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I installed a testing site with version 1.11.2:

http://pilot.outsourcing.st/index.php?p ... tent_types

I want to change its default menu outlook to this:
http://docs.cmsmadesimple.org/configuration/cmsmailer
You can see the menu with the following features:
* showing active child items with the active parent
* showing active page with different color

For the default menu, the active menu item is not indicated.

Please advise what I shall do.

As a beginner to CSS, I found the description inside the Stylesheet is not user friendly and I don't know where to change the outlook for various items.

I put "Navigation: Simple - Vertical" just for reference:

/******************** MENU *********************/
#menu_vert {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#menu_vert ul {
/* remove any bullets */
list-style: none;
/* margin/padding set in li */
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
#menu_vert ul ul {
margin: 0;
/* padding right sets second level li in on right from first li */
padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;
/* replaces bottom of li.menuactive menuparent, looks like li below it, set in 5px more, is sitting on top of it */
background: transparent url([[root_url]]/uploads/ngrey/liup.gif) no-repeat right -4px;
}
#menu_vert li {
/* remove any bullets */
list-style: none;
/* negative bottom margin pulls them together, images look like one border between */
margin: 0px 0px -1px;
/* bottom padding pushes "a" up enough to show our image */
padding: 0px 0px 4px 0px;
/* you can set your own image here */
background: transparent url([[root_url]]/uploads/ngrey/liup.gif) no-repeat right bottom;
}
#menu_vert li.currentpage {
padding: 0px 0px 3px 0px;
}
#menu_vert li.menuactive {
margin: 0;
padding: 0px;
/* replaced by image in ul ul */
background: none;

}
#menu_vert li.menuactive ul {
margin: 0;
}
#menu_vert li.activeparent {
margin: 0;
padding: 0px;
}
/* fix stupid IE6 bug with display:block; */
* html #menu_vert li {
height: 1%;
}
* html #menu_vert li a {
height: 1%;
}
* html #menu_vert li hr {
height: 1%;
}
/** end fix **/
/* first level links */
div#menu_vert a {
/* IE6 has problems with this, fixed above */
display: block;
/* some air for it */
padding: 0.8em 0.3em 0.5em 1.5em;
/* this will be link color for all levels */
color: #18507C;
/* Fixes IE7 whitespace bug */
min-height: 1em;
/* no underline for links */
text-decoration: none;
/* you can set your own image here this is tall enough to cover text heavy links */
background: transparent url([[root_url]]/uploads/ngrey/libk.gif) no-repeat right top;
}
/* next level links, more padding and smaller font */
div#menu_vert ul ul a {
font-size: 90%;
padding: 0.8em 0.3em 0.5em 2.8em;
}
/* third level links, more padding */
div#menu_vert ul ul ul a {
padding: 0.5em 0.3em 0.3em 3em;
}
/* hover state for all links */
div#menu_vert a:hover {
background-color: transparent;
/* color: #595959; */

/* Background color of the item hovered on - [PN] start */
color: DarkGreen;
/* Background color of the item hovered on - [PN] end */

text-decoration: underline;
}
div#menu_vert a.activeparent:hover {
color: #595959;
}
/* active parent, that is the first level parent of a child page that is the current page */
div#menu_vert li.activeparent {
/* you can set your own image here */
background: transparent url([[root_url]]/uploads/ngrey/liup.gif) no-repeat right -65px;
/* white to contrast with background image */
/* color: #fff; */

/* PN */
color: Yellow;
}
div#menu_vert li.activeparent a.activeparent {
/* you can set your own image here */
background: transparent url([[root_url]]/uploads/ngrey/libk.gif) no-repeat right top;
/* to contrast with background image */
/* color: #000; */

/* PN */
color: Blue;

}
div#menu_vert li a.parent {
/* takes left padding out so span image has room on left */
padding-left: 0em;
}
div#menu_vert ul ul li a.parent {
/* increased padding on left offsets it from one above */
padding-left: 0.9em;
}
div#menu_vert li a.parent span {
display: block;
margin: 0;
/* adds left padding taken out of "a.parent" */
padding-left: 1.5em;
/* arrow on left for pages with children, points down, you can set your own image here */
background: transparent url([[root_url]]/uploads/ngrey/active.png) no-repeat 2px center;
}
div#menu_vert li a.parent:hover {
/* removes underline hover effect */
text-decoration: none;
}
div#menu_vert li a.parent:hover span {
display: block;
margin: 0;
padding-left: 1.5em;
/* arrow on left for pages with children, points right for hover, you can set your own image here */
background: transparent url([[root_url]]/uploads/ngrey/parent.png) no-repeat 2px center;
}
div#menu_vert li a.menuactive.menuparent {
/* sets it in a little more than a.parent */
padding-left: 0.35em;
}
div#menu_vert ul ul li a.menuactive.menuparent {
/* sets it in a little more on next level */
padding-left: 0.99em;
}
div#menu_vert li a.menuactive.menuparent span {
display: block;
margin: 0;
/* to contrast with non active pages */
font-weight: Bold;
padding-left: 1.5em;
/* arrow on left for active pages with children, points right, you can set your own image here */
background: transparent url([[root_url]]/uploads/ngrey/parent.png) no-repeat 2px center;
}
div#menu_vert li a.menuactive.menuparent:hover {
text-decoration: none;
color: #18507C;
}
div#menu_vert ul ul li a.activeparent {
/* color: #fff; */
color: Red;
}
/* current pages in the default Menu Manager template are unclickable. This is for current page on first level */
div#menu_vert ul h3 {
display: block;
/* some air for it */
padding: 0.8em 0.5em 0.5em 1.5em;
/* this will be link color for all levels */
color: #000;
/* instead of the normal font size for <h3> */
font-size: 1em;
/* as <h3> normally has some margin by default */
margin: 0;
/* you can set your own image here, same as "a" */
background: transparent url([[root_url]]/uploads/ngrey/libk.gif) no-repeat right top;
}
/* next level current pages, more padding, smaller font and no background color or bottom border */
div#menu_vert ul ul h3 {
font-size: 90%;
padding: 0.8em 0.5em 0.5em 2.8em;
/* you can set your own image here, same as "a" */
background: transparent url([[root_url]]/uploads/ngrey/libk.gif) no-repeat right top;
color: #000;
}
/* current page on third level, more padding */
div#menu_vert ul ul ul h3 {
padding: 0.6em 0.5em 0.2em 3em;
}
/* BIG NOTE: I didn't do anything to these, never tested */
/* section header */
div#menu_vert li.sectionheader {
border-right: none;
padding: 0.8em 0.5em 0.5em 1.5em;
background: transparent url([[root_url]]/uploads/ngrey/libk.gif) no-repeat right top;
line-height: 1em;
margin: 0;
color: #18507C;
cursor:text;
}
/* separator */
div#menu_vert .separator {
height: 1px !important;
margin-top: -1px;
margin-bottom: 0;
-padding: 2px 0 2px 0;
background-color: #000;
overflow: hidden !important;
line-height: 1px !important;
font-size: 1px;
/* for ie */
}
div#menu_vert li.separator hr {
display: none;
/* this is for accessibility */
}

It would most likely take a new customized menu template then new CSS to get it to look like that, plus some JS...

It took a long time to write all those comments in the style sheets, what part is unclear?...

Dr.CSS wrote:It would most likely take a new customized menu template then new CSS to get it to look like that, plus some JS...

It took a long time to write all those comments in the style sheets, what part is unclear?...

It seems quite a lot work for me at current stage. Initially I thought it is just a simple work to change some colours

If you just want to change the look of an existing menu and not make it scroll down like that site...

Look at the page view source for the classes on the links you want changed, div#menu_vert li.activeparent a.activeparent and others in the style sheet...

BTW: DarkGreen, Yellow, Blue are not the way to do it, use hexadecimal codes, which you can find here...

http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html