[SOLVED] Transmenu appearing behind content

[micronaut]

Hi,

I have a horizontal row of menu items set to drop down below the menu.

The menu works fine in Firefox, but in Internet Explorer 6 the menu drops down behind the content of the Joomla webpage. I have adjusted the z-index values of transmenu to be higher than those of my Joomla template, however this has not fixed the problem.

Does anybody know how to ensure transmenu appears in front of all other website content? I have seen solutions posted for flash animations, but nothing for tables or i-frames.

Thank you for any assistance.

[MiCCAS]

Do you have a live URL installation we can take a look at?

[ShannonN]

I would really suggest you U/G to I.E 7, 6 is really bug ridden 7 is a little bit better but hey it's a microsfoft product so don't expect too much :)

[micronaut]

I would really suggest you U/G to I.E 7, 6 is really bug ridden 7 is a little bit better but hey it's a microsfoft product so don't expect too much :)

Thanks for your replies. My site is here: http://www.simply-kids.co.uk. You should be able to see the menu drop behind the content on the front page.

I use Firefox and Opera myself, but the site statistics show a lot of users are still on internet explorer 6.

[ShannonN]

Thanks for your replies. My site is here: http://www.simply-kids.co.uk. You should be able to see the menu drop behind the content on the front page.

I use Firefox and Opera myself, but the site statistics show a lot of users are still on internet explorer 6.

Well I.E 6 has known problems with transparency, as does IE 7 :) transparency is of course a feature of transmenu. Most users of IE (in any form) know it is bug ridden and move on to a decent browser like FF, however I digress, I realise that not every internet user can do much more than point and click, especially AOL users :)

I don't have IE6 to test with, so here is one of the demo site templates (http://www.joomlart.com/templates_demo.php?template=ja_altair) that implement transmenu, try that and if it doesn't break, it points to an error in your site implementation. If it breaks in IE 6 then it really points out that IE 6 just isn't capable of displaying transmenu properly and you may be better served to use a diffrent menu type.

Once you have completed the test, drop back in and let us know the results, that way if needed we can look at helping you further.

Cheers ShannonN

[MiCCAS]

IE6 does not support transparency, although as far as I know IE7 does ShannonN.

//marking thread as solved

[micronaut]

IE6 does not support transparency, although as far as I know IE7 does ShannonN.

//marking thread as solved

Thanks for your replies, your demo site renders fine in internet explorer 6. It must be a problem with my template. From other forums on the internet I think having a module below the menu helps. I personally think there is an issue in the z-index, although the menu currently has a higher z-index than the site content. Ah well, keeps me entertained!

[ShannonN]

won't argue with you i read whee IE 6 supports some form of transparency through the use of opacity, IE7 supports trans but has a bug with the shadows on drop downs, there is a schema VML fix out there somewhere

[ShannonN]

Micronaught
I'll try to find some time to delve into it a bit more, as you say the z index is the most common thought of fix. raise teh z index to a ridicluous number say 9000, :) Perhaps if you look at some of the params and source code of that demo that works, the answer may stand out and jump at you, it's worth trying

Cheers ShannonN

[micronaut]

Micronaught
I'll try to find some time to delve into it a bit more, as you say the z index is the most common thought of fix. raise teh z index to a ridicluous number say 9000, :) Perhaps if you look at some of the params and source code of that demo that works, the answer may stand out and jump at you, it's worth trying

Cheers ShannonN

I tried upping the z-index in all the transmenu css code to 9000 but it still drops down below the table for the main site. All the z-index's for the tempate are ~100. Firefox and Opera seem to understand where the drop downs should be so I think it might not be the z-index but internet explorer getting confused. I will have a look at the code for the demo site's template. The menu's are definately rendering properly because I can see them animating down behind the content. I might just ban IE6 users from the site :)

[ShannonN]

I tried upping the z-index in all the transmenu css code to 9000 but it still drops down below the table for the main site. All the z-index's for the tempate are ~100. Firefox and Opera seem to understand where the drop downs should be so I think it might not be the z-index but internet explorer getting confused. I will have a look at the code for the demo site's template. The menu's are definately rendering properly because I can see them animating down behind the content. I might just ban IE6 users from the site :)

I'm sorry I haven't been of much help its confusing me as wel, however dealing with other transmenu probs here i have found that some transmenu settings etc are enabled/disabled in the JS file, perhaps a look there may offer some clue?

Cheers ShannonN

[micronaut]

I'm sorry I haven't been of much help its confusing me as wel, however dealing with other transmenu probs here i have found that some transmenu settings etc are enabled/disabled in the JS file, perhaps a look there may offer some clue?

Cheers ShannonN

Thanks for the reply. No problem regarding your time. I'm not much of a Java scripter however I shall dive in tonight and see what I can break..er, fix.

[micronaut]

Thanks for the reply. No problem regarding your time. I'm not much of a Java scripter however I shall dive in tonight and see what I can break..er, fix.

I increased the zmax value in the javascript to 9000 but it still drops behind the joomla content. A puzzle indeed.

[MiCCAS]

May I ask why your account is currently saying Unlicensed member?

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[micronaut]

May I ask why your account is currently saying Unlicensed member?

I'm not sure why that message is appearing.

[Hung Dinh]

I'm not sure why that message is appearing.
May I know where do you download the template. Your account and emails show that you are not JA templates Club and this means that you are using the template illegally >:(

[alextb]

uhhh I have nothing to do with his illegality problems, yet I have the samed damned issue.

Transmenu bugs in Opera, makes the whole site go crazy! http://www.mmobrasil.com is my site if you want to check it out with opera. Transmenu bugs so crazy that I have to drink something to follow it!

Also, the Site Tools thingy from JA Xenia II / Transmenu is showing behind flash stuff... is there a way to fix this? I tried Z-Indexing it to hell to no avail...