weird css-issue in Firefox, goes away when inspecting element - css

on a site I built I have a strange issue.
Until recently a specific menu was working like I expected.
But today I saw there goes something wrong on Firefox for Mac now.
I checked the site Safari and Chrome for Mac, an no problem there.
The weird thing that happens is that the links in the menu drop out of sight, except the one page that has childpages (which are not shown in this menubar).
So I think: I will use the 'inspect element' to see if I can find the problem. But the second I inspect an element the menubar looks like it should. I close the inspector and it is back to trouble again.
Any tips or insights would be helpful!
The site is http://www.wij30.nl

Okay, I fixed it, well actually I found a work-around.
The point was not that the only link that was shown was one that had child-pages. It was the one link that consisted of more than one word. And for some obscure reason it broke into 2 lines in Firefox38 for Mac. ("over WIJ" in the first line and "3.0" in the second line). Moving all the items that contained only one word down the line.
Adding some none-breaking spaces in the menu label fixed the problem for now.
But like I said: really a work-around not really a problem-solver.
If someone can tell me why Firefox38 for Mac made this happen: please tell. Thanks!

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Check your font-style on this hover link, is it bold on hover?
Do you use another font-size on hover?
Do you use a iOS compatible font on hover? (using a font that only works on windows systems will be transformed on iOS devices and could cause this bug.
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