.ddsmoothmenu{
font: bold 12px verdana;
background: #414141; /*background of menu bar (default state)*/
width: 100%;
background: 0 0 repeat-y;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul{
z-index:999;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;}

/*top level list items*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;}

/*top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{
display: block;
background:#a3a3a3; /*background of menu items (default state)*/
color: white;
padding: 11px 10px;
border-right: 1px solid #778;
color: #2d2b2b;
text-decoration: none;}

* html .ddsmoothmenu ul li a{ /*ie6 hack to get sub menu links to behave correctly*/
display: inline-block;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:link, .ddsmoothmenu ul li a:visited{
color: white;}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
background: #5c5c5c; /*background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state)*/
color: white;}
	
/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;}

/*sub level menu list items (undo style from top level list items)*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li{
display: list-item;
float: none;}

/*all subsequent sub menu levels vertical offset after 1st level sub menu */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li ul{
top: 0;}

/* sub level menu links style */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a{
font: normal 13px verdana;
width: 160px; /*width of sub menus*/
padding: 5px;
margin: 0;
border-top-width: 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid gray;}


/* ######### css classes applied to down and right arrow images  ######### */

.downarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 12px;
right: 7px;}

.rightarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 6px;
right: 5px;}

/* ######### css for shadow added to sub menus  ######### */

.ddshadow{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
background: silver;}

.toplevelshadow{ /*shadow opacity. doesn't work in ie*/
opacity: 0.8;}