I've got the DNNMenu displaying the correct StartTabID now, however, it's not actually dropping down nor displaying the CSS.

This is what I have in the skin:

<dnn:NAV runat="server" id="dnnNav" level="child" userootbreadcrumbarrow="false" usesubmenubreadcrumbarrow="false" usearrows="false" CSSControl="rightmenu_menubar" CSSContainerRoot="rightmenu_menucontainer" CSSNode="rightmenu_menuitem" CSSIcon="rightmenu_menuicon" CSSNodeRoot="rightmenu_rootmenuitem" CSSContainerSub="rightmenus_submenu" CSSBreak="rightmenu_menubreak" CSSNodeHover="rightmenu_menuitemsel" CSSIndicateChildSub="rightmenu_menuarrow" CSSIndicateChildRoot="rightmenu_rootmenuarrow" MouseOverDisplay="highlight" PathSystemImage="[APPIMAGEPATH]" PathImage="[HOMEDIRECTORY]" IndicateChildren="false" NodeLeftHTMLRoot="<span style='visibility: hidden; font-size: 9pt;'>" NodeRightHTMLRoot="</span>" ProviderName="DNNMenuNavigationProvider" ForceCrawlerDisplay="true" StartTabId="987" visible="true" NodeLeftHTMLBreadCrumbRoot="<img src='[APPIMAGEPATH]/breadcrumb.gif'>" />

For CSS, I'm using this, which is derived from Nina's recent example DNNMenu skin (thank you Nina!):

.rightmenu_menucontainer {
background-color: transparent;
width: 218px;
}
.rightmenu_menubar {
cursor:auto;
height:25px;
line-height: 20px;
background-color: Transparent;
}

.rightmenu_menuitemhoverroot td{
}

.rightmenu_menuitem  { /* Add TD if yes for tables option for menu */
cursor:auto;
color: white;
font-size: 9pt;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: normal;
background-color: Transparent;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
white-space: nowrap;  /*Optional - Word wrapping menu item*/
height: 22px;
}

.rightmenu_menurootitem  { /* Add TD if yes for tables option for menu */
cursor:auto;
color: #304a7e;
font-size: 9pt;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: normal;
background-color: Transparent;
font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
white-space: nowrap;  /*Word wrapping menu item now optional*/   
padding: 3px 12px 5px 3px;   /* creates spacing between root menu items */
height: 22px;
}

.rightmenu_menuitemhover { 
background-color: transparent;
height: 16px;
}

.rightmenu_menuitemhover td { 
height: 16px;
}

.rightmenu_menuicon {
cursor:auto;
text-align: center;
width: 3px;
height: 16px;
}

.rightmenu_menusubmenu {
background-color: transparent; 
z-index: 1000;
cursor:auto;

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Shane Miller

The problem, I have found, goes away when I remove a custom outer container div I had applied to position the menu.  The container div uses relative positioning.  It positions the menu nicely --- but the menu ceases to funtion.  If I change the position attribute to static, the menu works.  So, I think I may have to use static positioning and calculate the left coordinate value.  My issue is exacerbated by the fact that the top level of the menu uses graphical text which makes use of a transparent png.  I got this working perfectly with the solpartmenu, except that the dreaded background border in the solpartment doesn't seem surmountable.  Do you know an easy quick solution to the fact that the relatively-positioned container div seems to break the menu?

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Shane Miller

I've tried creating a container div around the menu object now in Nina's sample dnnMenu skin as well, and it has the same problem. 

So, it appears the dnnmenu can't by positioned by a containing div. 

I still haven't found the table switch so I tried taking this line:

 this.useTables = (dnn.dom.getAttr(o, 'usetables', '1') == '1');

And trying it as this:

 this.useTables = 1;

As well as with 0.  I thought maybe this would toggle the tableless switch.  It didn't seem to make any difference.

Unfortunately, it's not possible to apply a z-index to a div unless the div is positioned relative or absolute.  My goal is to use a piece of graphical text for the background of the top row.  I accomplished this with solpartmenu using the div positioning.  Solpartmenu doesn't have the problem with using a container div.  Unfortunately, however, solpartmenu has the problem with a border showing up when you're trying to create a transparent menu and so I have to use anotherh solution.  If I can't find a solution to this dnnmenu issue, and soon, I'll have to use a third-party resource.

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Shane Miller