How do I...complete this dropdown menu!

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Hi all,

I am stuck here unable to figure out on how to complete this drop down menu off mine and I thought I have got everything right? Could you experts please help? As I am a noob in web designs and have been stuck for the last few days. If you load the files to Jfiddle you would be able to see under the "Products & Services" tab that the links drop and spread across rather than dropping down? Please help.

Thanks

HTML

XML

<div id="menu">

<ul>

<font face="arial"><li><a title="Return to Home Page" href="index.html">Home</a></li>
<li><a title="Learn More About Us" href="about.html">About Us</a></li>
<li><a title="Products & Services" href="pands.html">Products & Services</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link Item</a></li>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a title="FAQs" href="faq.html">FAQs</a></li>
<li><a title="Contact Information" href="contact.html">Contact Us</a></li>
<li><a title="Reviews" href="feedback.html">Testimonials</a></li>

</ul>

CSS

#menu {width: 100%;
       height: 42px;
       clear: both;
       background: url(images/button_end_gradient.png) center left no-repeat;
       position: relative;}

#menu ul {list-style-type: none;
          margin: 0;
          padding: 0;
          position: absolute;
          left: 2px;
          background: #6A7A86 url(images/menu_background.png) repeat-x;
          color: #DCE0E4;}

#menu ul li {display: inline;}

#menu ul li a {text-decoration: none;
               height: 42px;
               padding: 0 17px;
               margin: 0;
               line-height: 42px;
               display: block;
               float: left; !important;
               background: url(images/button_end_gradient.png) center right no-repeat;
               color: #D8DCE0;
               font-size: 16px;
               font-weight: bold;}

#menu ul ul {
position:absolute;
visibility:hidden;
top:42px;
}

#menu ul li:hover ul {
visibility:visible;
}

#menu ul li a:hover {background: url(images/button_end_gradient.png) center right no-repeat;
                     color: #FFF;}

Posted 4-Feb-15 4:11am

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Bob@work · Answer 1 · 2015-02-05T12:53:00

The issue is in the sub-list inheriting the display inline and position attributes from the parent menu list and items.

One way to fix it is:

CSS

<pre lang="css">#menu {width: 100%;
       height: 42px;
       background: url(images/button_end_gradient.png) center left no-repeat;
       position:relative;}

#menu ul {list-style-type: none;
          margin: 0;
          padding: 0;
          position: absolute;
          display:block; /* explicitly require menu to be a block element */
          left: 2px;
          background: #6A7A86 url(images/menu_background.png) repeat-x;
          color: #DCE0E4;
          }

div#menu ul li {display:inline-block; /* list items are inline-blocks so their child items are kept within their boundaries */
position:relative; /* relative to allow sub-list to stay under parent list item */
}

#menu ul li a {text-decoration: none;
               height: 42px;
               padding: 0 17px;
               margin: 0;
               line-height: 42px;
               display: block;
               float: left; !important;
               background: url(images/button_end_gradient.png) center right no-repeat;
               color: #D8DCE0;
               font-size: 16px;
               font-weight: bold;}

#menu ul ul {
position:absolute;
visibility:hidden;
top:42px;
}

#menu ul li:hover ul {
visibility:visible;
}

#menu ul li a:hover {background: url(images/button_end_gradient.png) center right no-repeat;
                     color: #FFF;}</pre>