Search box showing through javascript menus

[lefty]

I have a simple search in the top bar of my shop site and the text entry box stays behind the javascript drop-down menus from the tabs at the top of the page as it should.

I have now added a price range drop-down to the search and the search works fine but the options box stays in front of the drop-downs. You can see this at
http:/www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk/acatalog/
and mouseover the "Fun" tab at the top.
The menus are built using the twinhelix hvmenu script.
Does anyone know what I can do to fix this? Thanks for any help

[shiver]

I've got the same problem using Nortree, I haven't looked into it yet but what I was going to do when I get round to it is:

add z-index:1; to "select" in my style sheet then add a higher z index to the menu (may need to go in more than one place) either by CSS or in the .js files.

Sorry it's not a full answer, I hope I've got the z index the right way round, but I believe this is the way to do it.

[NormanRouxel]

Yep. This is a well-known limitation of HTML. You'll also find that Flash Objects, and some other widgets do this. It appears that these type of things (and wierdly <SELECT> boxes are one of them) float above the page.

I believe there's a workaround on the NorCascade documentation somewhere.

Personally, I just live with it.

Norman

[shiver]

thanks Norman, is the workaround in one of the 2 txt files in the .zip for nortree?

[NormanRouxel]

It's either there (look and see) or on the twinhelix pages.

Norman

[shiver]

must be on twinhelx, thanks.

[lefty]

Thanks to Norman and Justin for the pointers.

There are various threads on the TwinHelix forums about this
http://www.twinhelix.com/cgi-bin/forum.pl/popuphelp

The fix is documented in the TwinHelix cascading menus file pop_extras.js, item 4.

I just pasted the function for the simple solution into the bottom of my own menus file and uploaded and Hey Presto - it works!

[Barry]

Hiya
Having the same problem, namely the menu hiding behind other elements on the page.
Have followed this and other threads, downloaded the twin helix files to read what you refer to above and, well, im stuck!

Could anyone please help me out with mod'ing Norcacade or Nortree to sit on top of Form and Flash elements

Thanks in advance guys

Barry