Chapter 7 Submenus

Patcats · May 22nd, 2009, 01:17 PM

After working through the ty-it-outs in the chapter using VB, I get to page 252 and still have a problem with the submenus. When I hover over a menu item like "Review", I only get a small white box below "Review". It doesn't even seem to be listing the submenu items. Nothing happens when I click on the white box.

I have compared my code to the sample code from the website and cannot see a difference. I have done the TreeView exercise on 254 and it works fine but still now submenus from the Monochrome theme.

Help!

Thanks,
Pat

Patcats · May 22nd, 2009, 01:59 PM

I found the problem. I had to change IE8 to "compatibility mode".

Another question about the code on page 250. Why is ".StaticMenuItemStyle" listed twice on the first line? Why are there two sections for ".DynamicHoverStyle"?

Thanks,
Pat

Imar · May 24th, 2009, 09:19 AM

Hi Pat,

While using compatibility mode certainly works, it's probably better to fix the problem at its root. IE8 behaves different from IE7 with respect to the asp;Menu. The ASP.NET team recognized the problem and has released a fix for it. If you install the fix, the menu behaves the same in IE8 as it does in other browsers.

For more info and a download link: IE8 and the Menu

With regards to page 250, take a look at this:

.StaticMenuItemStyle, .StaticMenuItemStyle a

Although it seems that StaticMenuItemStyle is listed twice, these are really two different selectors. One for the StaticMenuItemStyle class and one for anchors (links) *within* the StaticMenuItemStyle class (e.g. .StaticMenuItemStyle a)

The same is true for the other selectors you see twice: one is for the containing element; the other for the links they contain.

Hope this helps,

Imar

Patcats · May 24th, 2009, 11:50 AM

Thanks! Last night I did find the info about the IE8 fix while I was browsing the messages on this board.

BTW, great book. I have many years programming experience but am new to Web programming. Am about half way through your book and am finding it really worth my time. It's a well written book with a great format.

Pat

Imar · May 25th, 2009, 04:14 AM

Quote:

BTW, great book. I have many years programming experience but am new to Web programming. Am about half way through your book and am finding it really worth my time. It's a well written book with a great format.

Thank you. Spread the word, spread the word ;-)

Imar