hi there,
I'm just having a little bit of an issue with getting the text to align properly on a Spry Vertical Menu. I made some buttons for the background and have them aligned as I want them but I can't seem to get the text to align in the middle of the buttons. It's just sitting at the top of the buttons. I've tried a few things and had a play around but to no avail.
Any hellp is much appreciated.
Cheers
Aitchi

Are we supposed to GUESS at your code?? Lets have a URL or post the code please.

ok sorry... I'm new here.

the code is

@charset "UTF-8";

/* SpryMenuBarVertical.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */

/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */

/*******************************************************************************

 LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order

 *******************************************************************************/

/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, a fixed width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarVertical
{
	list-style-type: none;
	font-size: 100%;
	cursor: default;
	width: 8em;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #000;
	text-decoration: none;
	margin: 0px;
	height: 30px;
	padding: 0px;
}
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
ul.MenuBarActive
{
	z-index: 1000;
}
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical li
{
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	list-style-type: none;
	font-size: 100%;
	position: relative;
	text-align: left;
	cursor: pointer;
	width: 8em;
}
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
{
	margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
	padding: 0;
	list-style-type: none;
	font-size: 100%;
	z-index: 1020;
	cursor: default;
	width: 8.2em;
	left: -1000em;
	top: 0;
	height: 30px;
}
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
{
	left: 0;
}
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul li
{
	width: 8.2em;
}

/*******************************************************************************

 DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts

 *******************************************************************************/

/* Outermost menu container has borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical
{

}
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
{
}
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarVertical a
{
	cursor: pointer;
	color: #000;
	text-decoration: none;
	background-image: url(../orangebutton.png);
	height: 30px;
	left: 0px;
	right: 0px;
	bottom: 0px;
	width: 10em;
	top: 0px;
	padding-right: 12px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	padding-left: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	padding-top: 3px;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	display: block;
	margin: 0px;
}
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a:hover, ul.MenuBarVertical a:focus
{
	color: #FFF;
	background-image: url(../orangebuttonRO.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;	
}
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
{
	color: #FFF;
	background-image: url(../orangebuttonRO.png);	
}

/*******************************************************************************

 SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item

 *******************************************************************************/

/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
{
	background-image: url(../orangebutton.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
{
	background-image: url(../orangebuttonRO.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;	
}

/*******************************************************************************

 BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert

 *******************************************************************************/

/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarVertical iframe
{
	position: absolute;
	z-index: 1010;
	filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
}
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
{
	ul.MenuBarVertical li.MenuBarItemIE
	{
		display: inline;
		f\loat: left;
		background: #FFF;
	}
}

and the site is thalab.com.au

how would
li {
text-align:center;
}
work?

another thing you could try is in your html

<div id="navigation">
   <ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarVertical">
     <li><a href="index.php">HOME</a></li>
     <li><a href="services.php">SERVICES</a></li>
     <li><a href="contactus.php">CONTACT US</a></li>
        <li><a href="employment.php">EMPLOYMENT</a></li>

you could try making it:

<div id="navigation">
<center>
   <ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarVertical">
     <li><a href="index.php">HOME</a></li>
     <li><a href="services.php">SERVICES</a></li>
     <li><a href="contactus.php">CONTACT US</a></li>
        <li><a href="employment.php">EMPLOYMENT</a></li>
</center>

Looking through your code I noticed this:

PHP Code:

/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical li
{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 100%;
    position: relative;
    text-align: left; /*<<<< change that to center*/
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 8em;
} 


ok well i tried all of that and it didn't work but i'm not sure if you understood the problem properly. As you'll notice on the page thalab.com.au the text on the menu sits at the top of the buttons.. i want to center the text in the middle of the buttons.

I would try
margin-top:5px;

in whichever class contaqins your text (according to you html it would be
.MenuBarVertical #MenuBar1

but I cannot see that when looking at your code.

I am like really new to this too, but I suppose, every little helps, I am sure ladynred will reply with an answer.

maybe this will help:
http://www.webmaster-talk.com/css-fo...r-website.html

when you adjust the margins and the the padding it moves the entire group of buttons down. I just want to adjust where the text is sitting.

ok so really, out of the 95 people who have viewed this board is there no one that can help me?

ok well i think i have tried eveything i can possibly try to change the placement of the text... Nothing seems to work... PLEASE HELPPPP ME!!!!!