" width="1" height="17" border="0" id="gs6" alt="" /></td>
<td colspan="6"><a href="file:///C|/displacraft/sales/l" onclick="return clickreturnvalue()" onmouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu6, '100px')" onmouseout="delayhidemenu()"><img name="events" src="../images_2.10/events.jpg" width="128" height="17" border="0" id="custom_exhibit2" alt="" /></a></td>
<td><img name="exhibitsb" src="../images_2.10/gs2.jpg" width="1" height="17" border="0" id="gs6" alt="" /></td>
<td colspan="6"><a href="file:///C|/displacraft/sales/l" onclick="return clickreturnvalue()" onmouseover="dropdownmenu(this, event, menu7, '100px')" onmouseout="delayhidemenu()"><img name="mobile" src="../images_2.10/mobile.jpg" width="129" height="17" border="0" id="mobile" alt="" /></a></td>
</body>
</html>