fantastic advise! never thought of doing it that way round!
heres the code i used (not perfect but works)
css
.suckertreemenu ul{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
}
/*Top level list items*/
.suckertreemenu ul li{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
background-color: #000000; /*overall menu background color*/
}
/*Top level menu link items style*/
.suckertreemenu ul li a{
display: block;
width: 90px; /*Width of top level menu link items*/
padding: 3px 8px 3px;
border-left-width: 0;
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
}
/*1st sub level menu*/
.suckertreemenu ul li ul{
left: 0;
position: absolute;
top: 1em; /* no need to change, as true value set by script */
display: block;
visibility: hidden;
}
/*Sub level menu list items (undo style from Top level List Items)*/
.suckertreemenu ul li ul li{
display: list-item;
float: none;
}
/*All subsequent sub menu levels offset after 1st level sub menu */
.suckertreemenu ul li ul li ul{
left: 159px; /* no need to change, as true value set by script */
top: 0;
}
/* Sub level menu links style */
.suckertreemenu ul li ul li a{
display: block;
width: 150px; /*width of sub menu levels*/
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
border: 1px solid #BC9B6A;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
background-color: #BC9B6A;
}
.suckertreemenu #current a{ /*currently selected tab*/
background-color: #BC9B6A; /*Brown color theme*/
color: white;
border-color: #BC9B6A; /*Brown color theme*/
}
.suckertreemenu ul li a:hover{
background-color: #BC9B6A;
color: white;
}
/*Background image for top level menu list links */
.suckertreemenu .mainfoldericon{
background-color: #000000;
background-image: url(images/arrow-down.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right center;
}
/*Background image for subsequent level menu list links */
.suckertreemenu .subfoldericon{
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #FFFFFF;
background-color: #BC9B6A;
background-image: url(images/arrow-right.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right center;
}
* html p#iepara{ /*For a paragraph (if any) that immediately follows suckertree menu, add 1em top spacing between the two in IE*/
padding-top: 1em;
}
/* Holly Hack for IE \*/
* html .suckertreemenu ul li {
float: left;
height: 1%;
background-color: #BC9B6A;
}
* html .suckertreemenu ul li a { height: 1%; }
/* End */
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#modernbricksmenu2{
padding: 0;
width: 100%;
border-top: 4px solid #BC9B6A; /*Brown color theme*/
background: transparent;
voice-family: "\"}\"";
voice-family: inherit;
}
#modernbricksmenu2 ul{
margin:0;
margin-left: 0px; /*margin between first menu item and left browser edge*/
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
#modernbricksmenu2 li{
display: inline;
margin: 0 2px 0 0;
padding: 0;
text-transform:uppercase;
}
#modernbricksmenu2 a{
float: left;
display: block;
font: bold 11px Arial;
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
margin: 0 0px 0 0; /*Margin between each menu item*/
padding: 5px 10px;
background-color: #BC9B6A; /*Brown color theme*/
border-top: 1px gray;
}
#modernbricksmenu2 a:hover{
background-color: #BC9B6A; /*Brown color theme*/
color: white;
}
#modernbricksmenu2 #current a{ /*currently selected tab*/
background-color: #BC9B6A; /*Brown color theme*/
color: white;
border-color: #BC9B6A; /*Brown color theme*/
}
HTML
<script type="text/javascript">
//SuckerTree Horizontal Menu (Sept 14th, 06)
//By Dynamic Drive: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/
var menuids=["treemenu1"] //Enter id(s) of SuckerTree UL menus, separated by commas
function buildsubmenus_horizontal(){
for (var i=0; i<menuids.length; i++){
var ultags=document.getElementById(menuids[i]).getElementsByTagName("ul")
for (var t=0; t<ultags.length; t++){
if (ultags[t].parentNode.parentNode.id==menuids[i]){ //if this is a first level submenu
ultags[t].style.top=ultags[t].parentNode.offsetHeight+"px" //dynamically position first level submenus to be height of main menu item
ultags[t].parentNode.getElementsByTagName("a")[0].className="mainfoldericon"
}
else{ //else if this is a sub level menu (ul)
ultags[t].style.left=ultags[t-1].getElementsByTagName("a")[0].offsetWidth+"px" //position menu to the right of menu item that activated it
ultags[t].parentNode.getElementsByTagName("a")[0].className="subfoldericon"
}
ultags[t].parentNode.onmouseover=function(){
this.getElementsByTagName("ul")[0].style.visibility="visible"
}
ultags[t].parentNode.onmouseout=function(){
this.getElementsByTagName("ul")[0].style.visibility="hidden"
}
}
}
}
if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", buildsubmenus_horizontal, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", buildsubmenus_horizontal)
</script>
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
background-color: #000000;
}
-->
</style></head>
<body>
<div class="suckertreemenu">
<ul id="treemenu1">
<li id="current"><a href="#" style="border-left: 1px solid black">INTRODUCTION</a></li>
<li><a href="#">ABOUT US</a></li>
<li><a href="#">SERVICES</a><ul>
<li><a href="#">ONGOING SERVICES</a></li>
<li><a href="#">ENGAGE OUR SERVICES</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="#">OUR PROCESS</a></li>
<li><a href="#">TESTIMONIALS</a> </li>
<li><a href="#">CASE STUDIES</a></li>
<li><a href="#">CONTACT</a></li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p><br style="clear: left;" />
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
The only thing bugging me is the last link of the dropdown is a bit twitchy when you try and click on it - any ideas?