.ddsmoothmenu{
font:13px "Trebuchet MS", Tahoma, Verdana, Arial;
font-weight:bold;
text-transform:uppercase;
width:960px;
height:40px;
padding:0px 0px 0px 7px;
background:url(../images/manu_bg.png) 0% 0% repeat-x;
margin:0px 0px 0px 5px;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul{
z-index:100;
margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;
padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;
list-style-type: none;
}

/*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;
background:#CCCCCC; /*background of menu items (default state)*/
padding: 0px 0px 0px 23px;
line-height:40px;
  /* right menu border color */
color:#fff;
text-decoration: none;
background:url(../images/buttonback.png) left top no-repeat;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a span{
display:block;
background: #414141; /*background of menu items (default state)*/
padding: 0px 23px 0px 0px;/* right menu border color */
color:#fff;
text-decoration: none;
background:url(../images/buttonback.png) right top no-repeat;
}

* html .ddsmoothmenu ul li a{ /*IE6 hack to get sub menu links to behave correctly*/
display: inline-block;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:link {
color: #fff;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:visited{
color: #fff;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.selected{ /*CSS class that's dynamically added to the currently active menu items' LI A element*/
background:url(../images/buttonback.png) left bottom no-repeat; 
color: #fff;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.selected span{ /*CSS class that's dynamically added to the currently active menu items' LI A element*/
background:url(../images/buttonback.png) right bottom no-repeat; 
color: #fff;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
background:url(../images/buttonback.png) left bottom no-repeat; /* DEN : background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state)*/
color: #fff;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.active{
background:url(../images/buttonback.png) left bottom no-repeat; /* DEN : background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state)*/
color: #fff;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.active span{
background:url(../images/buttonback.png) left bottom no-repeat; /* DEN : background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state)*/
color: #fff;
}


.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover span{
background:url(../images/buttonback.png) right bottom no-repeat; /* DEN : background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state)*/
color: #fff;
}
	
/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 0px;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;
height:28px;
line-height:28px;
display:block;
}

/*Sub level menu list items (undo style from Top level List Items)*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li{
display:block;
float: none;
}

/*All subsequent sub menu levels vertical offset after 1st level sub menu */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li ul{
top: 0px;
}

/* Sub level menu links style */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a{
text-transform:capitalize;
font: normal 11px Verdana;
width: 163px; /*width of sub menus*/
padding:0 4px;
margin: 0px;
border-top: 0px solid #cccccc;
border-left: 1px solid #cccccc;
border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;
border-left: 1px solid #cccccc;
background: #505050;
line-height:28px;
height:28px; /* DEN : drop down background default */
}


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

.downarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 12px;
right: 7px;
}

.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;
}