I'm sure this is something stunningly stupid but for the life of me, I can't get this:

http://216.89.218.233/secc/

The behaviour of the link on the right ("Log Out") is how I want the links on the left to behave.

But for some strange reason, the combination of position: relative; and float: left; and display: block; (which I need or the menu looks like garbage) is screwing with the background color of the hyperlinks in IE. (And I need this to work in IE specifically since it's for a private intranet application and the customer only uses IE).

It also affects the submenus as well.

And unfortunately I need all three properties to get the menu to function as I intend to...or do I?

Any bright ideas would be greatly appreciated right about now.

I'm not sure why you need the float:left command in the code. My experience with the float command is it pretty much over powers. If you are trying to position the submenu (when it appears) and you want it based off of the left hand side of the screen.

Try using the position:absolute instead of realative. Then you can position it based on the location that you want the submenu.

I tried to look at some of your code but you have it in a <link>. You should pose som of your code so we can see.

zincoxide: I want each of the divs to appear to the left of the others. Although you might have given me another way to look at it inadvertently. I'll try it in the morning. Thanks.