How can I make this menus dropdown items show vertical? - css

Question

I made this horizontal menu, and everything was nice and good, until I realized that I can't make the submenus appear vertical, can someone help me?
Here is the menu code:
<div id="nav_custom">
<div id="nav_custom_wrapper"></div>
<ul>
<li>NEW ARRIVALS
</li>
<li>
SEQUIN DRESSES
<ul id="nav_custom_sub">
<li>AVAILABLE</li>
<li>EXAMPLES SOLD</li>
</ul>
</li><li>
BOHO DRESSES
<ul id="nav_custom_sub">
<li>AVAILABLE</li>
<li>EXAMPLES SOLD</li>
</ul>
</li><li>
MOD DRESSES
<ul id="nav_custom_sub">
<li>AVAILABLE</li>
<li>EXAMPLES SOLD</li>
</ul>
</li><li>
PSYCHEDELIC DRESSES
<ul id="nav_custom_sub">
<li>AVAILABLE</li>
<li>EXAMPLES SOLD</li>
</ul>
</li><li>
COATS & JACKETS
<ul id="nav_custom_sub">
<li>AVAILABLE</li>
<li>EXAMPLES SOLD</li>
</ul>
<li>
KIMONOS
<ul id="nav_custom_sub">
<li>AVAILABLE</li>
<li>EXAMPLES SOLD</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
Here is the css that I have used:
#nav_custom {
text-decoration: none;
font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal;
font-weight: 400;
line-height: 49px;
color: #000;
display: block;
padding: 10px;
width: 960px;
margin-left: -35px;
margin-right: auto;
text-align: center;
width: auto;
}
#nav_custom_wrapper {
width: 960px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
text-align: center;
}
#nav_custom ul{
list-style-type: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
position: relative;
}
#nav_custom ul li{
display: inline-block;
}
#nav_custom ul li:hover{
color: #000;
text-decoration: none;
}
#nav_custom ul li a,visited{
color: #BA7145;
padding: 15px;
text-decoration: none;
}
#nav_custom ul li a:hover{
color: #000;
text-decoration: none;
}
#nav_custom ul li:hover ul{
display: block;
}
#nav_custom ul ul{
display: none;
position: absolute;
margin-top: -25px;
margin-left: -50px;
text-align: center;
color: #4f4f4f;
}

Answer 1

Remove the inline-block on the #nav_custom ul li
See fiddle for working example: http://jsfiddle.net/Tv77g/
Inline-block works similarly to floats, which is why they were stacking left to right next to each other instead of one on top of each other.
I didn't go through to adjust your children. I don't know how the menu is supposed to display. Most likely the children (#nav_custom ul ul) would have the margins adjusted. You can remove text-align:center; on #nav_custom to make the menu completely left aligned.
To set this only on children, add
#nav_custom_sub li {
display: block !important;
}
This will override the inline-block for only the children (in the dropdown). You will have to adjust the margins to make them appear correctly.