/* common styling */
/* set up the overall width of the menu div, the font and the margins */

.menu {
	font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
	width:800px;
	margin:0;
	z-index: 999;
	position:relative;
/*margin:50px 0;*/
}
/* remove the bullets and set the margin and padding to zero for the unordered list */
.menu ul {
padding:0; 
margin:0;
list-style-type: none;
}
/* float the list so that the items are in a line and their position relative so that the drop down list will appear in the right place underneath each list item */
.menu ul li {
float:left; 
position:relative;
}

/* style the links to be 150px wide by 30px high. Set the color and the font size. */
.menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited {
display:block; 
text-align:center; 
text-decoration:none; 
width:88px; 
background: none;
font-weight: bold;
height:25x; 
color:#fff; 
line-height:25px; 
text-indent: -10000px;
font-size:16px;
font-family: arial;
}
/* set up the background images relative to this css file */
.home {background:#014E82 url(/images/header-home.gif);}
.benches {background:#014E82 url(/images/header-benches.gif);}
.chairs {background:#014E82 url(/images/header-chairs.gif);}
.adirondack {background:#014E82 url(/images/header-footrests.gif);}
.accessories {background:#014E82 url(/images/header-accessories.gif);}
.rockers {background:#014E82 url(/images/header-rockers.gif);}
.collections {background:#014E82 url(/images/header-collections.gif);}
.tables {background:#014E82 url(/images/header-tables.gif);}
.help {background:#014E82 url(/images/header-help.gif);}

/* make the dropdown ul invisible */
.menu ul li ul {
display: none;
}

/* specific to non IE browsers */
/* set the background and foreground color of the main menu li on hover */
.menu ul li:hover a {
color:#fff; 
}

.menu ul li:hover a span {display:none;}

/* make the sub menu ul visible and position it beneath the main menu list item */
.menu ul li:hover ul {
display:block; 
position:absolute; 
background: #f4ccff;
top:25px; 
left:0; 
width:180px;
}
/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a {
font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
display:block; 
color:black;
font-weight: normal;
width: 180px;
text-indent: 0;
font-size: 11px;
z-index: 999;
}
/* style the hidden span text */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a span {
display:none;
position:absolute;
left:180px; top:0;
background:#f5f5f5;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
width:180px;
padding:0 10px;
color:#000;
}
/* style the first letter of the span text */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a span:first-letter {
font-weight:bold;
font-size:1.2em;
}

.menu ul li ul li a, .menu ul li ul li a:visited {
	height: 22px;
	line-height: 22px;
}


/* style the background and forground colors of the links on hover */
.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover {
background: #fbeb8e;

}
/* make the span text visible */
.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover span {
display:block;
text-align:left;
line-height:1.5em;
}
/* position the span text on the left of the last menu item */
.menu ul li:hover ul.left li:hover span {
left:-130px;
}