CSS - placing two bars side by side - css

All,
I have been scratching my head for well over two hours now and I just cannot see whats wrong with the code.
I am building a liquid layout with two navigation bars at the top. The first one is sitting well but the second one (id="filem_right") refuses to sit alongside it.
Here is the HTML:
<body id="container">
<div id="main_bar">
<ul>
<li class="maintabs">Overview</li><li class="maintabs">Collar/ Neckline</li><li class="maintabs">Sleeves
<ul>
<li class="s_leftright">Left Sleeves</li>
<li class="s_leftright">Right Sleeves</li>
</ul></li><li class="maintabs">Body</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="filem_right">
<ul>
<li class="filetabs">File</li><li class="filetabs">Edit</li><li class="filetabs">Settings</li>
</ul>
</div>
And here is the CSS:
#container {
min-width: 960px;
max-width: 1034px;
min-height: 500px;
background: rgba(245,212,13,1);
}
/* START OF MAIN MENU */
#main_bar ul {
width: 60%;
position: relative;
left: 3.2%;
border: 1px solid black;
background: rgba(153, 244,200,0.3);
}
.maintabs {
display: inline-block;
width: 25%;
line-height: 3.5em;
list-style-type: none;
}
.maintabs a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: rgb(165,165,165);
color: rgba(165,165,165,1);
text-align: center;
font-size: 0.8em;
font-weight: bold;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.s_leftright {
list-style-type: none;
}
.maintabs ul {
display: none;
}
.maintabs:hover > ul {
display: inline-block;
position: absolute;
}
*/ END OF MAIN MENU */
/* START OF FILE MENU */
#filem_right {
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
width: 30%;
left: 69%;
top: 14%;
right: 3.2%;
}
.filetabs {
display: inline-block;
width: 33.3%;
overflow: hidden;
list-style-type: none;
line-height: 3.5em;
}
I had a look at Firebug and it appears that none of my code for 'filem_right' is rendered by the browser (FF 3.6).
Thank you,

Your comment here is incorrect,
*/ END OF MAIN MENU */
Should be /* at the start. This could be a reason the filem_right CSS isn't being picked up by the browser.

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you want to use the css
white-space:nowrap;
this should be applied to the parent of your menus
if you provide some of the actual html, I can be more specific
for example
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Edit in response to op question modifications
I assume #cssdropdown is the id your container around all the menus. please let me know the html for this if it's not correct.
Anyways, in this case, you should add to your css
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Sounds like your width property isn't being set in either the HTML or the CSS.
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