Styling the Menu for rollovers

[kendo451]

I have designed a website for a client:
http://yourpcpros.com

If you mouse over the Locations and then mouse over a specific location, the letters of Locations do not turn white with the rest of the menu.  I have tried everything I can think of to fix this.  Any suggestions?

Here is my CSS

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/* Horizontal menu for the CMS CSS Menu Module */
/* by Alexander Endresen */

dfn {
   display:none;
}

div#topnav {
	position:absolute;
	top:102px;
	width: 850px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	z-index: 50;
	padding: 0 0 0 280px;
}

#topnav * {
       font-size: 14px;
       font-weight: 700;
       font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

#menu_vert {
   margin-left: 1px;
   margin-right: 1px;
}

/* The wrapper clears the floating elements of the menu */

/* Set the width of the menu elements at second level. Leaving first level flexible. */
#primary-nav li li { 
   width: 200px; 
}


/* Unless you know what you do, do not touch this */ 
#primary-nav, #primary-nav ul { 
   list-style: none; 
   margin: 0px; 
   padding: 0px; 
}
#primary-nav ul { 
   position: absolute; 
   top: auto; 
   display: none; 
}
#primary-nav ul ul { 
   margin-top: 1px;
   margin-left: -1px;
   left: 100%; 
   top: 0px; 
}
	
#primary-nav li { 
   margin-left: -1px;
   float: left; 
}
#primary-nav li li { 
   margin-left: 0px;
   margin-top: -1px;
   float: none; 
   position: relative; 
}

/* Styling the basic appearance of the menu elements */
#primary-nav a { 
   display: block; 
   margin: 0px; 
   padding: 2px 10px; 
   text-decoration: none; 
   color: #002366;
}
#primary-nav li a { 
}
#primary-nav li li a { 
   border: 1px solid #002366;
}	
#primary-nav li, #primary-nav li.menuparent { 
   background-color: #6699FF; 
   color: #002366;
}

/* Styling the basic appearance of the active page elements (shows what page in the menu is being displayed) */

#primary-nav li.menuactive { 
   background-color: #6699FF;
   color: #002366; 
}


/* Styling the basic apperance of the menuparents - here styled the same on hover (fixes IE bug) */
#primary-nav ul li.menuparent, 
#primary-nav ul li.menuparent:hover, 
#primary-nav ul li.menuparenth { 
/* arrow for menuparents */
   background-image: url(images/cms/arrow.gif); 
   background-position: center right; 
   background-repeat: no-repeat; 
   background-color: #002366;
   color:#fff;
}

li.menuparent a, li.menuparenth a {
   color: #fff;
}


/* Styling the appearance of menu items on hover */

#primary-nav li:hover, 
#primary-nav li.menuh, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth, 
#primary-nav li.menuactiveh { 
   background-color: #002366;
   color: #fff;
}

#primary-nav a:hover, #primary-nav a:focus, a.menuparenth, a.menuactiveh {
     color: #fff;
}


/* The magic - set to work for up to a 3 level menu, but can be increased unlimited */

/* 
just add 
#primary-nav li:hover ul ul, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth ul ul ul,
for fourth level 
*/
#primary-nav ul, 
#primary-nav li:hover ul, 
#primary-nav li:hover ul ul, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth ul, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth ul ul { 
   display: none; 
}

/* add 
#primary-nav ul ul ul li:hover ul, 
#primary-nav ul ul ul li.menuparenth ul,
for fourth level
*/
#primary-nav li:hover ul, 
#primary-nav ul li:hover ul, 
#primary-nav ul ul li:hover ul, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth ul, 
#primary-nav ul li.menuparenth ul, 
#primary-nav ul ul li.menuparenth ul { 
   display: block; 
}


/* IE Hacks */
#primary-nav li li { 
   float: left; 
   clear: both; 
}
#primary-nav li li a { 
   height: 1%; 
}

[ironblaze94]

ok here is your problem

you defined the menu item's to have the color #002366 before hovering, and #fff with the mouse over the item

when you move the cursor to one of the sub-menu items, the background stays as #002366 but now the parent text has changed back to #002366 as well, giving that "disappearing" effect

what you could try doing is replacing this code:

#primary-nav a {
  display: block;
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 2px 10px;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #002366;

with this code:

#primary-nav a {
  display: block;
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 2px 10px;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #FFFFFF

now the Locations link will alway's be white, to prevent it from "disappearing"

[kendo451]

That is only a halfway fix.  Yes, I could chose a text color that does not change and is visible when hovered.  But I have seen sites that the text changes and stays changed while hovering the submenu.

[kendo451]

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