# Suckerfish & IE8

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/suckerfish-ie8/293188>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [July 24, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/suckerfish-ie8/293188 "2009-07-24T14:07:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![thedaveyb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@thedaveyb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thedaveyb)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/suckerfish-ie8/293188/1 "2009-07-24T14:07:57Z")

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Hey Kirupians…

Anyone had an issue with suckerfish in IE8?. If you view…

[http://79.170.40.38/aspectpa.co.uk/](http://79.170.40.38/aspectpa.co.uk/)

You can see you can hover over services and view the dropdown but it doesnt stay open - closes as soon as you mouse off the LI…

Pretty standard Suckerfish CSS with a new visual tweaks and works in IE7, IE6 (although havent tided up for IE6 yet) and of course FF…

```auto

#nav li ul {position: absolute;width: 12em;left: -999em; text-align:left; }
/*#nav li:hover ul { left: auto;}*/
#nav li ul li {margin:0; padding:0; background: repeat-y url(../images/bg_nav_drop.jpg); line-height: 18px; width: 13em;padding: 8px 5px 8px 18px;}
#nav li ul li.last { background: repeat-y url(../images/bg_drop_last.jpg); }
#nav li ul li a {font-size: 10px; color:#fff; margin:0; text-decoration:none; font-size:12px;}
#nav li ul li a:hover { background:none; text-decoration:underline;}
#nav li ul { background: none;}

#nav li ul li.bottom {background: no-repeat url(../img/li_bottom.gif) bottom left;}

#nav li:hover ul, #nav li.sfhover ul {left: auto; }
#nav li:hover ul, #nav li.sfhover ul {display: block;left:auto;top:auto;}

```