simple menu control issue.. cant believe im posting this

iceman90289 · March 21st, 2009, 08:56 PM

ok so here is my code:

im going for a menu with child items. the syntax looks correct to me however the child items are not showing up... any ideas why?

Code:

 
<asp:Menu
ID="menu1"
OnMenuItemClick="menu1_ItemClicked"
runat="server">
<Items>
<asp:MenuItem
Text="Manufactures:"
Value="Manufactures">
<asp:MenuItemText="One"Value="One"></asp:MenuItem>
<asp:MenuItemText="Two"Value="Two"></asp:MenuItem>
</asp:MenuItem>
</Items>
</asp:Menu>

Lee Dumond · March 22nd, 2009, 12:41 AM

Code:

 
      <asp:Menu ID="Menu1" runat="server" StaticDisplayLevels="2" >
          <Items>
             <asp:MenuItem Text="Manufactures:" Value="Manufactures">
                <asp:MenuItem Text="One" Value="One"></asp:MenuItem>
                <asp:MenuItem Text="Two" Value="Two"></asp:MenuItem>
             </asp:MenuItem>
          </Items>
       </asp:Menu>

iceman90289 · March 22nd, 2009, 12:49 AM

thanks Lee

but i was hoping to make the child items show on rollovers. i was seeing if this was working at all (in my old code) when i set the forms color to black. I would rollover the menu buttons and a white box shows up. so i know it made them but the text within it doesnt show. any thoughts?

Lee Dumond · March 22nd, 2009, 04:42 PM

Okay, guess you didn't make that very clear. In that case, the code you posted should work.

For example, if you set up an extremely simple example page with no styling, and use the simple menu code you posted, the rollover works without any issues.

If there is an issue with text not showing, that sounds like it is probably a theme or CSS issue, which would be impossible to diagnose with the limited information you've provided. In this case, I would open Firebug, observe the rollover behavior in action, and inspect what styles are being applied to the various menu links.

iceman90289 · March 23rd, 2009, 03:36 PM

your right. i my post wasnt detailed at all. here is my css:

Code:

 
<style type="text/css">
        a
        {
            color:Yellow;
        }
        div 
        {
            border-color:#CD7F32;
            border-style:ridge;
            border-width:5px;
        }
</style>

and here is my menu control:
it comes out looking like this:
Manufactureres:
->chanelle
-> footwear (wether they sell shoes or not this is just an example)
-> 2nd menu item (aka "Two")
end menu.

Code:

 
<asp:Menu ID="menu1" runat="server" StaticDisplayLevels="5" OnMenuItemClick="menu1_ItemClicked" >
          <Items>
             <asp:MenuItem Text="Manufactures:" Value="Manufactures">
               <asp:MenuItem Text="Chanelle" Value="One">
                <asp:MenuItem Text="Footwear" Value="Footwear"></asp:MenuItem>
               </asp:MenuItem>
               <asp:MenuItem Text="Two" Value="Two"></asp:MenuItem>
             </asp:MenuItem>
          </Items>
       </asp:Menu>

Lee Dumond · March 23rd, 2009, 05:11 PM

If you change StaticDisplayLevels to ="1", the rollovers will work, so I guess I am still not clear on the problem you're having at this point...

iceman90289 · March 23rd, 2009, 08:32 PM

hmmm. that seems wierd... well here is the link. if it works from your end and not mine then its probably my internet explorer... but let me know what it looks like on your screen.

on mine its just grey boxes when i rollover.

aspspider.ws/iceman90289

its just a school assignment.

Lee Dumond · March 23rd, 2009, 10:01 PM

The rollovers work fine for me, but I think this may be your issue:

HTML Code:

.menu1_0 
{ 
   background-color:white;
   visibility:hidden;
   display:none;
   position:absolute;
   left:0px;top:0px; 
}
 
a
{  
   color:Yellow;
}

This makes yellow links on a white background, which are very hard to see...

iceman90289 · March 24th, 2009, 01:14 AM

intresting so i'll make a css class for the menu control and it will all be okay. i'll try this tomorrow. thanks Lee

Imar · March 24th, 2009, 03:38 AM

Are you using IE8? If so, you may have the same problem as described here: IE8 and the Menu

Imar