Menu items displaying behind others on Wordpress - css

I'm having some issues with my menu being displayed properly. My 3rd level menu items are hidden behind the others for some reason. I've gone over my template I'm using and things seem to be alright on that end, otherwise the menu option wouldn't even be displayed. Thus I'm thinking something is wrong with my CSS, though I can't see what that would be. Does anyone have any ideas as to what's going on here? You can see an example at http://www.bpwsaskatoon.com and then hovering on the "Membership" option at the top.

The problem is in the css. First you should use classes or id:s on your navigation styles. Example ul li is now targeting every ul li. By using #nav ul li will target only all ul li inside #nav. In html the ul in .main_nav_menu should be div. You have now ul directly under ul.
I would recommend that you try some jquery plugin for dropdown menus. Example Superfish is pretty good, it takes care of many thigs that you should consider in dropdown menus, example touch events.
Here is a quick css that should display the 3rd level menu items.
/*Navigation styles*/
#nav{
display:table;
margin:0 auto 0 auto;
position:relative;
padding:5px;
}
#mnwrpr{
height:48px;
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
clear: both;
display: block;
position: relative;
width: 100%;
z-index:1;
}
#nav ul {
font-family:'Lato', sans-serif;
font-size: 15px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#nav ul li {
display: block;
position: relative;
float: left;
}
#nav li ul {
display: none;
}
#nav ul li a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #8b8b8b;
padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px;
margin-left: 1px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
#nav li:hover ul {
display: block;
position: absolute;
}
#nav li:hover li {
float: none;
font-size: 14px;
}
#nav li:hover li { background: #ececec; }
#nav li:hover li a:hover {
background: #bcbcbc;
}
#nav ul li ul li ul {
top: 0;
left: 100%;
z-index: 99;
min-width: 12em;
position: absolute;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
display: none!important;
}
#nav ul li ul li:hover ul {
display: block!important;
}
#nav ul li ul li ul li {
position: relative;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}

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Pure CSS Responsive Multilevel Menu

I'm trying to modify This project of Osvaldas Valutis adding a 3rd and 4th level, but my css knowledge is not so deep and the result, as you can see HERE is very poor:
besides HTML, on CSS side I added
* third level */
#nav li li li{
background-color: #cc470d;
display: none;
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
}
#nav li li:hover li {
display: block;
left: 2px;
top:0px;
right: 0;
}
#nav li:not( :first-child ):hover ul li ul li {
left: 240px;
top:-50px;
}
#nav li ul li ul a {
font-size: 1.25em; /* 20 */
border-top: 1px solid #e15a1f;
padding: 0.75em; /* 15 (20) */
}
#nav li ul li ul li a:hover, #nav li ul li ul:not( :hover ) li.active a {
background-color: #e15a1f;
}
but clearly it is not enough, and then I have to handle also the #media versions.
can please suggest what need to add
You could apply fixed widths to the dropdowns, then adjust the margins to position them correctly.
Change your code for the third level #nav li li li to this:
/* third level */
#nav li li li {
background-color: #cc470d;
display: none;
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
width: 240px; /* will also set width for child dropdown */
margin-top: -1px;
margin-left: 2px;
}
And add this for the fourth level:
/* fourth level */
#nav li li li li {
margin-left: 1px;
}

CSS dropdown menu, clear 1st lvl hover

I'm trying to style menu on my website but I'm stuck with coloring and hover effects.
It looks now as below (/user is where cursor was when I took screenshot):
Screenshot
What I need to change is:
when I hover 2nd level item, 1st level becomes "default" (without hover effect)
My CSS for this menu is:
#nav {
text-align: center;
font-size: 1.5em;
font-weight: 700;
letter-spacing: 1px;
}
#nav ul ul {
display: none;
}
#nav ul li:hover > ul {
display: block;
}
#nav ul {
display: inline-table;
list-style: none outside none;
padding: 0 10px;
position: relative;
}
#nav ul:after {
clear: both;
content: "";
display: block;
}
#nav ul li {
float: left;
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #F5F5F5;
margin-right: 3px;
}
#nav ul li:hover {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #E32D40;
}
#nav ul li a {
color: #757575;
display: block;
padding: 10px;
text-decoration: none;
}
#nav ul li a:hover {
color: #FFFFFF;
}
#nav ul ul {
border-radius: 0 0 0 0;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
}
#nav ul ul li {
margin-top: 3px;
float: none;
position: relative;
color: #757575;
}
#nav ul ul li a {
color: #757575;
display: block;
padding: 10px;
text-decoration: none;
}
#nav ul ul li a:hover {
}
#nav ul ul ul {
left: 100%;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
}
I'm not sure, if it is possible with only css. As you are displaying the 2nd level with #nav ul li:hover > ul and you are highlighting the 1st with #nav ul li:hover, which are both firing on 2nd level li hover (and there is no parent call in css).
It is quite easy though with jQuery:
$('#nav > ul > li > ul > li').hover(function () {
$(this).parents('li').first().css('background', 'none');
});
Check here: http://jsfiddle.net/balintbako/EruTP/

CSS menu and sub menu issues + browser px issues for webkit [closed]

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Here where my css menu is: My css menu
Notice if you hover over "about us" like below you see the "our clergy" sub menu already out. I don't want that I want it when you hover over "our clergy" for it to show.
This screenshot above is from firefox, while webkit browsers show a 1-2px difference as seen below and I can't figure out why? It sometimes effects how the menu works too.
Here is my css for the menu (I'm using wordpress so that means there is no html):
Feel free to help me out and if you want to clean up the css you can too!
#navbar {
height: 40px;
padding-left: 10px;
margin-left:-10px;
margin-top: -29px;
margin-bottom:0;
background: #F4DE9F;
width:930px;
/*backgroundborder-top: 2px solid #F4DE9F;
border-bottom: 2px solid #F4DE9F;*/
}
#navbar li {
float: left;
list-style: none;
margin-bottom: 30px;
margin-left:-20px;
}
#navbar li a {
font-family: "MuseoSans_500";
color: #3C290B;
font-weight: 500;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
#navbar li:hover {
background:rgba(255, 241, 194, 100); /*#FFF1C2;*/
color: #645548;
text-decoration: none;
}
#navbar li a:hover {
background:rgba(255, 241, 194, 100); /*#FFF1C2;*/
color: #645548;
text-decoration: none;
}
#navbar .parent > a, #navbar .parent > a:hover {
background: #F4DE9F;
background-position: right;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
#navbar ul, #navbar ul li {
display: inline;
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#navbar ul li a {
display: inline-block;
padding: 11px 16.2px 8px;
text-decoration: none;
}
/*
#navbar ul li a:hover {
}
#navbar ul #first a:hover {
}*/
#navbar ul li {
position: relative;
}
#navbar li ul {
display: none;
left: 11px;
position: absolute;
top: 51px;
}
#navbar li ul a {
background: #F4DE9F;
}
#navbar ul ul ul li {
}
#navbar ul li:hover ul {
display: inline-block;
}
#navbar ul li:hover ul, #navbar ul ul li:hover ul, #navbar ul ul ul li:hover ul {
display: block;
margin: -11px 0 0 -11px;
}
/*#navbar ul li:hover ul li a, #navbar ul ul li:hover ul li a, #navbar ul ul ul li:hover ul li a {
display: block;
}*/
#navbar ul li:hover ul ul, #navbar ul ul li:hover ul ul {
margin-top: -50px;
margin-left:129px;
}
#navbar ul li:hover ul li a {
padding: 10px 14px 8px;
width: 112px;
}
#navbar ul li:hover ul ul li a {
padding: 10px 14px 8px;
width: 112px;
}
/*#navbar ul ul ul li:hover ul li a {
padding: 0 16px 0 24px;
width: 140px;
}*/
#navbar .children li a:hover {
color: #000;
}
When you end up with a stylesheet that feels very bloated with several rules and a lot of specificity, such as #navbar ul ul ul li:hover ul it is usually good to take a step back see if you can simplify the rules a bit.
Since you are using Wordpress it comes with a lot of handy classes that makes the job easier. In this case .menu-item and .sub-menu.
Replacing the menu-css with the following styles solves the problems you mentioned in your question, tried in Chrome 23, Safari 6 and Firefox 16.
Example here: http://jsfiddle.net/5qEwH/
.menu-item {
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
font-family: "MuseoSans_500";
font-weight: 500;
text-transform: uppercase;
background: #F4DE9F;
}
.menu-item:hover {
background: #FFF1C2;
}
.menu-item a {
display: inline-block;
height: 20px;
padding: 10px;
text-decoration: none;
color: #645548;
}
/* Hide submenus by default */
.sub-menu {
display: none;
position: absolute;
width: 150px;
top: 40px;
}
.sub-menu .menu-item {
width: 100%;
}
/* The second level sub-menu should be moved to the right */
.sub-menu .menu-item > .sub-menu {
top: 0;
left: 150px;
}
/* Show submenus on hover */
.menu-item:hover > .sub-menu {
display: block;
}
Its a great CSS practice to normalize your styles first so that all the browsers get the same styles for some basic HTML elements.
I add this at the start of a Stylesheet
* { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: none }
There is also a comprehensive stylesheet file for normalization that covers all the browsers and even html5 as well. try to add this before your style.css file.
Here is the link: http://necolas.github.com/normalize.css/
For the hover issue, try this css change
Replace
#navbar ul li:hover ul {
display: inline-block;
}
#navbar ul li:hover ul, #navbar ul ul li:hover ul, #navbar ul ul ul li:hover ul {
display: block;
margin: -11px 0 0 -11px;
}
With
#navbar ul li:hover > ul {
display: inline-block;
}
#navbar ul li:hover > ul, #navbar ul ul li:hover > ul, #navbar ul ul ul li:hover > ul {
display: block;
margin: -11px 0 0 -11px;
}
Hope it helps :)

CSS-only drop-down menu items showing through

I'm trying to get a CSS-only drop-down menu working. It largely does work except for the fact that other content appears to be showing through and I can't work out why.
http://jsfiddle.net/uQveP/4/
Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? CSS not my strong suit.
The drop-down is appearing in the correct position, but you can see the other "test" links showing through. In the image, the bottom two "test" links should be hidden by the presence of the dropdown.
TIA
(2nd attempt)
Ok, if I understand correctly all you need to do is move the z-index to the ULs:
.drop-menu-header ul, .drop-menu-content ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
float: right;
text-align: right;
}
.drop-menu-header ul li, .drop-menu-content ul li {
display: block;
position: relative;
/*POOF*/
}
.drop-menu-header ul li ul, .drop-menu-content ul li ul {
display: none;
right: 0;
/*SHAZAAM!*/
z-index: 5;
}
.drop-menu-header ul li a {
display: block;
white-space: nowrap;
color: #fff;
}
.drop-menu-content ul li a {
display: block;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.drop-menu-header ul li a img.fake-button, .drop-menu-content ul li a img.fake-button {
padding: 0;
}
.drop-menu-header ul ul li a, .drop-menu-content ul ul li a {
padding: 5px 15px;
}
.drop-menu-header span {
padding: 5px 15px;
display: block;
white-space: nowrap;
color: #fff;
}
.drop-menu-content span {
padding: 5px 15px;
display: block;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.drop-menu-header ul li span a, .drop-menu-content ul li span a {
padding: 0;
display: inline;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.drop-menu-header li:hover ul, .drop-menu-content li:hover ul {
display: block;
position: absolute;
border: 1px solid #999999;
}
.drop-menu-header li:hover li {
float: none;
background-color: #5c87b2;
}
.drop-menu-content li:hover li {
float: none;
background-color: #fff;
}

CSS drop up menu not displayed correctly

I'm having some trouble with changing a CSS drop down menu to a drop up menu. I think I'm almost there, but for some reason some of the buttons are not displayed correctly (the text is moving downwards, but the menu is moving upwards). See crisislab.nl for the code in action.
Any help would be much appreciated!
#navigation {
width: 980px;
height: 38px;
}
#navigation li {
float: left;
position: relative;
top: 220px;
}
#navigation li:hover {
background: transparent url(gfx/navigation_hover.png) repeat;
}
#navigation li a {
text-transform: uppercase;
color: white;
padding: 13px 33px;
line-height: 38px;
font-size: 11px;
}
#navigation li a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
}
#navigation li ul {
position: absolute;
background: transparent url(gfx/navigation_hover.png) left top repeat;
z-index: 1000;
min-width: 100%;
display:none;
left:-1px;
}
#navigation li:hover ul {
bottom: 38px;
display:block;
}
#navigation li ul li {
background: none;
width: 100%;
}
#navigation li ul li:hover {
background: none;
background-color: #2a51b5;
}
#navigation li ul li a {
text-transform: uppercase;
color: white;
padding-left: 8px 10px;
line-height: 28px;
width: 100%;
display:block;
}
When having a hard time finding bugs, always replicate and break the code into smallest simplest chunks.
Hope this would help: http://jsfiddle.net/ccS7q/
But you wouldn't be able to achieve drop up menu with the sublists listing upwards unless you use jquery or javascript with it. The fiddle above can't do listing upwards, you could though adjust manually the ul li.menu-item ul top value as the listing lengthens. Though its a lot of work. I would advise you to use jquery instead.
Remove that bottom: 38px; from below code:
#navigation li:hover ul {
bottom: 38px;/*Just Remove This*/
display: block;
}
Add top:0 to #navigation ul li ul li
#navigation li ul li {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
top: 0;/*Add This*/
width: 100%;
}
I think this will help you.

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