Chrome CSS Drop Down Menu help

[deluded_majority]

Hi,

I am trying to set up the Chrome CSS Drop Down Menu but I keep getting a browser check error.. The part I am having issues with is..

<div class="chromestyle" id="chromemenu">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#" rel="dropmenu1">Resources</a></li>
<li><a href="#" rel="dropmenu2">News</a></li>
<li><a href="#" rel="dropmenu3">Search</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

And the error I am getting is..

The rel attribute of the A tag is not supported. [Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Netscape Navigator 6.0]

Anyone have any ideas on how I can fix it? I am still learning so I am probably missing somthing..

Thank you heaps..
DM

[mburt]

The problem is that it can't be fixed. The "rel" attribute is infact invalid for the A tag, and isn't supported in IE and Navigator 6.0.
I might be able to change the code a bit to use the "alt" or "title" tag instead.

[mburt]

Try changing the js file to:

//Chrome Drop Down Menu v2.01- Author: Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
//Last updated: November 14th 06- added iframe shim technique

var cssdropdown={
disappeardelay: 250, //set delay in miliseconds before menu disappears onmouseout
disablemenuclick: true, //when user clicks on a menu item with a drop down menu, disable menu item's link?
enableswipe: 1, //enable swipe effect? 1 for yes, 0 for no
enableiframeshim: 1, //enable "iframe shim" technique to get drop down menus to correctly appear on top of controls such as form objects in IE5.5/IE6? 1 for yes, 0 for no

//No need to edit beyond here////////////////////////
dropmenuobj: null, ie: document.all, firefox: document.getElementById&&!document.all, swipetimer: undefined, bottomclip:0,

getposOffset:function(what, offsettype){
var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
while (parentEl!=null){
totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft : totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
}
return totaloffset;
},

swipeeffect:function(){
if (this.bottomclip<parseInt(this.dropmenuobj.offsetHeight)){
this.bottomclip+=10+(this.bottomclip/10) //unclip drop down menu visibility gradually
this.dropmenuobj.style.clip="rect(0 auto "+this.bottomclip+"px 0)"
}
else
return
this.swipetimer=setTimeout("cssdropdown.swipeeffect()", 10)
},

showhide:function(obj, e){
if (this.ie || this.firefox)
this.dropmenuobj.style.left=this.dropmenuobj.style.top="-500px"
if (e.type=="click" && obj.visibility==hidden || e.type=="mouseover"){
if (this.enableswipe==1){
if (typeof this.swipetimer!="undefined")
clearTimeout(this.swipetimer)
obj.clip="rect(0 auto 0 0)" //hide menu via clipping
this.bottomclip=0
this.swipeeffect()
}
obj.visibility="visible"
}
else if (e.type=="click")
obj.visibility="hidden"
},

iecompattest:function(){
return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
},

clearbrowseredge:function(obj, whichedge){
var edgeoffset=0
if (whichedge=="rightedge"){
var windowedge=this.ie && !window.opera? this.iecompattest().scrollLeft+this.iecompattest().clientWidth-15 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-15
this.dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=this.dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
if (windowedge-this.dropmenuobj.x < this.dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)  //move menu to the left?
edgeoffset=this.dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetWidth
}
else{
var topedge=this.ie && !window.opera? this.iecompattest().scrollTop : window.pageYOffset
var windowedge=this.ie && !window.opera? this.iecompattest().scrollTop+this.iecompattest().clientHeight-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
this.dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=this.dropmenuobj.offsetHeight
if (windowedge-this.dropmenuobj.y < this.dropmenuobj.contentmeasure){ //move up?
edgeoffset=this.dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetHeight
if ((this.dropmenuobj.y-topedge)<this.dropmenuobj.contentmeasure) //up no good either?
edgeoffset=this.dropmenuobj.y+obj.offsetHeight-topedge
}
}
return edgeoffset
},

dropit:function(obj, e, dropmenuID){
if (this.dropmenuobj!=null) //hide previous menu
this.dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden" //hide menu
this.clearhidemenu()
if (this.ie||this.firefox){
obj.onmouseout=function(){cssdropdown.delayhidemenu()}
obj.onclick=function(){return !cssdropdown.disablemenuclick} //disable main menu item link onclick?
this.dropmenuobj=document.getElementById(dropmenuID)
this.dropmenuobj.onmouseover=function(){cssdropdown.clearhidemenu()}
this.dropmenuobj.onmouseout=function(e){cssdropdown.dynamichide(e)}
this.dropmenuobj.onclick=function(){cssdropdown.delayhidemenu()}
this.showhide(this.dropmenuobj.style, e)
this.dropmenuobj.x=this.getposOffset(obj, "left")
this.dropmenuobj.y=this.getposOffset(obj, "top")
this.dropmenuobj.style.left=this.dropmenuobj.x-this.clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+"px"
this.dropmenuobj.style.top=this.dropmenuobj.y-this.clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+obj.offsetHeight+1+"px"
this.positionshim() //call iframe shim function
}
},

positionshim:function(){ //display iframe shim function
if (this.enableiframeshim && typeof this.shimobject!="undefined"){
if (this.dropmenuobj.style.visibility=="visible"){
this.shimobject.style.width=this.dropmenuobj.offsetWidth+"px"
this.shimobject.style.height=this.dropmenuobj.offsetHeight+"px"
this.shimobject.style.left=this.dropmenuobj.style.left
this.shimobject.style.top=this.dropmenuobj.style.top
}
this.shimobject.style.display=(this.dropmenuobj.style.visibility=="visible")? "block" : "none"
}
},

hideshim:function(){
if (this.enableiframeshim && typeof this.shimobject!="undefined")
this.shimobject.style.display='none'
},

contains_firefox:function(a, b) {
while (b.parentNode)
if ((b = b.parentNode) == a)
return true;
return false;
},

dynamichide:function(e){
var evtobj=window.event? window.event : e
if (this.ie&&!this.dropmenuobj.contains(evtobj.toElement))
this.delayhidemenu()
else if (this.firefox&&e.currentTarget!= evtobj.relatedTarget&& !this.contains_firefox(evtobj.currentTarget, evtobj.relatedTarget))
this.delayhidemenu()
},

delayhidemenu:function(){
this.delayhide=setTimeout("cssdropdown.dropmenuobj.style.visibility='hidden'; cssdropdown.hideshim()",this.disappeardelay) //hide menu
},

clearhidemenu:function(){
if (this.delayhide!="undefined")
clearTimeout(this.delayhide)
},

startchrome:function(){
for (var ids=0; ids<arguments.length; ids++){
var menuitems=document.getElementById(arguments[ids]).getElementsByTagName("a")
for (var i=0; i<menuitems.length; i++){
if (menuitems[i].getAttribute("title")){
var relvalue=menuitems[i].getAttribute("title")
menuitems[i].onmouseover=function(e){
var event=typeof e!="undefined"? e : window.event
cssdropdown.dropit(this,event,this.getAttribute("title"))
}
}
}
}
if (window.createPopup && !window.XmlHttpRequest){ //if IE5.5 to IE6, create iframe for iframe shim technique
document.write('<IFRAME id="iframeshim"  src="" style="display: none; left: 0; top: 0; z-index: 90; position: absolute; filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(style=0,opacity=0)" frameBorder="0" scrolling="no"></IFRAME>')
this.shimobject=document.getElementById("iframeshim") //reference iframe object
}
}

}

And the attribute to:

<div class="chromestyle" id="chromemenu">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#" title="dropmenu1">Resources</a></li>
<li><a href="#" title="dropmenu2">News</a></li>
<li><a href="#" title="dropmenu3">Search</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

[deluded_majority]

AHHHhhhh....

It worked... Thank you so much.. Ive been trying to work it out for hours..
DM

[mburt]

No problem, glad to help