# CSS Sprite Menu - Getting the submenu dropdown to work correctly

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-sprite-menu-getting-the-submenu-dropdown-to-work-correctly/329658>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [September 28, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-sprite-menu-getting-the-submenu-dropdown-to-work-correctly/329658 "2012-09-28T02:13:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pherank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-sprite-menu-getting-the-submenu-dropdown-to-work-correctly/329658/1 "2012-09-28T02:13:44Z")

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I need to employ a dropdown menu with one of my navigation links (“Contact” menu link). And I’m having trouble getting the sub-navigation menu to work properly. So I could use some help from anyone familiar with CSS sprite menus.

[http://burntscarlet.com/\_test/help\_forums/submenu\_test.html](http://burntscarlet.com/_test/help_forums/submenu_test.html)

The graphic for the subnav is here:

[http://burntscarlet.com/\_test/help\_forums/images/subnav\_contact.png](http://burntscarlet.com/_test/help_forums/images/subnav_contact.png)  
(Graphic is 206px wide x 46px high)

The CSS menu styles are here (submenu code at the bottom):

[http://burntscarlet.com/\_test/help\_forums/styles/sprite\_menu.css](http://burntscarlet.com/_test/help_forums/styles/sprite_menu.css)