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**parsilinux** · 10-16-2009, 02:55 PM

Hi Firends .
i am working on the Suckerfish Menu to make it RTL for asian language sites .
but i couldn't do it & even if it work on one browser ( Firefox 3.5 ) , there are problems on other browsers .

so , can some one help me to make it work in RTL languages ?
i searched the web too much ... but that didn't help .
Here is an example of Suckerfish menu on htmldog.com :

Code:

http://htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/example/

& its Code for easier access :

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html>

<head>
<title>Suckerfish Dropdowns - Perciformes!</title>

<style type="text/css">

body {
    font: 78%/1.5 arial, helvetica, serif;
    background: white url(bgbaba.gif);
    text-align: center;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 2em;
}

#container {
    width: 36em;
    background: #F4ECD9;
    text-align: left;
    border: 1px solid #eda;
    margin: 0 auto;
}

p {
    background: url(remorabg.gif) center no-repeat;
    margin: 1em 2em;
}

p#smurf {
    background: transparent;
    font-style: italic;
    text-align: center;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #7C6240;
}

#smurf strong {
    font-size: 1.2em;
    color: black;
}

h1 {
    height: 108px;
    background: url(perciformes3.gif) bottom center no-repeat;
    text-indent: -999em;
    margin: 1em 0 0 0;
}

#nav, #nav ul {
    float: left;
    width: 36em;
    list-style: none;
    line-height: 1;
    background: white;
    font-weight: bold;
    padding: 0;
    border: solid #eda;
    border-width: 1px 0;
    margin: 0 0 1em 0;
}

#nav a {
    display: block;
    width: 10em;
    w\idth: 6em;
    color: #7C6240;
    text-decoration: none;
    padding: 0.25em 2em;
}

#nav a.daddy {
    background: url(rightarrow2.gif) center right no-repeat;
}

#nav li {
    float: left;
    padding: 0;
    width: 10em;
}

#nav li ul {
    position: absolute;
    left: -999em;
    height: auto;
    width: 14.4em;
    w\idth: 13.9em;
    font-weight: normal;
    border-width: 0.25em;
    margin: 0;
}

#nav li li {
    padding-right: 1em;
    width: 13em
}

#nav li ul a {
    width: 13em;
    w\idth: 9em;
}

#nav li ul ul {
    margin: -1.75em 0 0 14em;
}

#nav li:hover ul ul, #nav li:hover ul ul ul, #nav li.sfhover ul ul, #nav li.sfhover ul ul ul {
    left: -999em;
}

#nav li:hover ul, #nav li li:hover ul, #nav li li li:hover ul, #nav li.sfhover ul, #nav li li.sfhover ul, #nav li li li.sfhover ul {
    left: auto;
}

#nav li:hover, #nav li.sfhover {
    background: #eda;
}

#content {
    clear: left;
}

#content a {
    color: #7C6240;
}

#content a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
}

#scaffolding {
    height: 70px;
    background: white url(/images/header_bg.gif) no-repeat;
    border: solid #eda;
    border-width: 1px 0 0 0;
    margin: 1em 0 0 0;
}

#scaffolding a {
    text-decoration: none;
    text-indent: -999em;
    display: block;
    height: 70px;
    background: url(/images/hdlogo_flip2.gif) no-repeat;
    background-position: 181px 0;
}

#scaffolding a:hover {
    background-position: 181px -70px;
}

</style>

<script type="text/javascript"><!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--

sfHover = function() {
    var sfEls = document.getElementById("nav").getElementsByTagName("LI");
    for (var i=0; i<sfEls.length; i++) {
        sfEls[i].onmouseover=function() {
            this.className+=" sfhover";
        }
        sfEls[i].onmouseout=function() {
            this.className=this.className.replace(new RegExp(" sfhover\\b"), "");
        }
    }
}
if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", sfHover);

//--><!]]></script>


</head>

<body>
<div id="container">
<h1>PERCIFORMES!</h1>
<p id="smurf">Welcome to the universe of Perciformes - perch-like fish that include the world famous <strong>Suckerfish</strong></p>

<ul id="nav">

    <li><a href="#">Percoidei</a>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="#" class="daddy">Remoras</a>
                <ul>
                    <li><a href="#" class="daddy">Echeneis</a>
                        <ul>
                            <li><a href="#">Sharksucker</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Whitefin Sharksucker</a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </li>
                    <li><a href="#" class="daddy">Phtheirichthys</a>
                        <ul>
                            <li><a href="#">Slender Suckerfish</a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </li>
                    <li><a href="#" class="daddy">Remora</a>
                        <ul>
                            <li><a href="#">Whalesucker</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Spearfish remora</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Marlinsucker</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Remora</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Ceylonese remora</a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </li>
                    <li><a href="#" class="daddy">Remorina</a>
                        <ul>
                            <li><a href="#">White suckerfish</a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </li>
                    <li><a href="#" class="daddy">Rhombochirus</a>
                        <ul>
                            <li><a href="#">R. osteochir</a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </li>
                </ul>
            </li>
            <li><a href="#" class="daddy">Tilefishes</a>
                <ul>
                    <li><a href="#">Caulolatilus</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Lopholatilus</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Malacanthus</a></li>
                </ul>
            </li>
            <li><a href="#" class="daddy">Bluefishes</a>
                <ul>
                    <li><a href="#">Pomatomus</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Scombrops</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Sphyraenops</a></li>
                </ul>
            </li>
            <li><a href="#" class="daddy">Tigerfishes</a>
                <ul>
                    <li><a href="#">Amniataba</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Bidyanus</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Hannia</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Hephaestus</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Lagusia</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Leiopotherapon</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Mesopristes</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Pelates</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Pelsartia</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Pingalla</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Rhyncopelates</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Scortum</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Syncomistes</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Terapon</a></li>
                </ul>
            </li>

        </ul>
    </li>

    <li><a href="#">Anabantoidei</a>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="#" class="daddy">Climbing perches</a>
                <ul>
                    <li><a href="#">Anabas</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Ctenopoma</a></li>
                </ul>
            </li>
            <li><a href="#" class="daddy">Labyrinthfishes</a>
                <ul>
                    <li><a href="#">Belontia</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Betta</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Colisa</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Macropodus</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Malpulutta</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Parosphromenus</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Sphaerichthys</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Trichogaster</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Trichopsis</a></li>
                </ul>
            </li>
            <li><a href="#">Kissing gouramis</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Pike-heads</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Giant gouramis</a></li>

        </ul>
    </li>

    <li><a href="#">Gobioidei</a>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="#">Burrowing gobies</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Dartfishes</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Eellike gobies</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Gobies</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Loach gobies</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Odontobutidae</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Sandfishes</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Schindleriidae</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Sleepers</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Xenisthmidae</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>

</ul>

<div id="content">
    <p>Hello. You have found an example page for <strong>Suckerfish Dropdowns</strong>. Under the hood you will find some nice structured HTML, a smattering of CSS and a teensy bit of JavaScript (that's just 12 lines of it). It's lightweight, it's accessible, it's cross-compatible.</p>
    <p>Suckerfish Dropdowns are brought to you by <a href="/ptg/">Patrick Griffiths</a>, <a href="http://www.danwebb.net/">Dan Webb</a> and the letter C. To find out more about Suckerfish Dropdowns, check out the <a href="/articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/">article in HTML Dog</a>. To find out more about perch-like fishes, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=perciformes">give Google a try</a>.</p>
    <p>Something else that might (possibly) be of interest (maybe) is that this page has an <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/elastic/">elastic layout</a>. Try increasing your browser's text size setting and watch that layout grow! It's just like those toys that expand when you put them in water. Only without the water. And with more HTML. And CSS. Oh forget it. It's not really like them at all.</p>
    <p id="scaffolding"><a href="http://www.htmldog.com/" title="Go t'HTML Dog">Go on. Visit HTML Dog</a></p>
</div>

</div>

</body>

</html>

Thank you so much .

**LadynRed** · 10-16-2009, 04:08 PM

If I understand you correctly... then change the float on the <li> to float:right instead of left

Quote:

#nav li {
float: right;
padding: 0;
width: 10em;
}

**parsilinux** · 10-16-2009, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LadynRed

If I understand you correctly... then change the float on the <li> to float:right instead of left

Thank You LadynRed for your reply

. but "float: right;" only move the menu & its buttons to the right side . the submenus & their levels are still opening from left ...

well , let me show you a picture to explain better what exactly i mean :
on the htmldog example of suckerfish menu , if the Left to right menu is look like this :

( LTR Example of suckerfish menu )

then i need to change it look like this ( right to left ) using its css file :

thanks again .

**chrishirst** · 10-16-2009, 05:59 PM

I would suggest that you will have to recalculate all the left margins to be right margins. One of the problems is going to be that, 0,0 on any element IS the top left corner of it and all positioning is taken from that point.

shouldn't be too tasking provided everything is fixed width.

(not that I'm volunteering to try it though)