.ddsmoothmenu{

font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:14px;
line-height:22px;
height:22px;
background:url(topmenubk.png) ;/*background of menu bar (default state)*/
width: 100%;


}

.ddsmoothmenu ul{
z-index:100;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
/*text-align:left;*/

}

/*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;

padding: 9px 15px;
border-right: 1px solid #F5AF45;  /* right menu border color */
border-left: 1px solid #F5AF45;  /* left menu border color */
color: #2d2b2b;
text-decoration: none;
/*background:url(topmenupng.png) ; */

}

* 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.selected{ /*CSS class that's dynamically added to the currently active menu items' LI A element*/
background: #11498B; 
color: white;

}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
background:  #11498B; /* ABH : 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: 0px;
border-top: 0px solid #255385;
border-left: 1px solid #255385;
border-bottom: 1px solid #255385;
border-left: 1px solid #255385;
border-right: 1px solid #255385;
background: #224068; /* ABH : drop down background default */
}


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

.downarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 75%;
right: 45%;
}

.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;
}