Menu over my form with a twist.

Poster: timmyboy
Dated: Tuesday December 3 2002 - 15:03:22 GMT

The site I'm developing is not live so I can't give a url as of yet, but hopefully this explanation will do.

I have a form on my page in a div tag labeled "contact." The drop down portion of the menu (v. 3.5.10) works like a champ appearing over the form elements seamlessly.

The "twist" comes when you scroll down and the menu follows. When this action is performed the horizontal menu itself is positioned behind the form element. Both the drop downs and the main menu array use the same style.

It appears as though the menu code accounts for the drop down portion of the menu but not the main portion of the menu itself if it is set to scroll.

Has anyone dealt with this before? Is a fix possible or is the hard way around (more than one menu_array file to make the menu non-scrolling for that page alone) the only fix?

Thanks in advance,

~ tim <><

Late addition: While investigating I found that it was only certain form tags, specifically the drop down selections, and not the input boxes that this occurs with.

Poster: trytrix
Dated: Tuesday December 3 2002 - 20:32:04 GMT

Hi,

Have a look at the example :
http://www.milonic.com/menu/overforms_sample.php

Greetings,
Trytrix

Poster: timmyboy
Dated: Tuesday December 3 2002 - 21:29:34 GMT

While the example explains the method to keep the form elements between the div tags below the drop down portion of the menu, this is not my problem. My submenus work very well with the form elements.

It fails to address the main part of the menu, I'll call it the base for lack of a better term, if it scrolls down the screen.

Here is an image to show both behaviors at once. In the image the "base" is hidden behind the form element while the drop down menu is working correctly.




~ tim <><

Poster: trytrix
Dated: Friday December 6 2002 - 20:16:25 GMT

Hi,

It would be most helpful if we could have a look at your html- & array files !
Zip and mail them, or put them somewhere for downloading..

Greetings,
Trytrix

Poster: timmyboy
Dated: Thursday December 12 2002 - 21:50:18 GMT

Here is a link showing what I'm having trouble with. I took the code from the forms example and made one change: made the menu follow the scroll.

You'll notice that the submenu's work fine but the "base" has some trouble with the drop down form element.

http://www.geocities.com/timothytcline/test.htm


Cheers,
~ tim <><

Poster: trytrix
Dated: Sunday December 15 2002 - 9:53:48 GMT

HI,

Went to that URL.
Everything works splendid !!!
Tested in IE6 & Netscape7.

Greetings,
Trytrix

Poster: timmyboy
Dated: Monday December 16 2002 - 4:21:27 GMT

I realize that the submenues work very well but I've tested it in multiple browsers and OS's and all of them had similar results.

With the link provided, try and position the menu items "News sites", "Webmaster", and "Downloads" over top of the "Testing Testing Testing" form item and the "Bigger Test" form item. I don't believe you'll be able to do it, only the submenus appear correctly.

Hopefully this time I was at least able to explain how to duplicate the problem.

take care,
~ tim <><

Poster: timmyboy
Dated: Tuesday December 17 2002 - 17:44:01 GMT

Andy took care of the problem with the latest version of the menu (3.5.11). I do appreciate your taking a look at my issue though.

~ tim <><