Drop Down menu doesn't display

[Destri]

Drop down menu doesn't open ? (don't think it ever did..just noticed  ) you can faintly see text behind the hover colour but the menu doesn't open...why? any ideas please

[Stinky666]

Mar 25, 2013 22:38:49 GMT -8 Destri said:

Drop down menu doesn't open ? (don't think it ever did..just noticed  ) you can faintly see text behind the hover colour but the menu doesn't open...why? any ideas please

The easiest way to fix this would be to go to your Style Sheet for that theme (admin > themes > advanced colors & css > style sheet), go to line 278, and up til line 334, replace that with the following..
(It happened to me before on a theme, and this is what I did, it fixed the problem)

/* Navigation Tree + Participated Button + News Bar */
@nav_tree_color: @container_text_color_1;
@nav_tree_font: .8em @default_forum_text_font_family;
@nav_tree_decoration: strikethrough;
@nav_tree_background_color: @container_background_color_1;
@nav_tree_border_width: 1px;
@nav_tree_border_style: solid;
@nav_tree_border_color: @container_outer_border_color;
@nav_tree_border_radius: 5px;
@nav_tree_hover_color: @container_text_color_1;
@nav_tree_hover_font: @nav_tree_font;
@nav_tree_hover_decoration: none;
@nav_tree_hover_background_color: @container_highlight_color;
.recent-threads-button, #navigation-tree { color: @nav_tree_color; border-width: @nav_tree_border_width; border-style: @nav_tree_border_style; border-color: @nav_tree_border_color; background: @nav_tree_background_color; margin-bottom: 10px; height: 20px; .rounded-corners(@nav_tree_border_radius); }
.recent-threads-button.new .new-icon { display: inline-block; }
#navigation-tree { overflow: hidden; }
#nav-tree { white-space: nowrap; }
.popup_html { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; z-index: 999999; }
#nav-tree ul { display: none; list-style-type: none; border-width: @nav_tree_border_width; border-style: @nav_tree_border_style; border-color: @nav_tree_border_color; background-color: @nav_tree_background_color; .box-shadow(); }
#nav-tree > li { display: inline-block; position: relative; height: 20px; }
#nav-tree > li a { font: @nav_tree_font; color: @nav_tree_color; text-decoration: @nav_tree_decoration; display: block; padding: 4px 10px 4px 15px; margin: 0 1px 0 5px; }
#nav-tree > li:hover, #nav-tree .ui-menu li:hover { color: @nav_tree_hover_color; background-color: @nav_tree_hover_background_color;  }
#nav-tree > li:hover > div > a { font: @nav_tree_hover_font; color: @nav_tree_hover_color; text-decoration: @nav_tree_hover_decoration; }
#nav-tree .ui-menu li:hover > a { font: @nav_tree_hover_font; color: @nav_tree_hover_color; text-decoration: @nav_tree_hover_decoration; }
#nav-tree > li:first-child { .rounded-corners(@nav_tree_border_radius, 0, 0, @nav_tree_border_radius); }
#nav-tree > li:first-child a { margin-left: -2px; }
#nav-tree .ui-menu { display: none; position: absolute; float: left; }
#nav-tree .ui-menu a { .rounded-corners(0px); }
#nav-tree .ui-menu li { position: relative; white-space: nowrap; padding: 2px 10px 2px 5px; }
#nav-tree .ui-menu li ul { display: none; z-index: 9999; position: absolute; }
#nav-tree .ui-menu li .arrow { position: absolute; right: 2px; top: 50%; width: 16px; height: 16px; margin-top: -8px; display: none; }
#nav-tree .ui-menu li.ui-menu-has-sub-menu > .arrow { display: block; }
#nav-tree li.new_span > a > .new-icon { float: none; display: inline-block; }
#nav-tree li.state-selected > a { font-weight: bold !important; }
#nav-tree .menu_arrow { width: 0; height: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: -10px; border-width: 10px @nav_tree_border_width 10px 10px; border-style: @nav_tree_border_style none @nav_tree_border_style @nav_tree_border_style; border-color: transparent transparent transparent @nav_tree_border_color; z-index: 1001; }
#nav-tree .menu_arrow span { width: 0; height: 0; position: absolute; top: -10px; left: -11px; border-width: 10px @nav_tree_border_width 10px 10px; border-style: @nav_tree_border_style none @nav_tree_border_style @nav_tree_border_style; border-color: transparent transparent transparent @nav_tree_background_color; z-index: 1002; }
#nav-tree > li:hover .menu_arrow { border-color: transparent transparent transparent @nav_tree_border_color; }
#nav-tree > li:hover .menu_arrow span { border-color: transparent transparent transparent @nav_tree_hover_background_color; }
.popup_html ul { display: none; list-style-type: none; border: @nav_tree_border_width @nav_tree_border_style @nav_tree_border_color; background-color: @nav_tree_background_color; .box-shadow(); }
.popup_html li a { font: @nav_tree_font; color: @nav_tree_color; text-decoration: @nav_tree_decoration; display: block; padding: 4px 10px 4px 15px; margin: 0 1px 0 5px; }
.popup_html li:hover, .popup_html .ui-menu li:hover { color: @nav_tree_hover_color; background-color: @nav_tree_hover_background_color;  }
.popup_html li:hover > div > a { font: @nav_tree_hover_font; color: @nav_tree_hover_color; text-decoration: @nav_tree_hover_decoration; }
.popup_html .ui-menu li:hover > a { font: @nav_tree_hover_font; color: @nav_tree_hover_color; text-decoration: @nav_tree_hover_decoration; }
.popup_html li { .rounded-corners(@nav_tree_border_radius, 0, 0, @nav_tree_border_radius); }
.popup_html li a { margin-left: -2px; }
.popup_html .ui-menu { display: none; position: absolute; float: left; z-index: 11; }
.popup_html .ui-menu a { .rounded-corners(0px); overflow: hidden; max-width: 550px; }
.popup_html .ui-menu li { position: relative; white-space: nowrap; padding: 2px 15px 2px 5px; }
.popup_html .ui-menu li ul { display: none; z-index: 9999; position: absolute; }
.popup_html .ui-menu li .arrow { position: absolute; right: 2px; top: 50%; width: 16px; height: 16px; margin-top: -8px; display: none; }
.popup_html .ui-menu li.ui-menu-has-sub-menu > .arrow { display: block; }
.popup_html li.new_span > a > .new-icon { float: none; display: inline-block; }
.popup_html li.state-selected > a { font-weight: bold !important; }
.popup_html .menu_arrow { width: 0; height: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: -10px; border-width: 10px @nav_tree_border_width 10px 10px; border-style: @nav_tree_border_style none @nav_tree_border_style @nav_tree_border_style; border-color: transparent transparent transparent @nav_tree_border_color; z-index: 1001; }
.popup_html .menu_arrow span { width: 0; height: 0; position: absolute; top: -10px; left: -11px; border-width: 10px @nav_tree_border_width 10px 10px; border-style: @nav_tree_border_style none @nav_tree_border_style @nav_tree_border_style; border-color: transparent transparent transparent @nav_tree_background_color; z-index: 1002; }
.popup_html li:hover .menu_arrow { border-color: transparent transparent transparent @nav_tree_border_color; }
.popup_html li:hover .menu_arrow span { border-color: transparent transparent transparent @nav_tree_hover_background_color; }

[Destri]

That looks complicated... should I save the data already in there as a precaution... in case it doesn't work? and will it just be a case of pasting it back in?

[Stinky666]

Mar 26, 2013 4:40:32 GMT -8 Destri said:

That looks complicated... should I save the data already in there as a precaution... in case it doesn't work? and will it just be a case of pasting it back in?

You definitely could save it (export your theme, that would be easiest/quickest).
But honestly, it isn't complicated at all.

Go to your style sheet, find the line that starts like this:

/* Navigation Tree + Participated Button + News Bar */

Which should be line 278 (or at least close to there, it'll be easy to spot - if need be use ctrl+f to search, and paste that in there, it'll find it immediately).

Now, all of the stuff from lines 278 to 334 (including 278 and 334), highlight and delete. Then simply paste that in (have it on your clipboard ready would be my suggestion), then voila it should work.

[Destri]

Ok, thanks for that, will give it a go later mate, thanks for the info

[Stinky666]

Mar 26, 2013 6:29:02 GMT -8 Destri said:

Ok, thanks for that, will give it a go later mate, thanks for the info

No problem. Let me know how you get on, be it you do it or you can't.