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How to make status bar look like certain online ordering status bars in HTML/CSS/JavaScript?

I have a status bar that looks like this
but I would like it to look like this
This code I am using for the current one is below. My question is this: would it be easier to do this using a non clickable formatted radio button, which I have seen with a similar look, or to use a totally different approach? I think I can figure out how to change the colors based on what the current status is, but I don't know how to do the basic drawing of the shape.
.container {
width: 800px;
margin: 100px auto;
}
.progressbar {
counter-reset: step;
}
.progressbar li {
list-style-type: none;
width: 16.6666%;
float: left;
font-size: 12px;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: #7d7d7d;
}
.progressbar li:before {
width: 30px;
height: 30px;
content: counter(step);
counter-increment: step;
line-height: 30px;
border: 2px solid #7d7d7d;
display: block;
text-align: center;
margin: 0 auto 10px auto;
border-radius: 50%;
background-color: white;
}
.progressbar li:after {
width: 100%;
height: 2px;
content: "";
position: absolute;
background-color: #7d7d7d;
top: 15px;
left: -50%;
z-index: -1;
}
.progressbar li:first-child:after {
content: none;
}
.progressbar li.active {
color: green;
}
.progressbar li.active:before {
border-color: #55b776;
}
.progressbar li.active + li:after {
background-color: #55b776;
}
<div class="container">
<ul class="progressbar">
<li class="active">NOI Recieved</li>
<li class="active">Request To Recieved</li>
<li class="active">Recieved to Compelte</li>
<li>Complete To Source</li>
<li>Public Comment</li>
<li>Branch Manager Issues</li>
</ul>
</div>

You could accomplish the basic shapes using a container with a border radius and overflow hidden, and skewed pseudo elements for the segments. Here's a quick proof-of-concept:
ul {
list-style: none;
display: inline-flex;
border: 1px solid black;
border-radius: 600px;
overflow: hidden;
}
li {
padding: 1em 2em;
position: relative;
}
li::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
border-right: 1px solid black;
transform: skew(-30deg);
background: bisque;
z-index: -1; /* behind the text */
}
li:first-child {
/* extend the first item leftward to fill the rest of the space */
margin-left: -4rem;
padding-left: 4rem;
}
li:last-child {
/* extend the last item rightward to fill the rest of the space */
margin-right: -2rem;
padding-right: 4rem;
}
.active::before {
background: skyblue;
}
<ul>
<li>One</li>
<li>Two</li>
<li class="active">Three</li>
<li>Four</li>
<li>Five</li>
</ul>

Navigation bar not showing when scrolling up

In reference to this snippet here, I am trying to make my navigation show up at the top whenever the user scrolls up.
The nav can disappear as per normal when scrolling down, but it should show up when scrolling back up.
Below is the snippet:
<script> src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/core.js"</script>
<nav>
<div class="container">
Brand
<button>
<span></span>
<span></span>
<span></span>
</button>
<ul class="navbar-menu">
<li>Home</li>
<li>page a</li>
<li>page b</li>
<li>page c</li>
<li>page d</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
body {
background: #eee;
min-height: 3000px;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
}
.add_menu{
background: red;
}
.container {
width: 80%;
margin: 0 auto;
clear: both;
}
a {
display: inline-block;
color: #333;
text-decoration: none;
}
nav {
background: #fff;
height: 80px;
line-height: 80px;
box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
z-index: 9998;
transition: all 0.5s;
}
nav.scrollUp {
transform: translateY(-80px);
}
nav ul.navbar-menu {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
display: inline-block;
float: right;
}
nav ul.navbar-menu li {
display: inline-block;
margin: 0 10px;
}
nav ul.navbar-menu li a {
color: #666;
font-size: 14px;
}
nav a#brand {
text-transform: uppercase;
foat: left;
font-weight: 800;
font-size: 20px;
}
nav button {
background: none;
width: 30px;
height: 40px;
margin-top: 20px;
border: none;
float: right;
display: inline-block;
cursor: pointer;
display: none;
}
nav button span {
width: 30px;
height: 40px;
height: 2px;
background: #333;
display: block;
margin: 5px 0;
}
#media (max-width: 768px) {
nav ul.navbar-menu {
display: none;
}
nav button {
display: block;
}
}
$(document).ready(function () {
var c, currentScrollTop = 0,
navbar = $('nav');
$(window).scroll(function () {
var a = $(window).scrollTop();
var b = navbar.height();
currentScrollTop = a;
if (c < currentScrollTop && a > b + b) {
navbar.addClass("scrollUp");
} else if (c > currentScrollTop && !(a <= b)) {
navbar.removeClass("scrollUp");
}
c = currentScrollTop;
});
});
When I view the page via inspector, I get an uncaught reference error:
Uncaught ReferenceError: $ is not defined
However, I have jquery imported as my snippet shows.
How can I fix this?

I am edit you some portions of code it's fixed please check.
$(document).ready(function () {
var c, currentScrollTop = 0,
navbar = $('nav');
$(window).scroll(function () {
var a = $(window).scrollTop();
var b = navbar.height();
currentScrollTop = a;
if (c < currentScrollTop && a > b + b) {
navbar.addClass("scrollUp");
} else if (c > currentScrollTop && !(a <= b)) {
navbar.removeClass("scrollUp");
}
c = currentScrollTop;
});
});
body {
background: #eee;
min-height: 3000px;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
}
.add_menu{
background: red;
}
.container {
width: 80%;
margin: 0 auto;
clear: both;
}
a {
display: inline-block;
color: #333;
text-decoration: none;
}
nav {
background: #fff;
height: 80px;
line-height: 80px;
box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
z-index: 9998;
transition: all 0.5s;
}
nav.scrollUp {
transform: translateY(-80px);
}
nav ul.navbar-menu {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
display: inline-block;
float: right;
}
nav ul.navbar-menu li {
display: inline-block;
margin: 0 10px;
}
nav ul.navbar-menu li a {
color: #666;
font-size: 14px;
}
nav a#brand {
text-transform: uppercase;
foat: left;
font-weight: 800;
font-size: 20px;
}
nav button {
background: none;
width: 30px;
height: 40px;
margin-top: 20px;
border: none;
float: right;
display: inline-block;
cursor: pointer;
display: none;
}
nav button span {
width: 30px;
height: 40px;
height: 2px;
background: #333;
display: block;
margin: 5px 0;
}
#media (max-width: 768px) {
nav ul.navbar-menu {
display: none;
}
nav button {
display: block;
}
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<nav>
<div class="container">
Brand
<button>
<span></span>
<span></span>
<span></span>
</button>
<ul class="navbar-menu">
<li>Home</li>
<li>page a</li>
<li>page b</li>
<li>page c</li>
<li>page d</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>

JavaScript + CSS Single Collapsible Vertical Menu

Everybody, I have been learning and trying to make a collapsible vertical menu using JavaScript and CSS.
What should I do so that when I expand both menus and I click again on user 1, the user 2 will be hidden?
Here's the coding:
body {
background:#ffffff;
margin: 0 auto;
}
#nav{
width: 200px;
padding: 0;
margin-bottom: 0px;
font-size: 10px;
font-family: Verdana;
color: #999999;
}
#nav ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: none;
}
#nav li {
border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;
margin: 0;
width: auto;
}
li ul {
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
position: relative;
display:none;
}
ul li a {
display:block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000000;
background: #8CDD81;
line-height:2em;
height:2em;
padding:2px 2px
}
li li a {
background:#D7DBDD
}
li:hover li a, li.over li a {
background-color: #D7DBDD;
}
li a:hover,
li:hover a, li.over a,
li:hover li a:hover, li.over li a:hover {
color: #000000;
background-color: #F4D03F ;
}
header {
font-family: 'Lobster', cursive;
text-align: center;
font-size: 25px;
}
#info {
font-size: 18px;
color: #555;
text-align: center;
margin-bottom: 25px;
}
a{
color: #074E8C;
}
.scrollbar {
margin-left: 30px;
float: left;
height: 200px;
width: 210px;
background: #F5F5F5;
overflow-y: scroll;
margin-bottom: 25px;
}
.force-overflow {
min-height: 450px;
}
#wrapper {
text-align: center;
width: 500px;
margin: auto;
}
/*
* STYLE 4
*/
#style-4::-webkit-scrollbar-track
{
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
background-color: #F5F5F5;
}
#style-4::-webkit-scrollbar
{
width: 10px;
background-color: #cccccc;
}
#style-4::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb
{
background-color: #9fa6ad;
border: 2px solid #9fa6ad;
}
li ul li {}
li.on ul {
display:block
}
li.off ul {
display:none
}
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
startList = function() {
if (document.getElementById) {
navRoot = document.getElementById("nav");
for (i=0; i<navRoot.childNodes.length; i++) {
node = navRoot.childNodes[i];
if (node.nodeName=="LI") {
node.onclick=function() {
this.className = (this.className == "on") ? "off" : "on";
}
}
}
}
}
window.onload=startList;
//--><!]]>
</script>
<body>
<id="wrapper">
<div class="scrollbar" id="style-4" class="force-overflow">
<ul id="nav">
<li><strong>MENU</strong></li>
<li><strong>User 1 ></strong>
<ul>
<li>Name </li>
<li>Age</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>User 2 ></strong>
<ul>
<li>Name</li>
<li>Age</li>
</ul>
</li>
</div>
</div>
</ul>
</body>

off previously selected li by removing on class from other element
if(document.getElementsByClassName("on").length>0)
document.getElementsByClassName("on")[0].className = "off";
body {
background: #ffffff;
margin: 0 auto;
}
#nav {
width: 200px;
padding: 0;
margin-bottom: 0px;
font-size: 10px;
font-family: Verdana;
color: #999999;
}
#nav ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: none;
}
#nav li {
border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;
margin: 0;
width: auto;
}
li ul {
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
position: relative;
display: none;
}
ul li a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000000;
background: #8CDD81;
line-height: 2em;
height: 2em;
padding: 2px 2px
}
li li a {
background: #D7DBDD
}
li:hover li a,
li.over li a {
background-color: #D7DBDD;
}
li a:hover,
li:hover a,
li.over a,
li:hover li a:hover,
li.over li a:hover {
color: #000000;
background-color: #F4D03F;
}
header {
font-family: 'Lobster', cursive;
text-align: center;
font-size: 25px;
}
#info {
font-size: 18px;
color: #555;
text-align: center;
margin-bottom: 25px;
}
a {
color: #074E8C;
}
.scrollbar {
margin-left: 30px;
float: left;
height: 200px;
width: 210px;
background: #F5F5F5;
overflow-y: scroll;
margin-bottom: 25px;
}
.force-overflow {
min-height: 450px;
}
#wrapper {
text-align: center;
width: 500px;
margin: auto;
}
/*
* STYLE 4
*/
#style-4::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
background-color: #F5F5F5;
}
#style-4::-webkit-scrollbar {
width: 10px;
background-color: #cccccc;
}
#style-4::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
background-color: #9fa6ad;
border: 2px solid #9fa6ad;
}
li ul li {} li.on ul {
display: block
}
li.off ul {
display: none
}
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
startList = function() {
if (document.getElementById) {
navRoot = document.getElementById("nav");
for (i = 0; i < navRoot.childNodes.length; i++) {
node = navRoot.childNodes[i];
if (node.nodeName == "LI") {
node.onclick = function() {
if(document.getElementsByClassName("on").length>0)
document.getElementsByClassName("on")[0].className = "off";
this.className = (this.className == "on") ? "off" : "on";
}
}
}
}
}
window.onload = startList;
//--><!]]>
</script>
<body>
<id="wrapper">
<div class="scrollbar" id="style-4" class="force-overflow">
<ul id="nav">
<li><strong>MENU</strong>
</li>
<li><strong>User 1 ></strong>
<ul>
<li>Name
</li>
<li>Age
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>User 2 ></strong>
<ul>
<li>Name
</li>
<li>Age
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</div>
</div>
</ul>
</body>

You can use jQuery to reduce your coding efforts.
Following is the only code you need.
body {
background: #ffffff;
margin: 0 auto;
}
#nav {
width: 200px;
padding: 0;
margin-bottom: 0px;
font-size: 10px;
font-family: Verdana;
color: #999999;
}
#nav ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: none;
}
#nav li {
border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;
margin: 0;
width: auto;
}
li ul {
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
position: relative;
display: none;
}
ul li a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000000;
background: #8CDD81;
line-height: 2em;
height: 2em;
padding: 2px 2px
}
li li a {
background: #D7DBDD
}
li:hover li a,
li.over li a {
background-color: #D7DBDD;
}
li a:hover,
li:hover a,
li.over a,
li:hover li a:hover,
li.over li a:hover {
color: #000000;
background-color: #F4D03F;
}
header {
font-family: 'Lobster', cursive;
text-align: center;
font-size: 25px;
}
#info {
font-size: 18px;
color: #555;
text-align: center;
margin-bottom: 25px;
}
a {
color: #074E8C;
}
.scrollbar {
margin-left: 30px;
float: left;
height: 200px;
width: 210px;
background: #F5F5F5;
overflow-y: scroll;
margin-bottom: 25px;
}
.force-overflow {
min-height: 450px;
}
#wrapper {
text-align: center;
width: 500px;
margin: auto;
}
/*
* STYLE 4
*/
#style-4::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
background-color: #F5F5F5;
}
#style-4::-webkit-scrollbar {
width: 10px;
background-color: #cccccc;
}
#style-4::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
background-color: #9fa6ad;
border: 2px solid #9fa6ad;
}
li ul li {} li.on ul {
display: block
}
li.off ul {
display: none
}
<script type="text/javascript" src='https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js'> </script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#nav li").click(function(){
currentClass = $(this).attr('class');
$("#nav li").removeClass('on').addClass('off');
newClass = (currentClass == 'on' ? 'off' : 'on');
$(this).removeClass('off').addClass(newClass);
});
});
</script>
<body>
<id="wrapper">
<div class="scrollbar" id="style-4" class="force-overflow">
<ul id="nav">
<li class=''><strong>MENU</strong>
</li>
<li><strong>User 1 ></strong>
<ul>
<li>Name
</li>
<li>Age
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>User 2 ></strong>
<ul>
<li>Name
</li>
<li>Age
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>User 3 ></strong>
<ul>
<li>Name
</li>
<li>Age
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</div>
</div>
</ul>
</body>

I made this nav menu for reference. It's responsive to screen size too.
var btn = document.getElementById('navBtn');
var ul = document.getElementById('navUl');
btn.addEventListener("click", function(){
ul.classList.toggle("active");
});
#bar {
position: fixed;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
width: 100%;
background-color: #333;
}
nav ul {
list-style: none;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
nav ul li {
display: inline-block;
}
nav ul li a {
display: inline-block;
padding: 20px;
color: #fff;
font-family: Verdana;
text-decoration: none;
}
nav ul li:hover {
background-color: #666;
}
#navBtn {
display: none;
}
#media screen and (max-width: 500px) {
nav ul li,
nav ul li a {
text-align: center;
display: block;
}
nav ul {
display: none;
}
nav ul.active {
display: block;
}
#navBtn {
display: block;
width: 60px;
height: 60px;
border: 1px solid #fff;
background-color: #333;
color: #fff;
}
}
<div id="bar">
<button id="navBtn">☰</button>
<nav>
<ul id="navUl">
<li>home</li>
<li>news</li>
<li>contact</li>
<li>about</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</div>
As a side note, you can also technically do this with pure CSS (though, that's a bit tricky; you'd use a checkbox w/ labels for it).
Also, I saw your className = code, so I wanted to specifically point out the Element.classList bit in my code. It comes with .add(), .remove(), .toggle() and other useful methods.

Dropdown menu for webpage

I created a simple website for practice purposes. I'm trying to create a dropdown menu for the Items in navigation but when I ran the website, it doesn't show anything. All files are saved in desktop.
Here is the code for my html(main.html) with jquery(jquery-1.3.2.min.js):
function mainmenu() {
$(" #nav ul ").css({
display: "none"
});
$(" #nav li ").hover(function() {
$(this).find('ul:first').css({
visibility: "visible",
display: "none"
}).show(400);
}, function() {
$(this).find('ul:first').css({
visibility: "hidden"
});
});
}
$(document).ready(function() {
mainmenu();
});
body {
font-family: 'lucida grande', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
background-color: #e9e9e9;
}
#wrapper {
width: 1080px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 10px;
border: 5px solid #dedede;
background-color: #fff;
}
#banner {
height: 200px;
border: 3px solid #E3E3E3;
background-color: blue;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
}
#navigation {
height: 60px;
border: 3px solid #E3E3E3;
margin-top: 20px;
margin-left: 5px;
margin-right: 5px;
background-color: red;
text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em #333;
}
#nav {
list-style: none;
}
#nav ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: auto;
display: none;
}
#nav li {
font-size: 24px;
float: left;
position: relative;
width: 180px;
height: 50px;
}
#nav li ul li {
background-color: green;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
border: 3px solid #E3E3E3;
padding-left: 10px;
}
#nav a:link,
#nav a:active,
#nav a:visited {
display: block;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}
#nav a:hover {
color: lightblue;
}
#content_area {
float: left;
width: 750px;
height: 382px;
margin: 20px 0px 20px 5px;
padding: 10px;
border: 3px solid #E3E3E3;
}
#sidebar {
float: right;
width: 250px;
height: 402px;
margin: 20px 10px 20px 10px;
border: 3px solid #E3E3E3;
background-color: yellow;
}
#footer {
clear: both;
width: auto;
height: 40px;
margin-top: 20px;
background-color: blue;
text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em #333;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="banner">
</div>
<div id="navigation">
<ul id="nav">
<li>Home
</li>
<li>Items
</li>
<ul>
<li>T-Shirt
</li>
<li>Pants
</li>
<li>Accessories
</li>
</ul>
<li>Shop
</li>
<li>About
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="content_area">
</div>
<div id="sidebar">
</div>
<div id="footer">
<p>All rights reserved</p>
</div>
</div>

Yes the error is inside your code. You are trying to target the first ul inside the li but in your code you the ul is standalone/ outside the li.
<li>Items
</li>
<ul>
<li>T-Shirt
</li>
<li>Pants
</li>
<li>Accessories
</li>
</ul>
see the ul is out side the Items li, put it inside and it will work like this.
<li>Items
<ul>
<li>T-Shirt
</li>
<li>Pants
</li>
<li>Accessories
</li>
</ul>
</li>
You were putting a ul inside a ul directly.

The problem is not with your jQuery but with the HTML, you should wrap your dropdown menu (ul) with items (li)
function mainmenu() {
$(" #nav ul ").css({
display: "none"
});
$(" #nav li ").hover(function() {
$(this).find('ul:first').css({
visibility: "visible",
display: "none"
}).show(400);
}, function() {
$(this).find('ul:first').css({
visibility: "hidden"
});
});
}
$(document).ready(function() {
mainmenu();
});
body {
font-family: 'lucida grande', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
background-color: #e9e9e9;
}
#wrapper {
width: 1080px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 10px;
border: 5px solid #dedede;
background-color: #fff;
}
#banner {
height: 200px;
border: 3px solid #E3E3E3;
background-color: blue;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
}
#navigation {
height: 60px;
border: 3px solid #E3E3E3;
margin-top: 20px;
margin-left: 5px;
margin-right: 5px;
background-color: red;
text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em #333;
}
#nav {
list-style: none;
}
#nav ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: auto;
display: none;
}
#nav li {
font-size: 24px;
float: left;
position: relative;
width: 180px;
height: 50px;
}
#nav li ul li {
background-color: green;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
border: 3px solid #E3E3E3;
padding-left: 10px;
}
#nav a:link,
#nav a:active,
#nav a:visited {
display: block;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}
#nav a:hover {
color: lightblue;
}
#content_area {
float: left;
width: 750px;
height: 382px;
margin: 20px 0px 20px 5px;
padding: 10px;
border: 3px solid #E3E3E3;
}
#sidebar {
float: right;
width: 250px;
height: 402px;
margin: 20px 10px 20px 10px;
border: 3px solid #E3E3E3;
background-color: yellow;
}
#footer {
clear: both;
width: auto;
height: 40px;
margin-top: 20px;
background-color: blue;
text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em #333;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="banner">
</div>
<div id="navigation">
<ul id="nav">
<li>Home
</li>
<li>Items
<ul>
<li>T-Shirt
</li>
<li>Pants
</li>
<li>Accessories
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Shop
</li>
<li>About
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="content_area">
</div>
<div id="sidebar">
</div>
<div id="footer">
<p>All rights reserved</p>
</div>
</div>

CSS/Javascript <ul> Menu Pop Up

I'm trying to create a simple menu pop-up effect using anchors within a div and unordered lists.
I want the html to look something like this:
<div class="info">
Link |
<a onclick="menu('id1');">Another Link</a>
<ul id="id1" class="submenu">
<li>Stuff</li>
<li>Other</li>
<li>Hooray</li>
</ul>
</div>
Here is my javascript [pretty simple, not the problem, i don't think]:
function menu(id) {
var myLayer = document.getElementById(id);
if (myLayer.style.display == "none" || myLayer.style.display == "") {
myLayer.style.display = "block";
} else {
myLayer.style.display = "none";
}
}
The css is I believe where the problem is:
.info ul .submenu
{
border: solid 1px #000;
border-top: none;
background: #FFFFFF;
position: relative;
top: 4px;
width: 150px;
padding: 6px 0;
clear: both;
z-index: 2;
display: none;
}
.info ul .submenu li
{
background: none;
display: block;
float: none;
margin: 0 6px;
border: 0;
height: auto;
line-height: normal;
border-top: solid 1px #00ff00;
}
.info .submenu li a
{
background: none;
display: block;
float: none;
padding: 6px 6px;
margin: 0;
border: 0;
height: auto;
color: #ff0000;
line-height: normal;
}
.info .submenu li a:hover
{
background: #0000ff;
}
I don't really know how to create the css on the ul so that if appears over the underlying text. I can't get it in the right spot.
I just want to click the <a> tag and a menu will pop up directly below the <a> tag.

I cleaned up your CSS:
.info ul.submenu
{
border: solid 1px #000;
border-top: none;
background-color: #fff;
position: relative;
top: 4px;
width: 150px;
padding: 6px 0px 0px 0px;
z-index: 2;
display: none;
}
.info ul.submenu li
{
display: block;
border: none;
border-top: solid 1px #00ff00;
}
.info ul.submenu li a
{
display: block;
padding: 6px 0px 6px 4px;
color: #ff0000;
}
.info ul.submenu li a:hover
{
background: #0000ff;
}
Let me know if the problem is still there. Like I said earlier, I don't see "a"'s moving on show/hide.
EDIT: Ok. I'm much more stronger with jQuery as oppose to plain javascript. If you cannot use jQuery for whatever reason, I have to leave it up to you to perform the same with plain js. Sorry!
HTML:
<ul class="root">
<li>
<div class="menuHeader">Something 1</div>
<ul class="parent">
<li>asdf 1.1</li>
<li>asdf 1.2</li>
<li>asdf 1.3</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<div class="menuHeader">Something 2</div>
<ul class="parent">
<li>asdf 2.1</li>
<li>asdf 2.2</li>
<li>asdf 2.3</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<div class="menuHeader">Something 3</div>
<ul class="parent">
<li>asdf 3.1</li>
<li>asdf 3.2</li>
<li>asdf 3.3</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
CSS:
.info ul.root > li
{
width: auto;
float: left;
border:solid 1px blue;
padding:5px;
}
.info ul.parent
{
padding:0px;
display:none;
}
.info .menuHeader
{
cursor:pointer;
}
.info li
{
list-style: none;
}
Javascript (utilizing jQuery):
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.menuHeader').click(function(event) {
$('.parent').hide();
$(this).siblings('.parent').show();
});
});
I included only the functional kind of stuff in the CSS. Obviously, you need different look, so you may play with colors on your own. Let me know if you have more questions.

Try:
ul .submenu ==> ul.submenu
in the css.

I have made a couple of changes to ur css -
i am directly refering to submenu class
.submenu
{
list-style: none;
display: none;
border: solid 1px #000;
border-top: none;
background: #FFFFFF;
position: relative;
top: 4px;
margin:0;
padding: 0 5px;
width: 150px;
clear: both;
z-index: 2;
}
.submenu li
{
background: none;
display: block;
float: none;
margin: 0 6px;
border: 0;
height: auto;
line-height: normal;
border-top: solid 1px #00ff00;
}
.submenu li a
{
background: none;
display: block;
float: none;
padding: 6px 6px;
margin: 0;
border: 0;
height: auto;
color: #ff0000;
line-height: normal;
}
.submenu li a:hover
{
background: #0000ff;
}