Tomorrow I found an another Simple menu style which using CSS to create its drop down list and also it works upto 4 four level.
it use different CSS style for this menu to work in IE6 using conditional CSS.
So I decided to put that complete code here so that my Designer friends can use and learn easily.
<style type="text/css" media="screen, tv, projection">
/*<![CDATA[*/
/* page styling, unimportant for the menu. only makes the page looks nicer */
body {
font-family: Calibri, "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
}
h1 {font-size: 2em;}
h2 {font-size: 1.5em;}
.example {
background: #eee;
padding: 50px;
}
/* - - - ADxMenu: BASIC styles [ MANDATORY ] - - - */
/* remove all list stylings */
.menu, .menu ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
list-style-type: none;
display: block;
}
.menu li {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
display: block;
float: left; /* move all main list items into one row, by floating them */
position: relative; /* position each LI, thus creating potential IE.win overlap problem */
z-index: 5; /* thus we need to apply explicit z-index here... */
}
.menu li:hover {
z-index: 10000; /* ...and here. this makes sure active item is always above anything else in the menu */
white-space: normal;/* required to resolve IE7 :hover bug (z-index above is ignored if this is not present)
see http://www.tanfa.co.uk/css/articles/pure-css-popups-bug.asp for other stuff that work */
}
.menu li li {
float: none;/* items of the nested menus are kept on separate lines */
}
.menu ul {
visibility: hidden; /* initially hide all submenus. */
position: absolute;
z-index: 10;
left: 0; /* while hidden, always keep them at the top left corner, */
top: 0; /* to avoid scrollbars as much as possible */
}
.menu li:hover>ul {
visibility: visible; /* display submenu them on hover */
top: 100%; /* 1st level go below their parent item */
}
.menu li li:hover>ul { /* 2nd+ levels go on the right side of the parent item */
top: 0;
left: 100%;
}
/* -- float.clear --
force containment of floated LIs inside of UL */
.menu:after, .menu ul:after {
content: ".";
height: 0;
display: block;
visibility: hidden;
overflow: hidden;
clear: both;
}
.menu, .menu ul { /* IE7 float clear: */
min-height: 0;
}
/* -- float.clear.END -- */
/* -- sticky.submenu --
it should not disappear when your mouse moves a bit outside the submenu
YOU SHOULD NOT STYLE the background of the ".menu UL" or this feature may not work properly!
if you do it, make sure you 110% know what you do */
.menu ul {
background-image: url(empty.gif); /* required for sticky to work in IE6 and IE7 - due to their (different) hover bugs */
padding: 10px 30px 30px 30px;
margin: -10px 0 0 -30px;
/*background: #f00;*/ /* uncomment this if you want to see the "safe" area.
you can also use to adjust the safe area to your requirement */
}
.menu ul ul {
padding: 30px 30px 30px 10px;
margin: -30px 0 0 -10px;
}
/* -- sticky.submenu.END -- */
/* - - - ADxMenu: DESIGN styles [ OPTIONAL, design your heart out :) ] - - - */
.menu, .menu ul li {
color: #eee;
background: #234;
}
.menu ul {
width: 11em;
}
.menu a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #eee;
padding: .4em 1em;
display: block;
position: relative;
}
.menu a:hover, .menu li:hover>a {
color: #fc3;
}
.menu li li { /* create borders around each item */
border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
.menu ul>li + li { /* and remove the top border on all but first item in the list */
border-top: 0;
}
.menu li li:hover>ul { /* inset 2nd+ submenus, to show off overlapping */
top: 5px;
left: 90%;
}
/* special colouring for "Main menu:", and for "xx submenu" items in ADxMenu
placed here to clarify the terminology I use when referencing submenus in posts */
.menu>li:first-child>a, .menu li + li + li li:first-child>a {
color: #567;
}
/* Fix for IE5/Mac \*//*/
.menu a {
float: left;
}
/* End Fix */
/*]]>*/
</style>
Conditional CSS for IE6
<div class="example">
<ul class="adxm menu">
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<ul>
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</li>
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<ul>
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<ul>
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</ul>
</li>
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