Issue with custom select functionality on Internet Explorer 9

Having some issues with a select element in IE9. The links that should open the wiki page are not functioning properly only on IE9, and there is also an issue with the hover effect - the icon gets overridden by the background color when hovering over help and log off.

<ul id="main">
        <li class="username" tabindex="1" >  <a>USER</a>
            <ul class="curent_buser">
                           <li class="help"><a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/">Help</a></li>
                <li class="logoff"><a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/">LogOff</a></li>
            </ul>
        </li>
    </ul>

CSS:

ul#main {
    color: gray;
    width: 120px;
    border-left: 1px solid #f2f2f2;
    border-right: 1px solid #f2f2f2;
    border-top: 1px solid #f2f2f2;
    list-style: none;
    font-size: 12px;
    letter-spacing: -1px;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration: none;
    height:30px;
    background:green;
}



ul#main:hover {
    opacity: 0.7;
    text-decoration: none;
}

#main > li{
    background: url('http://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/crystalproject/24x24/actions/1downarrow1.png') 100% 0 no-repeat;
    outline:0;
    padding:10px;
}

ul#main li ul {
    display: none;
    width: 116px;
    background: transparent;
    border-top: 1px solid #eaeaea;
    padding: 2px;
    list-style: none;
    margin: 7px 0 0 -3px;
}


ul.curent_buser li a {
    color: gray;;
    cursor: pointer;
}
ul.curent_buser{
    background:lime !important;    
    }


    ul#main li ul li a {
    display: block;
    padding: 5px 0;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 5;
}

#main li:focus ul, #main li.username:active ul {
    display: block;
}

.help{
    background: url("http://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/musthave/16/Help.png") no-repeat 100% center ;
    height: 25px;
    margin-bottom: 2px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid white;
}       

.help:hover{    
background: #f4f4f4;


}

.logoff{
    background: url("http://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/cc_mono_icon_set/blacks/16x16/on-off.png") no-repeat  100% center ;
    height: 25px;
}


.logoff:hover{
    background: #f4f4f4 ;
    height: 25px;
}

.help a,.logoff a{
    color:gray;
    font-family: Museo700Regular,sans-serif;
    letter-spacing: 0;
    font-size: small;
}

​

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/RwtHn/1455/

htmlcssinternet-explorer-9

Answer №1

Would you like some assistance with the Icon problem? It seems that there may be an issue with overriding the background with a color in this case. Remember, you can only have either a color or a background image, not both simultaneously. You might consider using a different image in the background with similar characteristics but varying colors, removing the image when hovering, or eliminating the hover color altogether.

Unfortunately, I'm unable to offer much help regarding the IE problem. Dealing with Internet Explorer can be quite frustrating at times.

EDIT: Here's a suggestion provided in the comment below 

 .logoff:hover{
             background: #f4f4f4 url("http://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/cc_mono_icon_set/blacks/16x16/on-off.png");
             height: 25px;
    }

Many thanks to ANeves for sharing this information. I've also learned something new from this exchange.

Answer №2

Credit for resolving the overridden icon issue goes to "ANeves",

You can utilize the following CSS to simplify the code:

#main > li > ul > li:hover
{
    background-color: #f4f4f4;
}

To address the clicking issue in IE9, simply include the following CSS:

#main ul:hover
{
    display: block;
}

That's all you need.

Special thanks to

Answer №3

When hovering, the background property is being overridden. This means that both the color and image are affected by the override.

To only modify the color, adjust it like this:

.help:hover{    
    background-color: #f4f4f4;
}
.logoff:hover{
    background-color: #f4f4f4 ;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/RwtHn/1456/

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