Hi,

I have one website and decided to do some changes, for example to use Vertical flyout menu. So, I picked the right one from this page: http://cssmenumaker.com/menu/green-segoe-flyout-menu
Added link Menu CSS file in websites html code. Then wrote desired menu items and problem appeared - an arrow in front of list items (on the left). See image. 0dc48dbfca70f4185d430ca7bb3880ec

As website uses <li> too, I decided, that menu and website CSS files are messing up.

"Example.html" code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Me & Co. - Only for you</title>
<meta name="author" content="www.meandco.com" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="template_css.css" type="text/css"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="menu-styles.css" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
    <table width="852" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
        <tr>
            <td width="1" bgcolor="#666666"></td>
                <td width="850">
                    <div align="center">
                        <table width="850"  border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
                            <tr>
                                <td height="220" align="center" valign="top" background="images/banner.jpg"></td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td height="28" valign="top" background="images/head-1.png">
                                    <div class="mainlevel-nav"></div>
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
                                    <table width="100%"  border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1">
                                        <tr>
                                            <td width="170" valign="top" background="images/leftbar.png">
                                                <div class="leftrow">
                                                    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="moduletable">
                                                        <div id='cssmenu'>
                                                            <ul>         
                                                                <li class='active'><a href='#'><span>1 element</span></a></li>
                                                                <li class='has-sub'><a href='#'><span>2 element</span></a>
                                                                    <ul>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>1 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>2 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>3 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                    </ul>
                                                                </li>
                                                                <li class='has-sub'><a href='#'><span>3 element</span></a>
                                                                    <ul>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>1 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>2 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>3 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                    </ul>
                                                                </li>
                                                                <li class='has-sub'><a href='#'><span>4 element</span></a>
                                                                    <ul>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>1 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>2 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>3 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                    </ul>
                                                                </li>
                                                                <li class='has-sub'><a href='#'><span>5 element</span></a>
                                                                    <ul>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>1 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>2 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>3 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                    </ul>
                                                                </li>
                                                                <li><a href='#'><span>6 element</span></a></li>
                                                                <li class='has-sub'><a href='#'><span>7 element</span></a>
                                                                    <ul>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>1 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>2 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>3 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                    </ul>
                                                                </li>
                                                                <li class='has-sub'><a href='#'><span>8 element</span></a>
                                                                    <ul>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>1 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>2 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>3 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>4 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>5 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                    </ul>
                                                                </li>
                                                                <li class='has-sub'><a href='#'><span>9 element</span></a>
                                                                    <ul>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>1 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>2 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>3 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>4 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>5 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>6 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href="#"><span>7 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                    </ul>
                                                                </li>
                                                                <li class='has-sub'><a href='#'><span>10 element</span></a>
                                                                    <ul>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>1 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>2 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>3 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>4 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>5 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>6 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>7 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                    </ul>
                                                                </li>
                                                                <li class='has-sub'><a href='#'><span>11 element</span></a>
                                                                    <ul>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>1 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>2 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>3 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                        <li><a href='#'><span>4 sub element</span></a></li>
                                                                    </ul>
                                                                </li>
                                                                <li class='last'><a href='#'><span>12 element</span></a></li>
                                                            </ul>
                                                        </div>
                                                    </table>
                                                    <p>&nbsp;</p>
                                                    <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
                                                        <tr align="center">
                                                            <td>
                                                                <script>
                                                                    <!-- Here will be calendar code -->
                                                                </script>
                                                            </td>
                                                        </tr>
                                                    </table>
                                                </div>
                                                <table align="center">
                                                    <tr>
                                                        <td align="center">
                                                            <a target="_blank" href=""><img  width=88 height=31 border=0 src="" alt=""></a>
                                                        </td>
                                                    </tr>
                                                    <tr>
                                                        <td width="125">
                                                            <a target="_blank" href=""><img src="" width="125" height="71" border="0"  /></a>
                                                        </td>
                                                    </tr>
                                                </table>
                                            </td>
                                            <td valign="top" bgcolor="#F1F1F1">
                                                <h1>TITLE</h1>
                                                <h2>POST TITLE</h2>
                                                <table align="center" width="447" border="0">
                                                    <td width="447">
                                                        <p style="padding-left: 240px;"><i><strong>Words</strong></i></p>
                                                        <p></p>
                                                    </td>
                                                </table>
                                                <div class="aukstyn"><a href="#top">To top</a></div>
                                                <div class="separator"></div>
                                                <p>&nbsp;</p>
                                            </td>
                                        </tr>
                                    </table>
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td valign="middle" background="images/foot-1.png" height="28">
                                    <div class="mainlevel-nav"></div>
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td valign="middle" align="center" background="images/bg-2.png" height="30">
                                    <div class="footer">
                                        <div align="center">© <strong>2007-2014</strong></div>
                                        <div align="center"><a href="">Me & Co.</a></div>
                                    </div>
                                </td>
                            </tr>
                        </table>
                    </div>
                </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</body>
</html>

"menu-styles.css" code:

@charset 'UTF-8';

#cssmenu {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    border: 0;
}

#cssmenu ul,
#cssmenu li {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    width: 100%;
}

#cssmenu ul {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 597;
    float: left;
    width: 100%;
}

#cssmenu ul li {
    float: left;
    /*min-height: 1px;
    line-height: 1.5em;*/
    vertical-align: middle;
    width: 100%;
}

#cssmenu ul li.hover,
#cssmenu ul li:hover {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 599;
    /*cursor: default;*/
}

#cssmenu ul ul {
    visibility: hidden;
    position: absolute;
    top: 100%;
    left: 0;
    z-index: 598;
    width: 100%;
}

#cssmenu ul ul li {
    float: none;
}

#cssmenu ul ul,
#cssmenu ul ul ul {
    top: -1px;
    left: 99%;
}

#cssmenu ul li:hover > ul {
    visibility: visible;
}

#cssmenu ul li {
    float: none;
}

#cssmenu a {
    display: block;
}

/* Custom CSS Styles */
#cssmenu {
    font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 11px;
    text-align: left;
}

#cssmenu:after,
#cssmenu ul:after {
    content: '';
    display: block;
    clear: both;
}

#cssmenu ul {
    background: #F0EFEA;
    border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;
    /*padding: 4px;*/
    width: 100%;
}

#cssmenu ul li {
    color: #000000;
    position: relative;
}

#cssmenu ul li.hover,
#cssmenu ul li:hover {
    background: #61b72d;
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(#61b72d 0%, #4b8e23 100%);
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, #61b72d), color-stop(100%, #4b8e23));
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#61b72d 0%, #4b8e23 100%);
    background: linear-gradient(#61b72d 0%, #4b8e23 100%);
    color: #FFF;
}

#cssmenu ul li.hover > a,
#cssmenu ul li:hover > a {
    color: #FFF;
    border: 1px solid #4b8e23;
}

#cssmenu ul ul {
    width: 150px;
}

#cssmenu a {
    border: 1px solid transparent;
    padding: 3px 10px;
}

#cssmenu a:link,
#cssmenu a:visited {
    color: #000000;
    text-decoration: none;
}

#cssmenu a:hover {
    background: #61b72d;
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(#61b72d 0%, #4b8e23 100%);
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, #61b72d), color-stop(100%, #4b8e23));
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#61b72d 0%, #4b8e23 100%);
    background: linear-gradient(#61b72d 0%, #4b8e23 100%);
    color: #FFF;
}

#cssmenu a:active {
    color: #ffa500;
}

#cssmenu .has-sub:hover > a:after,
#cssmenu .has-sub.hover > a:after {
    border-color: transparent transparent transparent #FFF;
}

#cssmenu .has-sub > a:after {
    content: '';
    width: 0px;
    height: 0px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 4px 0 4px 4px;
    border-color: transparent transparent transparent #808080;
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    right: 5%;
    margin-top: -4px;
    -webkit-transform: rotate(360deg);
}

"template_css.css" code:

body {
    color        : #000000;
    margin-top       : 10px;
    margin-bottom    : 10px;
    padding          : 0px;
    /*background-color : #cccccc;*/
    background-color : #cccccc;
    font-family      : Tahoma, Verdana, arial, sans-serif;
    font-size        : 12px;
}
td, tr, p, div {
    font-family      : Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size        : 12px;
    color            : #333333;
}
p {
    font-family      : Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size        : 12px;
    color            : #333333;
    margin-left      : 20px;
    margin-right     : 10px;
}
hr {
    color            : #999999;
    height           : 1px;
    width            : 100%;
}
h1 {
    font-family      : Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size        : 18px;
    font-weight      : bold;
    color            : #333333;
    margin-top       : 15px;
    margin-bottom    : 20px;
    text-align       : center;
}

h2 {
    font-family      : Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size        : 14px;
    font-weight      : bold;
    color            : #333333;
    margin-top       : 20px;
    margin-bottom    : 20px;
    text-align       : center;
}

h3 {
    font-family      : Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size        : 12px;
    font-weight      : bold;
    color            : #333333;
    margin-top       : 20px;
    margin-bottom    : 20px;
    text-align       : center;
}

table.moduletable {
    width       : 100%;
    table-layout    : auto;
    border-top  : 1px solid #FFFFFF;
    border-bottom   : 1px solid #999999;
}

table.moduletable th { /* meniu žodis */
    font-size        : 11px;
    font-weight      : bold;
    text-transform   : none;
    text-align       : center;
    height           : 21px;
    line-height      : 21px;
    text-indent      : 4px; /* atsumas meniu žodžio nuo krašto */
    letter-spacing   : 1px; /* atstumai tarp meniu raidžiu */
    color            : #FFFFFF;
    background-image : url(images/bgmenu-1.png);  /* meniu pavadinimo spalva */
}

table.moduletable td {
    padding-left     : 0px;
    padding-right    : 0px;
}

.button {
    font-size        : 11px;
    color            : #333333;
    border           : 1px solid #999999;
    margin-bottom    : 5px;
    background-color : #EDEDED;
    padding          : 1px;
}

a.mainlevel  {
    margin           : 0px;
    padding          : 0px;
    font-size        : 12px;
    width            : 170px;
    background-color : #ECEAD8;
    text-indent      : 10px;
}

a.mainlevel: link {
    padding          : 0px 0px 0px 0px;
    font-size        : 12px;
    width            : 170px;
    background-color : #DD763F;
    text-indent      : 10px;
}

a.mainlevel:link, a.mainlevel:visited {
    display          : block;
    font-size        : 12px;
    border-top       : 1px solid #ffffff;
    border-bottom    : 1px solid #999999;
    background-color : #99CCFF; /* meniu neužvedus */
    font-weight      : normal;
    padding          : 2px 0px 2px 0px;
    color            : #333333;
    width            : 170px;
    text-indent      : 10px;
}

a.mainlevel:hover {
    background-color : #88BFF7; /* meniu užvedus */
    font-size        : 12px;
    font-weight      : bold;
    text-decoration  : none;
    text-indent      : 10px;
}

#active_menu {
    color            : #333333;
    background-color : #DD763F;
    font-weight      : bold;
}

a#active_menu:hover {
    color            : #333333;
}

a:link, a:visited {
    font-size        : 11px;
    color            : #6699CC; /* linko spalva */
    text-decoration  : none;
    font-weight      : bold;
}

a:hover {
    font-size        : 11px;
    color            : #333333;
    text-decoration  : none;
    font-weight      : bold;
}

a.category:link, a.category:visited {
    font-size        : 11px;
    font-weight      : bold;
}

ul {
    margin           : 2px;
    padding          : 0px;
    list-style       : none;
}

li {
    line-height      : 15px; /* tarpas tarp eiluciu */
    padding-left     : 20px;
    padding-top      : 0px;
    background-image : url(images/arrow3.png);
    background-repeat : no-repeat;
    background-position : 0px 3px;
}

.footer {
    font-family      : Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    color            : #FFFFFF;
    font-size        : 10px;
    font-weight      : normal;
}

.footer a:link, .footer a:visited {
    font-size        : 11px;
    color            : #FFFFFF;
    text-decoration  : none;
    font-weight      : bold;
}

.footer a:hover {
    font-size        : 11px;
    color            : #333333;
    text-decoration  : none;
    font-weight      : bold;
}

.contact_email  {
    width            : 100%;
}

.contact_email .inputbox {
    width            : 345px;
}

.separator {
    border-bottom   : 1px dashed #666;
    margin-left : 10px;
    margin-right    : 10px;
    padding     : 1px 0 0;
}

.aukstyn {
    font-family      : Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size        : 11px;
    margin-left      : 10px;
    margin-right     : 10px;
    text-align       : right;
    padding      : 0 0 10px;
}

.update_time {
    font-family      : Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size        : 11px;
    font-style   : italic;
    margin-left      : 10px;
    margin-right     : 10px;
    text-align   : right;
    color            : #666;
    padding      : 10px 0 0;
}

May your attention, please!
For code writing I use Notepad++, so in this program codes indentation is perfect, but if you use ordinary Notepad it could be a little bit messy. Sorry for that.
Also, I can send a whole site folder in P.M., if needed (with images).

I will be grateful for your help.

RikTelner commented: Nicely written code. I thought I was the only one. +2

I just looked at it on my side, and its working like you want, here is a screenshot

commented: Hmmm.... Starnge. have you any changes to code or just putted codes in separate files? +1

Well, I putted these codes in fresh files "html" and "css", and yes, they worked fine as you said. But when I created a folder named "images", dropped some "png" and "jpg" pictures, problem appeared again.
Looked clearly and found, tha this black arrow is "arrow3.png" file from "images" folder. I used it in text bulleting, but I don't want to use it in menu, but we know, that menu items uses <ul> and <li>, so they grab this image. How to separate them? Or another way to bullet text?

Can you try the follow css for your ul li childrens and see if it helps.

list-style-type:none;

Nope, it doesn't work.
The decision that I found so far is - to do some manipulation changes in "template_css.css":

line 161. padding : 1 0px 0;
line 162. list-style : disc; (for default cursor)

line 167. padding-left : 0px;

Deleted this part:
line 169. background-image : url(images/arrow3.png);
line 170. background-repeat : no-repeat;
line 171. background-position : 0px 3px;

Can you send the images? So i can test it out and see how it works

This might not be much, but you seem to have the ul, li tags defined twice in your css. What order do you have the css link scripts in?

on your template_css.css file try and comment out this:

ul {
margin : 2px;
padding : 0px;
list-style : none;
}
li {
line-height : 15px; /* tarpas tarp eiluciu */
padding-left : 20px;
padding-top : 0px;
background-image : url(images/arrow3.png);
background-repeat : no-repeat;
background-position : 0px 3px;
}

and see what happens.

k99rs, can you write me a personal message with your e-mail?, because I can't attach "rar" with website files in PM and here (making reply). It makes me sad.

Your problem is arise because of the UL and li definitions in your template_css.css file.

Remove this definition and it should work..

the cascading rules will help u hear & also check browser support for some tags

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