Pull Down Menu issue

[nwhite1114]

I'm using the Pull Down Menu widget and have placed it at the top of the screen. I have several subfile widgets on the page and when I run the program and hover over the menu selections, the sub selections appear, but the lines from the subfile grid underneath the menu are picking up the colors from the menu widget and displaying over the menu options.

I would like the menu to overlay everything else on the page and does for everything except the grid lines.

How do I stop that from happening?

[Scott Klement]

Hello,

A web browser determines what gets displayed in front of other things using a number called a "z-index". A quick look at the code for the subfile grid tells me that it uses z-indexes of 96-100 for the grid borders. (Though, this can be overridden in the designer by changing the z-index property.)

So my suggestion is to go into the designer, and bring up the properties window for your pull-down menu. Try setting the z-index of the menu to a higher number (maybe 1000?) that should make it so that it appears on top of everything else.

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Does that help? Let me know.

[nwhite1114]

Yes, that did the trick.

Now, I have another issue. When I hover over the first menu option, the suboptions appear. But when I try to move the cursor over one of the suboptions, the drop-down of options disappears. So, I can't select any sub-options even though they appear to be formatted and displaying correctly.

[Scott Klement]

That's strange. I tried to code up an example to reproduce the problem, but it didn't happen for me. (The suboptions worked as expected.)

Could you make me a JSON screenshot of your screen? While it's up in the browser, press Ctrl-F9 and the browser will ask you to save the screen shot to a file on your PC (default filename is json.txt).

Then send me that screenshot either by posting it here in the forums, or by e-mailing it to support@profoundlogic.com and I'll take a look.

Thanks!

[nwhite1114]

I've just sent you the json screenshot in an email.

[Scott Klement]

Thanks! I got it.

[nwhite1114]

I tried it in Google Chrome and I can click on the options. It is not working in IE8.

[Scott Klement]

You're correct that this issue only applies to IE8 and older versions of IE.

I've discovered the issue, and fixed it in our development box. The fix will be included in the next release of Profound UI.