.ddsmoothmenu{
font: bold 12px Verdana;
background: #e1e1e1; /*background of menu bar (default state)*/
width: 100%;
background-image:url(/images/menu_bg.jpg);
height:53px;

}

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

}

/*Top level list items*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
width:160px;
text-align:center;

}

/*Top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{
display: block;
/*background: #e1e1e1;*/ /*background of menu items (default state)*/
color: #5A7181;
padding: 8px 10px;
/*border-right: 1px solid #778;*/
text-decoration: none;
font: normal 16px Verdana;
height:37px;
}

* 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: #5A7181;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
background: #5A7181; /*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;
text-align:left;
width:160px;

}

/*Sub level menu list items (undo style from Top level List Items)*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li{
display: list-item;
float: none;
list-style-type: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 12px Verdana;
 /*width of sub menus*/
padding: 10px;
/*margin: 0;*/
border: 0px solid #5A7181;
text-align:left;
height:15px;

}


/* ######### 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;
width: 160px;
}

.toplevelshadow{ /*shadow opacity. Doesn't work in IE*/
opacity: 0.9;
}