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      Return to Recent Questions I need the rollover and selected color of  each section in the onmouseover drop down menu to be a different color. 
 
 Q:
I am intersted in a horizontal drop down  menu.
 
 I need the rollover and selected color of  each section in the onmouseover drop down menu to be a different color.
 
 Here is my scenario
 
 link1  link2   link3
 All links are white.
 On rollover, link1 turns red, and the drop down below is  red (if
 possible can each individual link in the the dropdown rollover to a 
 diffrent color, say pink?)
 When you click a link in the link1 dropdown, and go to  that
 page, link1 will now be red (highlighted) while on that page, and
 link2 and  link3 are still white.
 
 Now,
 On rollover, link2 turns blue, and the drop down below  is
 blue(if possible can each individual link in the the dropdown
 rollover to a  diffrent color, say light blue?)
 When you click a link in the link2 dropdown, and go to  that
 page, link2 will now be blue, and link2 and link3 are still  white.
 I also need the flyout menus  to be able to be different widths. 
 Say the drop down menu under link1 has  short links, then it only
 needs to be 100 pixels wide.  If the sublinks  under link 2 are
 longer, its dropdown menu might need to be 200 pixels  wide.  In
 other words, the flyout width needs to be flexible to fit the 
 length of the text in the link.
 I have tried other programs, but  have found none that can do
 this.  The problem seems to be they cant have  different width
 flyout menus (often this is the case if they are css  based).
 OR
 It is not possible to show  a 'up' or highlighted color  on a
 main link when you are on a page that is a  sublink)
 
 Does this make sense, and is it possible with your  builder?
 
 A:
 Yes, you can create such a menu using Deluxe Menu.
 
 To use different font colors for the main items you should use
Individual Item styles. And to cerate different color and different
width of the submenus you should use Individual Item/Submenu styles.
 
 See the attached example.zip. See how you should use styles.
 
 > I also need the flyout menus  to be able to be different widths.
 Actually the submenu width is depend on the item's size. You can also
wrap item's text. Set var noWrap=0; or use standard <br> tags
inside items' text:
 
 ["|very long text <br> in Item 14","", "", "", "", "", "3", "1", "", "", "", ],
 
 You can set exact width for each submenu using Individual
Submenu Styles.
 
 > When you click a link in the link1 dropdown, and go to  that
 > page, link1 will now be red (highlighted) while on that page, and
 > link2 and  link3 are still white.
 You can find more info here:
 http://www.deluxe-menu.com/highlighted-items-sample.html
 
 Deluxe Menu has only two states normal and mouseover.
 
 Try to do the following things:
 
 - delete  var pressedItem=1; parameter from your data file
 - set correct parameter on each page before you call data file, for
example:
 
 <noscript><a href="http://deluxe-menu.com">onmouseover drop down menu by Deluxe-Menu.com</a></noscript>
 <script type="text/javascript">var dmWorkPath = "menudir/";</script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="menudir/dmenu.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript">var pressedItem=3;</script>
 ...
 <script type="text/javascript" src="menudir/data.js"></script>
 
 You can also set a pressed item using Javascript API:
 
 function dm_ext_setPressedItem (menuInd, submenuInd, itemInd, recursion)
 
 Sets a current pressed item.
 menuInd - index of a menu on a page, >= 0.
 submenuInd - index of a submenu, >= 0.
 itemInd - index of an item, >=0.
 recursion = true/false - highlight parent items.
 
 But notice, to use dm_ext_setPressedItem() you should know ID of selected item and subitem.
 You can't get this ID after you reload your page. That is why you should write your own code on PHP.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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