Select's are window elements in IE. _Nothing_ can appear above them,
same as Flash. It is possible to create the illusion of this, but can
be difficult if the layout doesn't take this into account.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q177/3/78.ASP&NoWebContent=1

One workaround
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/14237/fid/53

-- 
 jon
 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thursday, May 29, 2003, 4:48:52 PM, you wrote:
BS> Your HTML/JS guy is WRONG.

BS> First I'd didch this MX JS script your using and grab CoolMenus from
BS> www.DHTMLCentral.com

BS> It works back to IE 4+ and Netscape 4+.  It also works OVER select boxes and
BS> other form elements (instead of being hidden behind like you sound like
BS> you're experiencing).

BS> The code is excellent and I've been using it for dynamic menuing for over
BS> ayear with NO problems.

BS> HTH

BS> Cheers

BS> Bryan Stevenson B.Comm.
BS> VP & Director of E-Commerce Development
BS> Electric Edge Systems Group Inc.
BS> t. 250.920.8830
BS> e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

BS> ---------------------------------------------------------
BS> Macromedia Associate Partner
BS> www.macromedia.com
BS> ---------------------------------------------------------
BS> Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group
BS> Founder & Director
BS> www.cfug-vancouverisland.com
BS> ----- Original Message -----
BS> From: "webguy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
BS> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
BS> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 1:44 PM
BS> Subject: RE: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic


>> Does anyone know how to make to a menu like those work over a
>> <select> element in IE5/win so that the select isn't visible thru' the
BS> menu
>> div ??
>>
>> My HTML/JS guy says it can't be done
>>
>> WG
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: 29 May 2003 20:52
>> To: CF-Talk
>> Subject: RE: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic
>>
>>
>> I usually use a character count times an average width.  For instance, I
BS> use
>> 6.5 as my multiplier for 10pt verdana.  Capital 'W' is 11 pixels, I
BS> believe,
>> lowercase 'l' is 2 pixels, and the rest are somewhere in between.  Really
>> simple, no cost, and quite effective:
>>
>> <script>
>> multiplier = 6.5;
>> buffer = 20; // extra space around the items
>>
>> window.mymenu = new Menu("title, null, null, "verdana,sans-serif");
>> <cfset maxlen = 0 />
>> <cfloop query="items">
>>    <cfset maxlen = max(maxlen, len(name)) />
>>    mymenu.addMenuItem("#name#", "location='#url#'");
>> </cfloop>
>> mymenu.menuWidth = Math.round(#maxlen# * multiplier) + buffer;
>> </script>
>>
>> I haven't used the menus from DWMX, i use an old version from fireworks,
BS> but
>> that shouldn't matter.
>>
>> ---
>> Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer
>> AudienceCentral (formerly PIER System, Inc.)
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> voice : 360.756.8080 x12
>> fax   : 360.647.5351
>>
>> www.audiencecentral.com
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Shawn Grover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 12:24 PM
>> > To: CF-Talk
>> > Subject: RE: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic
>> >
>> >
>> > The COOLjsMenu and COOLjsTree look pretty good. Decent prices too.
>> >
>> > http://javascript.cooldev.com/scripts/coolmenu/
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Jamie Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 1:14 PM
>> > To: CF-Talk
>> > Subject: Making the MX Popup Menu Javascript Dynamic
>> >
>> >
>> > I hacked up the popup javascript generated by DreamWeaver MX, so I
>> > could make the popups data-driven (see below, if interested). I only
>> > have one problem, though: mm_menu.js doesn't dynamically size the
>> > popup "cells," so if your data is longer than your static width, it's
>> > ugly.
>> >
>> > Apparently DreamWeaver MX (and, I guess, Fireworks MX) itself
>> > calculates and sums glyph widths, according to font and size (in other
>> > words, it takes into account the width difference of an Arial "i" and
>> > "M"). It seems like this could get hairy, if I were to try to
>> > calculate these myself.
>> >
>> > Does anybody know how to modify mm_menu.js to dynamically size these
>> > popup "cells," OR know of any comparable, free DHTML popup app that
>> > does dynamic sizing? (I used to use HierMenus, but they want $1500+
>> > for it now -- what a GOUGE.)
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Jamie
>> >
>> > <cfoutput>
>> > <script language="JavaScript">
>> > <!--
>> > function mmLoadMenus() {
>> >   if (window.mm_menu_1) return;
>> > </cfoutput>
>> > <cfset jsLoopIdx = 0>
>> > <cfoutput query="getHeadlines" group="section_name">
>> > <cfset jsLoopIdx = jsLoopIdx + 1>
>> >   window.mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx# = new Menu("root",500,18,"Arial,
>> > Helvetica,
>> > sans-serif",12,"navy","purple","##DDDDDD","##FFCCCC","left","middl
>> > e",3,0,100
>> > 0,-5,7,true,true,true,0,true,true);
>> > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.addMenuItem("#section_name#","location='articl
>> > es.cfm?sec
>> > tion_id=#section_id#&issue_id=#request.issue_id#'");
>> > <cfoutput>
>> > mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.addMenuItem("#headline#","location='articles.c
>> > fm?article
>> > _id=#article_id#'");
>> > </cfoutput>
>> >   mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.hideOnMouseOut=true;
>> >   mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.bgColor='##555555';
>> >   mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.menuBorder=1;
>> >   mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.menuLiteBgColor='##FFFFFF';
>> >   mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.menuBorderBgColor='##777777';
>> > </cfoutput>
>> >
>> > <cfoutput>mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#.writeMenus();</cfoutput>
>> > } // mmLoadMenus()
>> > //-->
>> > </script>
>> > <script language="JavaScript" src="mm_menu.js"></script>
>> > <script language="JavaScript1.2">mmLoadMenus();</script>
>> >
>> > <cfset jsLoopIdx = 0>
>> > <cfoutput query="getHeadlines" group="section_name">
>> > <cfset jsLoopIdx = jsLoopIdx + 1>
>> > <img src="images/sec_btn_top.gif" width=151 height=4 alt=""
>> > border="0"><br>
>> > <a href="javascript:;"
>> > onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_#jsLoopIdx#,140,3,null,'bu
>> > tton#jsLoo
>> > pIdx#')"
>> > onMouseOut="MM_startTimeout();"><img #button_image#
>> > name="button#jsLoopIdx#" alt="#section_name#" border=0></a><br>
>> > <img src="images/sec_btn_bot.gif" width=151 height=3 alt=""
>> > border=0><br>
>> > <cfoutput>
>> > </cfoutput>
>> > </cfoutput>
>> >
>> >
>>
>> 
BS> 
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