Comments on: A fix for Suckerfish dropdowns in IE 7

By: Kyndal

Kyndal — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:02:43 +0000

I have tried and tried to get this to work. I have spent at least 10 hours searching all over the internet and NOTHING is working I have tried every fix I’ve found to no avail. But — mine isn’t a ‘rollover’ sticky. Mine just appears on the page on load and won’t go away. You don’t even have to rollover it for it to appear!! I am testing in IE8. Any help at all would be much appreciated!

Here is the unmodified IE Nav Code:

/* IE NAV */

#searchform {margin:0;padding:0;height:1%;}
#nav ul li.enhanced a.arrow { float: none;}
#nav ul li ul, #searchform #s { left:0;top:0}
.sf-menu ul { top: 29px !important; }
.sf-menu ul ul { top: 0 !important; }
#nav li:hover
{position: static;}

And the regular Superfish Code:

/*** ESSENTIAL STYLES ***/
.sf-menu, .sf-menu * {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
font-size: 1em;
text-align: left;
}
.sf-menu {
line-height: 1.0;
}
.sf-menu ul {
position: absolute;
top: -999em;
width: 10em; /* left offset of submenus need to match (see below) */
}
.sf-menu ul li {
width: 100%;
}
.sf-menu li:hover {
visibility: inherit; /* fixes IE7 ‘sticky bug’ */
height: 1%;
}
.sf-menu li {
float: left;
position: relative;
}
.sf-menu li.right {float:right;}
.sf-menu a {
display: block;
position: relative;
}

.sf-menu li:hover ul,
.sf-menu li.sfHover ul {
left: 0;
top: 2.6em; /* match top ul list item height */
z-index: 99;
}
ul.sf-menu li:hover li ul,
ul.sf-menu li.sfHover li ul {
top: -999em;
}
ul.sf-menu li li:hover ul,
ul.sf-menu li li.sfHover ul {
left: 10em; /* match ul width */
top: 0;
}
ul.sf-menu li li:hover li ul,
ul.sf-menu li li.sfHover li ul {
top: -999em;
}
ul.sf-menu li li li:hover ul,
ul.sf-menu li li li.sfHover ul {
left: 10em; /* match ul width */
top: 0;
}

/*** DEMO SKIN ***/
.sf-menu {
margin-bottom: 1em;
font-size:11px;
background:#000;
width:auto;
height:30px
}
.sf-menu a {
padding: 9px;
text-decoration:none;
}

.sf-menu a, .sf-menu a:visited { /* visited pseudo selector so IE6 applies text colour*/
color: #fff;
}
.sf-menu li {
background: #000;
margin-right: 2em;

}
.sf-menu li.right {
margin-right: 0;
}
.sf-menu li li {
background: #000;
}
.sf-menu li li li {
background: #000;

}
.sf-menu li:hover, .sf-menu li.sfHover,
.sf-menu a:focus, .sf-menu a:hover, .sf-menu a:active {
background: #1a1a1a;
outline: 0;
}

/*** arrows **/
.sf-menu a.sf-with-ul {
padding-right: 2.25em;
min-width: 1px; /* trigger IE7 hasLayout so spans position accurately */
}
.sf-sub-indicator {
position: absolute;
display: block;
right: .75em;
top: 1em; /* IE6 only */
width: 10px;
height: 10px;
text-indent: -999em;
overflow: hidden;
background: url(‘img/arrows-ffffff.png’) no-repeat -10px -100px; /* 8-bit indexed alpha png. IE6 gets solid image only */
}
a > .sf-sub-indicator { /* give all except IE6 the correct values */
top: .9em;
background-position: 0 -100px; /* use translucent arrow for modern browsers*/
}
/* apply hovers to modern browsers */
a:focus > .sf-sub-indicator,
a:hover > .sf-sub-indicator,
a:active > .sf-sub-indicator,
li:hover > a > .sf-sub-indicator,
li.sfHover > a > .sf-sub-indicator {
background-position: -10px -100px; /* arrow hovers for modern browsers*/
}

/* point right for anchors in subs */
.sf-menu ul .sf-sub-indicator { background-position: -10px 0; }
.sf-menu ul a > .sf-sub-indicator { background-position: 0 0; }
/* apply hovers to modern browsers */
.sf-menu ul a:focus > .sf-sub-indicator,
.sf-menu ul a:hover > .sf-sub-indicator,
.sf-menu ul a:active > .sf-sub-indicator,
.sf-menu ul li:hover > a > .sf-sub-indicator,
.sf-menu ul li.sfHover > a > .sf-sub-indicator {
background-position: -10px 0; /* arrow hovers for modern browsers*/
}

/*** shadows for all but IE6 ***/
.sf-shadow ul {
background: url(‘img/shadow.png’) no-repeat bottom right;
padding: 0 8px 9px 0;
-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 17px;
-moz-border-radius-topright: 17px;
-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 17px;
-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 17px;
}
.sf-shadow ul.sf-shadow-off {
background: transparent;
}

By: Bart Clarkson

Bart Clarkson — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:59:34 +0000

I got hung up on some redraw problem in IE 8. I switched out the js with a jQuery version. If you’re already loading jQuery, maybe this’ll help you. Also useful in avoiding an error when the navigation doesn’t appear on all your pages.

$(function(){
var isIE = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !window.opera;
if (isIE) {
$(“nav li”).each(function(){
$(this).hover(function(){
$(this).addClass(“sfhover”);
},
function(){
$(this).removeClass(“sfhover”);
});
});
}
});

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:00:01 +0000

Thanks man, you saved my life.

By: webmaster

webmaster — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:43:48 +0000

Thanks it’s work for me…

By: Dorian

Dorian — Wed, 25 May 2011 00:40:48 +0000

I may actually love you for posting this fix. Worked in my situation.

By: A fix for 2nd Level Sons of Suckerfish dropdowns in IE 7 Compatibility Problem | Technology And Business Blog

Sat, 07 May 2011 19:21:20 +0000

[...] browser mode or document mode. I had the same problem with another website and thought I found the solution by Matt of Built From Source although the fix was not working for a 2nd level drop down. What happened was when I initial hover [...]

By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:28:26 +0000

Thank you, Thank You, Thank You

By: tom-a-spol-sro

tom-a-spol-sro — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:03:44 +0000

Man, thank you so much, I love you!!! I’ve been torturing myself for hours and didn’t know it is THAT simple Wondering why it’s not written on suckerfish website. At least I didn’t notice it…

Thanks a lot, really!

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:09:08 +0000

Amazing!! Thank you.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:34:50 +0000

Thank you, thank you, this worked perfectly for me also!

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:14:34 +0000

Thanks, this worked for me!

RealWaffle: Trying removing any position:relative you have on any containers that house your UL, that should do the trick.

By: realwaffle

realwaffle — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:54:18 +0000

My drop down menu works perfectly in Firefox, but in IE the drop down menu goes behind my posts. I’ve added all the recommendations in this post and still can’t figured out what else I’m supposed to do.

Here’s my blog

http://ddmguide.blogspot.com/

By: Polly

Polly — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:56:52 +0000

Thanks for that it really works…

By: DesignMethis

DesignMethis — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:23:11 +0000

This is what did it for me:

li:hover{visibility:visible}

By: Fix for Suckerfish Dropdowns in IE 7 — Leslie Franke

Fix for Suckerfish Dropdowns in IE 7 — Leslie Franke — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:30:27 +0000

[...] dropdowns, the menus stick in place on the screen. Fortunately, ‘Built from Source’ has posted a simple solution to this [...]

By: Trevor James

Trevor James — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:17:25 +0000

Great fix! Thanks for this. I used it to fix a suckerfish issue on one of my client’s sites. So simple but so accurate.

-Trevor

By: Kotaro

Kotaro — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:16:39 +0000

Thanks very much indeed!!! The solution posted gracefully fixed the problem that was facing me. In my case, the suckerfish was working alright until I triggered other Javascript Events to show/hide HTML elements. After trigger other Javascript Events, if I moved the mouse over and out of the suckerfish, the fish sort of got confused and remained out of the water tank.

I spent loads of time to find a fix, and as soon as I found your post, the problem was solved. I am now felt great and sure that I can have a nice sleep tonight.

Many thanks again!

By: daniel

daniel — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:18:44 +0000

I’ve been having a similar issue, which i how I found this website. Currently, this also occurs in Firefox3.5.5 and Safari4.0.4.

When I click on a menu item in the dropdown of the suckerfish menu, then click the back-button on the browser window, the suckerfish dropdown is still open/hanging down.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:59:47 +0000

You are my god. ie7 would leave the text of my drop down stuck while the background would disappear.

Thank you! Works great in IE7, IE8, Firefox 3.x, Safari.

By: anil

anil — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:31:04 +0000

HI,
i m stuck in extended menu in joomla using bolt as template.
Warning: array_keys() [function.array-keys]: The first argument should be an array in /var/www/production/atelier/plugins/exmenu/bot_exmenu_source_sql_query.php on line 42

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/production/atelier/plugins/exmenu/bot_exmenu_source_sql_query.php on line 42

Notice: exmenu: no plugin found for the name “Extended Menu Source – SQL Query” in /var/www/production/atelier/modules/mod_exmenu-j15/exmenu/loader/plugin.menuloader.class.php on line 41
Atelier des cigognes

Please help !