Left Nav Menu Problem

[sue0912]

Hi,

I have really screwed up my css file. I have a nice little menu on the left side of the css file. Menu expands and collapes with the help of a java script which I did not include.

My problem is that when I expand the menu the information in my Content tag exapands along with the menu.

How do I arrange my <div> tags to make the menu expand and collapse when the user wants it to but the content on the right side stays.

HTML PAGE
<div id="leftnav">
<h2>Emerald</h2>
<div class="leftlink"><a href="manuf.html">Equipment</a>
</div>
<a class="msg_head">By Brand</a>
<div style="display: none;" class="s2">
<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="pegson.html" title="Pegson">Pegson</a></div> <div class="leftlink3">
<a href="powerscreen.html" title="Powerscreen">Powerscreen</a></div> <div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Cedarapdis">Cedarapids</a></div>
</div>

<a class="msg_head">By Application</a>
<div style="display: none;" class="s2">

<a class="msg_head" title="Click to Crushing Impactor">Crushing/Impactor</a>
<div style="display: none" class="s2">

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Crushing Impactor">XH250</a></div>

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Crushing Impactor">XH320 & XH320SR</a></div>

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Crushing Impactor">XH500 & XH500SR</a></div>

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Crushing Impactor">XV350</a></div>
</div>

<a class="msg_head" title="Click to View Crushing Jaw">Crushing/Jaw</a>
<div style="display: none" class="s2">
<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Crushing Jaw">Metrotrak & Metrotrak HA</a>
</div>

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Crushing Jaw">XA750</a>
</div>

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Crushing Jaw">XA400S & XR400S</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="leftlink">
<a href="videos.html">Equipment Videos</a>
</div>

<div class="leftlink">
<a href="used_equipment.cfm">Used Equipment</a>
</div>
</div>
<div id="content">
<h2>Welcome to <span style="font-weight:bold; color:#00234C;">Emerald</span></h2></div>

CSS CODE
html, body {
margin : 0;
padding : 0;
}
body {
font : 73% "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif;
background-image: url(images/bg_tile.gif);
background-repeat:repeat-x repeat-y;
}
/*WRAP*/
#container {
width : 800px;
margin : 0 auto;
border : 5px solid #00234c;
line-height : 2em;
color : #000;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
/*TOP BANNER*/
#top {
padding : 0;
height : 100px;
color : #00234c;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
background-image: url(images/ees_logo.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
#top h1 {
padding : 5px 0 0 25px;
margin : 0;
font-size : 140%;
letter-spacing : 5px;
}
/*TOP NAVIGATION*/
#navcontainer {
border-bottom-width: 5px;
border-bottom-style: solid;
border-bottom-color: #00234c;
}
#navcontainer ul {
text-align : center;
padding-bottom : 3px;
padding-top : 3px;
padding-left : 0;
margin-top : 0;
margin-bottom : 0;
margin-left : 0;
color : white;
width : 100%;
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
line-height : 18px;
background-color: #00234C;
}
#navcontainer ul li {
display : inline;
padding-left : 0;
padding-right : 0;
padding-bottom : 5px;
padding-top : 5px;
}
#navcontainer ul li a {
padding-left : 10px;
padding-right : 10px;
padding-bottom : 5px;
padding-top : 5px;
color : white;
text-decoration : none;
border-right : 1px solid #fff;
}
#navcontainer ul li a:hover {
background : #369;
color : white;
}
#navcontainer #active {
border-left : 1px solid #fff;
}

/*MAIN CONTENT*/
#content {
width: 475px;
margin-left : 200px;
border-left-width: 5px;
border-left-style: solid;
border-left-color: #00234C;
top:0;
left:-25px;
margin-right:-25px;
}
padding: 1em;
}
#content p {
padding : 0 2em 0 2em;
}


/*LEFT SIDEBAR
#leftnav {
float : left;
width : 200px;
margin : 0;
padding : 1em;
}
#leftnav p {
margin : 0 0 1em 0;
}
#leftnavmenu {
list-style : none;
float : left;
width : 200px;
margin : 30px 0 30px 0;
padding : 0;
font-size : 0.9em;
}
#leftnavmenu ul {
list-style : none;
width : 150px;
margin : 0 0 20px 0;
padding : 0;
font-size : 1.1em;
}
#leftnavmenu li {
margin-bottom : 2px;
}
#leftnavmenu li a {
font-weight : bold;
height : 20px;
text-decoration : none;
color : #505050;
background : #eaeaea url(images/up.gif) no-repeat left center;
display : block;
padding : 4px 0 0 30px;
border-left : 0 solid #8fb8cc;
}
#leftnavmenu li a:hover {
background : #8fb8cc url(images/right.gif) no-repeat left center;
color : #fff;
border-left : 0 solid #003366;
} */

#leftnav {
width: 160px;
height: auto;
position: relative;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
padding:25px 10px 0px 10px;
top:0;
font-size:11px;
line-height:13px;
left:8px;
}
.leftlink3{
width:160px;
padding:0px;
height:auto;
font-size:12px;
line-height:20px;
border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5;
color:#ffffff;
}
.leftlink3 a{
display:block;
width:124px;
height:auto;
color:#999999;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:36px;
background-image: url(images/left_links5.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left;
}
.leftlink3 a:hover{
color:#182038;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:36px;
background-image: url(images/left_links5.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:right;
}
.leftlink3 a.current{
background-color:#edf0f3;
background-image: url(images/left_links6.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left;
color: #333333 ;
}
.leftlink3 a.current:hover{
background-color:#edf0f3;
background-image: url(images/left_links6.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:right;
color: #333333 ;
}
a.msg_head, a.msg_head:active{
width:136px;
padding:0px;
position:relative;
top:0px;
height:auto;
font-size:12px;
display:block;
cursorointer;
line-height:20px;
border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5;
left:0px;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:24px;
color:#999999;
background-image: url(images/left_links3.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left;
}
a.msg_head:hover{
padding-left:24px;
cursorointer;
color:#182038;
background-image: url(images/left_links3.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:right;
}

.leftlink{
width:160px;
padding:0px;
position:relative;
top:0px;
height:auto;
font-size:12px;
line-height:20px;
border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5;
left:0px;
color:#ffffff;
}
.leftlink a{
display:block;
width:148px;
height:auto;
color:#999999;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:12px;
background-image: url(images/left_links2.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left;
}
.leftlink a:hover{
color:#182038;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:12px;
background-image: url(images/left_links2.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:right;
}
.leftlink a.current{
display:block;
width:148px;
height:auto;
color:#182038;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:12px;
background-image: url(images/left_links8.gif);
background-color:#edf0f3;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left;
}
.leftlink a.current:hover{
display:block;
width:148px;
height:auto;
color:#182038;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:12px;
background-image: url(images/left_links8.gif);
background-color:#edf0f3;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:right;
}
#s2{
width:160px;
margin-top:0px;
min-height:200px;
height:200px;
padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;
font-size:11px;
line-height:13px;
visibility:hidden;
}


/*FOOTER*/
#footer {
clear : both;
margin : 0;
padding : 0;
font-size : 1.0em;
color : #000000;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
border-top-width: 5px;
border-top-style: solid;
border-top-color: #00234C;
}
* > html #footer img {
margin : 0;
}
#footer p {
padding : 0 0 0 5px;
}
/*TYPOGRAPHY*/
h2 {
margin : 1em 0 0.5em 0;
font-size : 130%;
letter-spacing : 5px;
}
blockquote {
padding : 5px;
font-weight : bold;
font-style : italic;
color : #000;
}

.quote {
border-top : 1px solid #dc291e;
padding : 10px;
color : #036;
}
/*SEARH BAR*/
form {
float : right;
margin-bottom : 15px;
margin-right : 15px;
}
input.search {
width : 100px;
border : none;
background : url(images/input.gif);
padding : 4px;
}
input.login {
width : 75px;
border : none;
background : url(images/logininput.gif);
padding : 4px;
}
/*LINKS*/
a:link, a:visited {
color : #000000;
background : transparent;
text-decoration : none;
}
a:hover {
color : #036;
background : #FFFFFF;
text-decoration : none;
}
a img {
border : none;
}
/*IMAGESS*/
.imgleft {
float : left;
padding : 5px;
margin-right : 10px;
}
/*CLASS*/
.post {
background-color : #FFFFFF;
padding : 3px;
margin : 20px 10px 0 5px;
border : 0 dashed #8a795d;
font-size : 80%;
}
.post .date {
background : url(images/clock.gif) no-repeat left center;
padding-left : 15px;
margin : 0 15px 0 5px;
}
.post .comments {
background : url(images/comment.gif) no-repeat left center;
padding-left : 15px;
margin : 0 15px 0 5px;
}
.post .readmore {
background : url(images/document.gif) no-repeat left center;
padding-left : 15px;
margin : 0 15px 0 5px;
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am not use to using CSS files.

Thanks
Sue

 

[snitin78]

If it's possible take a look at some Javascript framework like EXT-JS (

http://www.sencha.com/products/js/).

Such kind of expandable/collapsible things are child's play using frameworks like these.

My suggestion would be to integrate such a framework in your code rather than re-inventing the wheel.

Nitin

 

[ChrisHunt]

There seem to be a lot of overlapping <div>s in there, my guess is that you're missing a </div> somewhere.

I'd suggest using something from

http://htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/

to get the results you're after.

-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd

 

[sue0912]

Hi again,

Ok. I started the file again. My html css code is below. My menu now overlaps the footer div tag when it is expanded. I am not sure what I am doing wrong.

Sorry to keep asking for help but css is really not my expertise.

Thanks Sue

CSS Code

html, body {
margin : 0;
padding : 0;
}
body {
font : 73% "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif;
background-color: #ffffff;
background-image: url(images/bg2.gif);
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-position: center top;
}
/*WRAP*/
#container {
width : 750px;
margin : 0 auto;
border : 10px solid #fff;
line-height : 2em;
color : #666;
background-color: #fff;
}
/*TOP BANNER*/
#top {
padding : 0;
height : 100px;
color : #484500;
background-color: #f36800;
background-image: url(images/head2.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
#top h1 {
padding : 5px 0 0 25px;
margin : 0;
font-size : 140%;
letter-spacing : 5px;
}
/*TOP NAVIGATION*/
#navcontainer {
border-bottom : 10px solid #fff;
}
#navcontainer ul {
text-align : center;
padding-bottom : 5px;
padding-top : 5px;
padding-left : 0;
margin-top : 0;
margin-bottom : 0;
margin-left : 0;
color : white;
width : 100%;
font-family : Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
line-height : 18px;
background-color: #dc291e;
}
#navcontainer ul li {
display : inline;
padding-left : 0;
padding-right : 0;
padding-bottom : 5px;
padding-top : 5px;
}
#navcontainer ul li a {
padding-left : 10px;
padding-right : 10px;
padding-bottom : 5px;
padding-top : 5px;
color : white;
text-decoration : none;
border-right : 1px solid #fff;
}
#navcontainer ul li a:hover {
background : #369;
color : white;
}
#navcontainer #active {
border-left : 1px solid #fff;
}
/*LEFT SIDEBAR*/
#leftnav {
float : left;
width : 200px;
margin : 0;
padding : 1em;
}
#leftnav p {
margin : 0 0 1em 0;
}
#leftnavmenu {
list-style : none;
float : left;
width : 200px;
margin : 30px 0 30px 0;
padding : 0;
font-size : 0.9em;
}
#leftnavmenu ul {
list-style : none;
width : 150px;
margin : 0 0 20px 0;
padding : 0;
font-size : 1.1em;
}
#leftnavmenu li {
margin-bottom : 2px;
}
#leftnavmenu li a {
font-weight : bold;
height : 20px;
text-decoration : none;
color : #505050;
background : #eaeaea url(images/up.gif) no-repeat left center;
display : block;
padding : 4px 0 0 30px;
border-left : 0 solid #8fb8cc;
}
#leftnavmenu li a:hover {
background : #8fb8cc url(images/right.gif) no-repeat left center;
color : #fff;
border-left : 0 solid #003366;
}
/*MAIN CONTENT*/
#contentleft {
width: 195px;
height: auto;
position: relative;
background-image:url(../images/leftbar_grad.png);
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-position:left;
top:0;
left:0;
float:left;
z-index:1;
}

#leftnav {
width: 160px;
min-height:200px;
height: 200px;
position: relative;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
padding:25px 10px 0px 10px;
top:0;
font-size:11px;
line-height:13px;
left:15px;
}

.leftlink{
width:160px;
padding:0px;
position:relative;
top:0px;
height:auto;
font-size:12px;
line-height:20px;
border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5;
left:0px;
color:#ffffff;
}
.leftlink a{
display:block;
width:148px;
height:auto;
color:#999999;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:12px;
background-image: url(../images/left_links2.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left;
}
.leftlink a:hover{
color:#182038;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:12px;
background-image: url(../images/left_links2.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:right;
}
.leftlink a.current{
display:block;
width:148px;
height:auto;
color:#182038;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:12px;
background-image: url(../images/left_links8.gif);
background-color:#edf0f3;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left;
}
.leftlink a.current:hover{
display:block;
width:148px;
height:auto;
color:#182038;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:12px;
background-image: url(../images/left_links8.gif);
background-color:#edf0f3;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:right;
}
a.msg_head, a.msg_head:active{
width:136px;
padding:0px;
position:relative;
top:0px;
height:auto;
font-size:12px;
display:block;
cursorointer;
line-height:20px;
border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5;
left:0px;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:24px;
color:#999999;
background-image: url(../images/left_links3.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left;
}
a.msg_head:hover{
padding-left:24px;
cursorointer;
color:#182038;
background-image: url(../images/left_links3.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:right;
}

#s2{
width:160px;
margin-top:0px;
min-height:200px;
height:200px;
padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;
font-size:11px;
line-height:13px;
visibility:hidden;
}

.leftlink3{
width:160px;
padding:0px;
height:auto;
font-size:12px;
line-height:20px;
border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5;
color:#ffffff;
}
.leftlink3 a{
display:block;
width:124px;
height:auto;
color:#999999;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:36px;
background-image: url(../images/left_links5.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left;
}
.leftlink3 a:hover{
color:#182038;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:36px;
background-image: url(../images/left_links5.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:right;
}
.leftlink3 a.current{
background-color:#edf0f3;
background-image: url(../images/left_links6.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left;
color: #333333 ;
}
.leftlink3 a.current:hover{
background-color:#edf0f3;
background-image: url(../images/left_links6.gif);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:right;
color: #333333 ;
}

#content {
margin-left : 240px;
border-left : 10px solid #fff;
padding : 1em;
}
#content p {
padding : 0 2em 0 2em;
}
/*FOOTER*/
#footer {
height:auto;
clear : both;
margin : 0;
padding : 0;
font-size : 1.0em;
border-top : 10px solid #fff;
color : #000000;
background-color: #ffffff;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}
* > html #footer img {
margin : 0;
}
#footer p {
padding : 0 0 0 5px;
}
/*TYPOGRAPHY*/
h2 {
margin : 1em 0 0.5em 0;
font-size : 130%;
letter-spacing : 5px;
}
blockquote {
padding : 5px;
font-weight : bold;
font-style : italic;
color : #b29b35;
}

.quote {
border-top : 1px solid #dc291e;
padding : 10px;
color : #036;
}
/*SEARH BAR*/
form {
float : right;
margin-bottom : 20px;
margin-right : 15px;
}
input.search {
width : 100px;
border : none;
background : url(images/input.gif);
padding : 4px;
}
input.login {
width : 75px;
border : none;
background : url(images/logininput.gif);
padding : 4px;
}
/*LINKS*/
a:link, a:visited {
color : #000000;
background : transparent;
text-decoration : none;
}
a:hover {
color : #036;
background : #dc291e;
text-decoration : none;
}
a img {
border : none;
}
/*IMAGESS*/
.imgleft {
float : left;
padding : 5px;
margin-right : 10px;
}
/*CLASS*/
.post {
background-color : #ffffcc;
padding : 3px;
margin : 20px 10px 0 5px;
border : 0 dashed #8a795d;
font-size : 80%;
}
.post .date {
background : url(images/clock.gif) no-repeat left center;
padding-left : 15px;
margin : 0 15px 0 5px;
}
.post .comments {
background : url(images/comment.gif) no-repeat left center;
padding-left : 15px;
margin : 0 15px 0 5px;
}
.post .readmore {
background : url(images/document.gif) no-repeat left center;
padding-left : 15px;
margin : 0 15px 0 5px;
}

HTML Page

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "

http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="

http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"

lang="en"><head>


<title>Home</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<link href="price_files/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="index_files/jquery-1.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="index_files/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="index_files/jqueryslide.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="index_files/galleriasetup.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="index_files/ufo.js"></script>

</head><body bgcolor="">
<div id="container">
<div id="top">
<h1>&nbsp;</h1>
<div class="search">
<form method="post" action="#">
<p>
<input name="search" value="demo only" class="search" type="text">
<input value="Search" class="searchSubmit" type="submit">
</p>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<div id="navcontainer">
<ul id="navlist">
<li id="active"><a href="#" id="current">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About Us</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Contact Us</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Dealers</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Online Catalog</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Fire Related Links</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="leftnav">
<img style="margin-bottom: 10px;" src="index_files/machinery.gif" alt="New Machinery">
<div class="leftlink">
<a href="#">Why Blue</a>
</div>
<div class="leftlink">
<a href="#">Products</a>
</div>

<a class="msg_head">By Brand</a>
<div style="display: none;" class="s2">

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Nihot">Nihot</a>
</div>

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View CUB">CUB</a>
</div>

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Terex Pegson">Terex Pegson</a>
</div>

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Powerscreen">Powerscreen</a>
</div>

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Doppstadt">Doppstadt</a>
</div>

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Kiverco">Kiverco</a>
</div>

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Telestack">Telestack</a>
</div>

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View General Kinematics">General Kinematics</a>
</div>

<div class="leftlink3">
<a href="#" title="Click to View Pellenc">Pellenc</a>
</div>

<div class="leftlink3">
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[Vragabond]

Do you really not want to use the tried and proven methods such as Suckerflish dropdowns already mentioned above? It would save you much work and produce a better code.

If Suckerfish is not the mechanism you're after, could you please explain again what you're after? Also, I see you're using jquery. Is there no jquery plugin, which will do what you want?

If you could provide a link of the example and tell us how it should work, it also might be easier for us to debug.

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[sue0912]

I think I understand what you are trying to tell me. Suckerfish produces a better menu, as mine is probably not the best.

With that aside I guess my question is more about the layout itself.

How do I get the footer tag to expand also when the menu is clicked on?

Or does it not work that way.

Sue