shadow around sub-menus

Poster: ali
Dated: Sunday May 5 2002 - 1:44:50 BST

I am having difficulty getting a shadow to appear around the sub-menus. (as was done at http://wwwnew.flobee.net/frame.html)

I'm sure this is something real simple -- it's escaping me, however.

any ideas, please?

(my test page is at http://home.aliworks.com/wnrn/)

Thanks,

ali.

Re: shadow around sub-menus

Poster: Anonymous
Dated: Sunday May 19 2002 - 19:50:33 BST

Hi Ali,

You already have that shadow effect in your sample page. But if you want u can make it stronger by changing the "strenght" property in the below line. Find the below code snippet in your script and play with it until you get whatever you like.

Hakan

effect = "fade(duration=0.3);Shadow(color='#777777', Direction=135, Strength=5)"

Re: shadow around sub-menus

Poster: Anonymous
Dated: Sunday May 19 2002 - 19:50:34 BST

Thanx. I thought was it, and I thought I was going nuts that it wasn't working.... but I found the problem (methinks):

The shadow shows up in IE6, but does not appear when using IE5.5, SP2.

Any thoughts, Andy?

Re: shadow around sub-menus

Poster: Anonymous
Dated: Sunday May 19 2002 - 19:50:35 BST

BTW, I'm using v3.4 of the menu.

Re: shadow around sub-menus

Poster: Anonymous
Dated: Sunday May 19 2002 - 19:50:36 BST

ali,
When you do get the shadow to work you might want to stay away from strength values greater than about 8. The shadow actually introduces error into the menu navigation where the pointer no longer stays aligned with the item highlighting. It's easier to see than to explain. Just set your strenght to 30 and test the menu. Be ready for a surprise!

Cheers,
Gary