i already posted this question in the dreamweaver section, but i thought it would be better answered here, sorry about the multiforum posting.
my navigation bar is comprised of a set of rollover images that are nested in a table. while the gif's are in the table the pop up menus won't work, however if the rollover gifs are removed from the table and placed alone in a layer the pop up menus work just fine, but i need the scaleable properties that come from nesting them in the table. please do not tell me that it is impossible to have a pop up menu and a table at the same time. thanks!
here is the code with the conflict
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="doctitle" -->
<title>larossa studios</title>
<!-- TemplateEndEditable -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="head" -->
<!-- TemplateEndEditable -->
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!--
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
if (a.indexOf("#"
!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a;}}
}
function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a)&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}
function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"
)>0&&parent.frames.length) {
d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[n];
for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers.document);
if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById
; return x;
}
function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
if ((x=MM_findObj(a))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" onLoad="MM_preloadImages('../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c1.gif','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c2.gif','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c3.gif','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c4.gif','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c5.gif')">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<!--DWLayoutTable-->
<tr>
<td width="100%" height="32" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<!--DWLayoutTable-->
<tr>
<td width="533" height="32" valign="top"><img src="../navbar/titleA.gif" width="533" height="32"></td>
<td width="692" bgcolor="#003366"> </td>
<td width="51" valign="top"><img src="../navbar/titleB.gif" width="51" height="32"></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="24"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="24" valign="top"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#003366">
<!--DWLayoutTable-->
<tr>
<td width="80" height="24"><img src="../navbar/navbar_r1_c1.gif" name="Image11" width="80" height="24" id="Image1" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image11','','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c1.gif',1);MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_1025125056_0,0,24,null,'Image11')" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()"></td>
<td width="102"><img src="../navbar/navbar_r1_c2.gif" name="Image21" width="102" height="24" id="Image2" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image21','','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c2.gif',1);MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_1025125234_0,0,24,null,'Image21')" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()"></td>
<td width="100"><img src="../navbar/navbar_r1_c3.gif" name="Image31" width="100" height="24" id="Image3" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image31','','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c3.gif',1);MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_1025125345_0,0,24,null,'Image31')" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()"></td>
<td width="66"><img src="../navbar/navbar_r1_c4.gif" name="Image41" width="66" height="24" id="Image4" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image41','','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c4.gif',1);MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_1025125418_0,0,24,null,'Image41')" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()"></td>
<td width="73"><img src="../navbar/navbar_r1_c5.gif" name="Image51" width="73" height="24" id="Image5" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image51','','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c5.gif',1);MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_1025125526_0,0,24,null,'Image51')" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()"></td>
<td width="71"><img src="../navbar/navbar_r1_c6.gif" width="71" height="24"></td>
<td width="12" bgcolor="#003366"></td>
<td width="13" bgcolor="#003366"></td>
<td width="12" bgcolor="#003366"></td>
<td width="295" bgcolor="#003366"></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="692"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
my navigation bar is comprised of a set of rollover images that are nested in a table. while the gif's are in the table the pop up menus won't work, however if the rollover gifs are removed from the table and placed alone in a layer the pop up menus work just fine, but i need the scaleable properties that come from nesting them in the table. please do not tell me that it is impossible to have a pop up menu and a table at the same time. thanks!
here is the code with the conflict
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="doctitle" -->
<title>larossa studios</title>
<!-- TemplateEndEditable -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="head" -->
<!-- TemplateEndEditable -->
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!--
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
if (a.indexOf("#"
}
function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a)&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}
function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"
d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[n];
for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers.document);
if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById
}
function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
if ((x=MM_findObj(a))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" onLoad="MM_preloadImages('../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c1.gif','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c2.gif','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c3.gif','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c4.gif','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c5.gif')">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<!--DWLayoutTable-->
<tr>
<td width="100%" height="32" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<!--DWLayoutTable-->
<tr>
<td width="533" height="32" valign="top"><img src="../navbar/titleA.gif" width="533" height="32"></td>
<td width="692" bgcolor="#003366"> </td>
<td width="51" valign="top"><img src="../navbar/titleB.gif" width="51" height="32"></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="24"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="24" valign="top"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#003366">
<!--DWLayoutTable-->
<tr>
<td width="80" height="24"><img src="../navbar/navbar_r1_c1.gif" name="Image11" width="80" height="24" id="Image1" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image11','','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c1.gif',1);MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_1025125056_0,0,24,null,'Image11')" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()"></td>
<td width="102"><img src="../navbar/navbar_r1_c2.gif" name="Image21" width="102" height="24" id="Image2" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image21','','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c2.gif',1);MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_1025125234_0,0,24,null,'Image21')" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()"></td>
<td width="100"><img src="../navbar/navbar_r1_c3.gif" name="Image31" width="100" height="24" id="Image3" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image31','','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c3.gif',1);MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_1025125345_0,0,24,null,'Image31')" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()"></td>
<td width="66"><img src="../navbar/navbar_r1_c4.gif" name="Image41" width="66" height="24" id="Image4" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image41','','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c4.gif',1);MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_1025125418_0,0,24,null,'Image41')" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()"></td>
<td width="73"><img src="../navbar/navbar_r1_c5.gif" name="Image51" width="73" height="24" id="Image5" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image51','','../navbar/navbaroll_r1_c5.gif',1);MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_1025125526_0,0,24,null,'Image51')" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout()"></td>
<td width="71"><img src="../navbar/navbar_r1_c6.gif" width="71" height="24"></td>
<td width="12" bgcolor="#003366"></td>
<td width="13" bgcolor="#003366"></td>
<td width="12" bgcolor="#003366"></td>
<td width="295" bgcolor="#003366"></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="692"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>