/* ================================================================ 

The original version of this stylesheet and the associated (x)html

is available at http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/final_drop.html

Copyright (c) 2005-2007 Stu Nicholls. All rights reserved.

=================================================================== */



.menu {

width:175px; 

font-size:12px;

position:relative;

font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

z-index: 100;

margin: 0;

padding: 0;

}

/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */

.menu ul {

padding:0;

margin:0;

list-style-type:none;

}

.menu ul ul {

width:125px;

}

/* float the list to make it horizontal and a relative positon so that you can control the dropdown menu positon */

.menu li {

float:left;

width:175px;

position:relative;

}

/* style the links for the top level */

.menu a, .menu a:visited {

display:block;

font-size:14px;

word-spacing: normal;

letter-spacing: 2px;

text-decoration:none; 

color:#fff;

text-align: right;

width:165px; 

height:30px; 

border: 0px;

background:#262f32; 

padding-right:10px; 

line-height:29px;

}

/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */

* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {

width:175px;

w\idth:165px;

}



/* style the second level background */

.menu ul ul a.drop, .menu ul ul a.drop:visited {

background:#262f32;



}

/* style the second level hover */

.menu ul ul a.drop:hover{

background:#262f32;

}

.menu ul ul :hover > a.drop {

background:#fff;

}



.menu ul a.issue, .menu ul a.issue:visited {

font-size: 18px;

letter-spacing: 5px;

color: #666;

}



.menu ul a.issue:hover {

font-size: 18px;

letter-spacing: 5px;

color: #fff;

}



.menu ul a.sub, .menu ul a.sub:visited {

font-size: 12px;

color: #666;

}



.menu ul a.sub:hover {

font-size: 12px;

color: #fff;

}





/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */

.menu ul ul {

visibility:hidden;

position:absolute;

height:0;

top:0px;

left:175px; 

width:125px;

}

/* another hack for IE5.5 */

* html .menu ul ul {

top:0px;

t\op:0px;

}

* html .menu ul ul {

left:175px;

l\eft:155px;

}



/* style the table so that it takes no ppart in the layout - required for IE to work */

.menu table {position:absolute; top:0; left:0;}



/* style the second level links */

.menu ul ul a, .menu ul ul a:visited {

background:#464a4c; 

line-height:29px; 

padding-left:10px; 

width:115px;

display:block;

font-size:14px;

word-spacing:normal;

letter-spacing:2px;

text-decoration:none;

text-align: left; 

color:#fff;  

height:30px; 

border:0;

/* yet another hack for IE5.5 */

}

* html .menu ul ul a{

width:125px;

w\idth:115px;

}



/* style the top level hover */

.menu a:hover { 

color:#fff; 

background:#464a4c;

}

.menu :hover > a {

color:#fff;

background:#464a4c;

}



/* style the second level hover */

.menu ul ul a:hover {

color:#fff; 

background:#6e8a9a;

}



.menu ul ul :hover > a {

color:#fff; 

background:#6e8a9a;

}



/* make the second level visible when hover on first level list OR link */

.menu ul li:hover ul,

.menu ul a:hover ul{

visibility:visible; 

}