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Cannot create a vertical menu

I'm trying to create a vertical menu but the final result looks like this:
this is my code:
$("#example-one").append("<li id='magic-line'></li>");
/* Cache it */
var $magicLine = $("#magic-line");
$magicLine
.width($(".current_page_item").width())
.css("left", $(".current_page_item a").position().left)
.data("origLeft", $magicLine.position().left)
.data("origWidth", $magicLine.width());
$("#example-one li")
.find("a")
.hover(
function() {
$el = $(this);
leftPos = $el.position().left;
newWidth = $el.parent().width();
$magicLine.stop().animate({
left: leftPos,
width: newWidth
});
},
function() {
$magicLine.stop().animate({
left: $magicLine.data("origLeft"),
width: $magicLine.data("origWidth")
});
}
);
.nav-wrap {
margin: 50px auto;
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
border-top: 2px solid white;
border-bottom: 2px solid white;
}
/* Clearfix */
.group:after {
visibility: hidden;
display: block;
content: "";
clear: both;
height: 0;
}
*:first-child+html .group {
zoom: 1;
}
/* IE7 */
/* Example One */
#example-one {
margin: 0 auto;
list-style: none;
position: relative;
width: 200px;
}
#example-one li {
display: inline-block;
}
#example-one a {
color: #bbb;
font-size: 14px;
float: left;
padding: 6px 10px 4px 10px;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
#example-one a:hover {
color: white;
}
#magic-line {
position: absolute;
bottom: -2px;
left: 0;
width: 100px;
height: 2px;
background: #fe4902;
}
.current_page_item a {
color: white !important;
}
.ie6 #example-one li,
.ie7 #example-one li {
display: inline;
}
.ie6 #magic-line {
bottom: -3px;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="menu">
<ul class="group" id="example-one">
<li class="current_page_item" data-target="home" data-posmenu="-35px">hello</li>
<li class="" data-target="about">About</li>
<li class="" data-target="product">PRODUCTS</li>
<li class="" data-target="news">News</li>
<li class="" data-target="contact">Contact</li>
<li class="" data-target="policy_privacy">Privacy</li>
</ul>
</div>
Essentially I would like to have all the items as a vertical menu like this: https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_css_vertical_menu.asp
I tried to add a specific width but I get the same result
How can I achieve that?

Please replace your CSS code with these lines.
.nav-wrap {
margin: 50px auto;
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
border-top: 2px solid white;
border-bottom: 2px solid white;
}
/* Clearfix */
.group:after {
visibility: hidden;
display: block;
content: "";
clear: both;
height: 0;
}
*:first-child+html .group {
zoom: 1;
}
/* IE7 */
/* Example One */
#example-one {
list-style: none;
position: relative;
display: grid;
max-width: 200px;
background: #F1F1F1;
padding: 0px;
}
#example-one li {
display: inline-block;
}
#example-one a {
color: #000;
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
width: 100%;
float: left;
padding: 11px;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: capitalize;
}
#example-one a:hover {
color: #818181;
}
#magic-line {
position: absolute;
bottom: -2px;
left: 0;
width: 100px;
height: 2px;
background: #fe4902;
}
.current_page_item {
background: #4CAF50;
}
.current_page_item a {
color:white;
}
<div class="menu">
<ul class="group" id="example-one">
<li class="current_page_item" data-target="home" data-posmenu="-35px">hello</li>
<li class="" data-target="about">About</li>
<li class="" data-target="product">PRODUCTS</li>
<li class="" data-target="news">News</li>
<li class="" data-target="contact">Contact</li>
<li class="" data-target="policy_privacy">Privacy</li>
</ul>
</div>

You are using float and display: inline-block. Just remove those properties.
.nav-wrap {
margin: 50px auto;
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
border-top: 2px solid white;
border-bottom: 2px solid white;
}
/* Clearfix */
.group:after {
visibility: hidden;
display: block;
content: "";
clear: both;
height: 0;
}
*:first-child+html .group {
zoom: 1;
}
/* IE7 */
/* Example One */
#example-one {
margin: 0 auto;
list-style: none;
position: relative;
width: 200px;
}
#example-one a {
color: #bbb;
font-size: 14px;
padding: 6px 10px 4px 10px;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
#example-one a:hover {
color: white;
}
#magic-line {
position: absolute;
bottom: -2px;
left: 0;
width: 100px;
height: 2px;
background: #fe4902;
}
.current_page_item a {
color: white !important;
}
.ie6 #magic-line {
bottom: -3px;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="menu">
<ul class="group" id="example-one">
<li class="current_page_item" data-target="home" data-posmenu="-35px">hello</li>
<li class="" data-target="about">About</li>
<li class="" data-target="product">PRODUCTS</li>
<li class="" data-target="news">News</li>
<li class="" data-target="contact">Contact</li>
<li class="" data-target="policy_privacy">Privacy</li>
</ul>
</div>
But this is actually all you need. The rest is unnecessary:
#example-one {
margin: 0 auto;
align-self: center;
list-style: none;
position: relative;
}
#example-one a {
color: #bbb;
font-size: 14px;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
#example-one li {
padding: 6px 10px 4px 10px;
}
#example-one a:hover {
color: white;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="menu">
<ul class="group" id="example-one">
<li class="current_page_item" data-target="home" data-posmenu="-35px">hello</li>
<li class="" data-target="about">About</li>
<li class="" data-target="product">PRODUCTS</li>
<li class="" data-target="news">News</li>
<li class="" data-target="contact">Contact</li>
<li class="" data-target="policy_privacy">Privacy</li>
</ul>
</div>
I would also rework your orange line. You don't need JS/jQuery for this. Just use CSS.

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>

Function JavaScript : on Menu CSS HTML

I have problems with my menu. Currently, it's only working on the submenu dropdown.
How to enable it on the main menu too?
document.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
e = e || window.event;
var target = e.target || e.srcElement;
if (target.parentElement.className.indexOf('has-submenu') > -1) {
e.target.classList.toggle('open');
}
}, false);
#menu {
background: #343434;
color: #eee;
height: 35px;
border-bottom: 4px solid #eeeded
}
#menu ul,
#menu li {
margin: 0 0;
padding: 0 0;
list-style: none
}
#menu ul {
height: 35px
}
#menu li {
float: left;
display: inline;
position: relative;
font: bold 12px Arial;
text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 #000;
border-right: 1px solid #444;
border-left: 1px solid #111;
text-transform: uppercase
}
#menu li:first-child {
border-left: none
}
#menu a {
display: block;
line-height: 35px;
padding: 0 14px;
text-decoration: none;
color: #eee;
}
#menu li:hover > a,
#menu li a:hover {
background: #111
}
#menu input {
display: none;
margin: 0 0;
padding: 0 0;
width: 80px;
height: 35px;
opacity: 0;
cursor: pointer
}
#menu label {
font: bold 30px Arial;
display: none;
width: 35px;
height: 36px;
line-height: 36px;
text-align: center
}
#menu label span {
font-size: 12px;
position: absolute;
left: 35px
}
#menu ul.menus {
height: auto;
width: 180px;
background: #111;
position: absolute;
z-index: 99;
display: none;
border: 0;
}
#menu ul.menus li {
display: block;
width: 100%;
font: 12px Arial;
text-transform: none;
}
#menu li:hover ul.menus {
display: block
}
#menu a.home {
background: #c00;
}
#menu a.prett {
padding: 0 27px 0 14px
}
#menu a.prett::after {
content: "";
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-width: 6px 5px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #eee transparent transparent transparent;
position: absolute;
top: 15px;
right: 9px
}
#menu a.prett.open::after {
content: "";
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-width: 6px 5px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: transparent transparent #eee transparent;
position: absolute;
top: 9px;
right: 9px
}
#menu ul.menus a:hover {
background: #333;
}
#menu ul.menus .submenu {
display: none;
position: absolute;
left: 180px;
background: #111;
top: 0;
width: 180px;
}
#menu ul.menus .submenu li {
background: #111;
}
#menu ul.menus .has-submenu a.open ~ .submenu {
display: block;
}
<nav>
<ul id='menu'>
<li><a class='home' href='/'>Home</a></li>
<li><a class='prett' href='#' title='Menu'>Menu</a>
<ul class='menus'>
<li class='has-submenu'><a class='prett' href='#' title='Dropdown 1'>Dropdown 1 + Sub Menu</a>
<ul class='submenu'>
<li>Sub Menu</li>
<li>Sub Menu 2</li>
<li>Sub Menu 3</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href='#' title='Dropdown 2'>Dropdown 2</a></li>
<li><a href='#' title='Dropdown 3'>Dropdown 3</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/thepio/pn0ym10e/2/

Here's a working example. You only need to catch click events for all the elements with class has-submenu and toggle classes etc accordingly.
document.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
e = e || window.event;
var target = e.target || e.srcElement;
if (target.parentElement && target.parentElement.className.indexOf('has-submenu') > -1) {
e.target.parentElement.classList.toggle('open');
}
}, false);
#menu {
background: #343434;
color: #eee;
height: 35px;
border-bottom: 4px solid #eeeded
}
#menu ul,
#menu li {
margin: 0 0;
padding: 0 0;
list-style: none
}
#menu ul {
height: 35px
}
#menu li {
float: left;
display: inline;
position: relative;
font: bold 12px Arial;
text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 #000;
border-right: 1px solid #444;
border-left: 1px solid #111;
text-transform: uppercase
}
#menu li:first-child {
border-left: none
}
#menu a {
display: block;
line-height: 35px;
padding: 0 14px;
text-decoration: none;
color: #eee;
}
#menu li:hover > a,
#menu li a:hover {
background: #111
}
#menu input {
display: none;
margin: 0 0;
padding: 0 0;
width: 80px;
height: 35px;
opacity: 0;
cursor: pointer
}
#menu label {
font: bold 30px Arial;
display: none;
width: 35px;
height: 36px;
line-height: 36px;
text-align: center
}
#menu label span {
font-size: 12px;
position: absolute;
left: 35px
}
#menu ul.submenu {
height: auto;
width: 180px;
background: #111;
position: absolute;
z-index: 99;
display: none;
border: 0;
}
#menu ul.submenu li {
display: block;
width: 100%;
font: 12px Arial;
text-transform: none;
}
#menu a.home {
background: #c00;
}
#menu a.prett {
padding: 0 27px 0 14px
}
#menu a.prett::after {
content: "";
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-width: 6px 5px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #eee transparent transparent transparent;
position: absolute;
top: 15px;
right: 9px
}
#menu .has-submenu.open > a.prett::after {
content: "";
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-width: 6px 5px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: transparent transparent #eee transparent;
position: absolute;
top: 9px;
right: 9px
}
#menu ul a:hover {
background: #333;
}
#menu ul .submenu {
display: none;
position: absolute;
left: 180px;
background: #111;
top: 0;
width: 180px;
}
#menu ul.menus .submenu li {
background: #111;
}
#menu li.has-submenu.open > .submenu {
display: block;
}
<nav>
<ul id='menu'>
<li><a class='home' href='/'>Home</a></li>
<li class='has-submenu'><a class='prett' href='#' title='Menu'>Menu</a>
<ul class='submenu'>
<li class='has-submenu'><a class='prett' title='Dropdown 1'>Dropdown 1 + Sub Menu</a>
<ul class='submenu'>
<li>Sub Menu</li>
<li>Sub Menu 2</li>
<li>Sub Menu 3</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href='#' title='Dropdown 2'>Dropdown 2</a></li>
<li><a href='#' title='Dropdown 3'>Dropdown 3</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>

How to create an expandable <li> element in html

So I have this competetion about creating a website and I want to create a list element which is expandable when the user for example sends the mouse over it just like in the website below and the options pop out
http://www.howtogeek.com/
This is the HTML
<ul>
<li>Artikuj</li>
<li>Na ndiqni</li>
<li>Rreth nesh</li>
</ul>
And this is the CSS
ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: black;
height: 37px;
border-radius: 20px;
}
li {
float: left;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif
}
li a {
display: block;
color: white;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
background-color: black
}
li a:hover:not(.active) {
background-color: gray;
}
li a.active {
color: white;
background-color: black;
}

Pure CSS:
ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: black;
height: 37px;
border-radius: 20px;
}
li {
float: left;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif
}
li a {
display: block;
color: white;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
background-color: black
}
li a:hover:not(.active) {
background-color: gray;
}
li a.active {
color: white;
background-color: black;
}
li ul {
display: none;
position: absolute;
}
li:hover ul {
display: block;
}
<ul>
<li>Artikuj
<ul>
<li>Artikuj</li>
<li>Na ndiqni</li>
<li>Rreth nesh</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Na ndiqni</li>
<li>Rreth nesh</li>
</ul>

CSS:
ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #333;
}
li {
float: left;
}
li a, .dropbtn {
display: inline-block;
color: white;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
}
li a:hover, .dropdown:hover .dropbtn {
background-color: red;
}
li.dropdown {
display: inline-block;
}
.dropdown-content {
display: none;
position: absolute;
background-color: #f9f9f9;
min-width: 160px;
box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
}
.dropdown-content a {
color: black;
padding: 12px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
text-align: left;
}
li .menuall{
width: 600px;
}
.menuall_list{
float: left;
width: 200px;
}
.dropdown-content a:hover {background-color: #f1f1f1}
.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
display: block;
}
HTML:
<ul>
<li><a class="active" href="#home">Home</a></li>
<li>News</li>
<li class="dropdown">
Artikuj
<div class="dropdown-content">
<div class="menuall">
<div class="menuall_list">
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
</div>
<div class="menuall_list">
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
</div>
<div class="menuall_list">
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
</div>
</div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
This code is for as like www.howtogeek.com menu. Now you change the color or shape as per your design.

My CSS/JS drop down menu won't stay down when I hover over the items

I made this drop down menu with a link; When I hover over the link the menu retracts to the top of the screen and the link disappears like I moved the mouse off of the menu completely.
Here it is published: http://camron.onyxtek.com/
Html:
<body>
<div id="navigation">
<ul id="navlist">
<li class="titleli">
Some Title
</li>
<li class="breadcrumb" id="bc1" onmouseover="bc1_MouseOver()"><p class="bctitle">Projects</p></li>
<li class="breadcrumb" id="bc2" onmouseover="bc2_MouseOver()"><p class="bctitle">Stuff</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="navmenu" onmouseover="nm_MouseOver()" onmouseout="nm_MouseOut()">
<ul id="ml1" class="menulist">
<li class="menuli">
<a class="menulink" href="/Main/AsciiPlatformer">Ascii Platformer</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="container">
#RenderBody()
</div>
</body>
CSS:
#navigation, #navlist {
width: auto;
height: 50px;
}
#navigation {
background-color: #888;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#navmenu {
background-color: #aaa;
position: relative;
margin: 0, 0, 10px, 0;
height: 3px;
transition: height linear 0.25s;
}
#navlist {
list-style: none;
display: block;
clear: left;
}
#navlist li {
float: left;
display: block;
height: inherit;
margin-right: 10px;
}
#titleli {
background-color: #aaa;
}
#titlelink {
font-family: "Lucida Console", Monaco, monospace;
color: #ddd;
font-size: 25px;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
margin: 12px 2px 0 10px;
}
.breadcrumb {
background-color: #999;
border-left: 2px solid #aaa;
border-right: 2px solid #aaa;
width: 100px;
}
.menulist {
display: none;
position: absolute;
list-style: none;
clear: left;
}
.menulink {
font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
color: #ddd;
font-size: 15px;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
margin: 10px 0 0 10px;
}
.bctitle {
font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
color: #ddd;
font-size: 15px;
text-decoration: underline;
display: block;
margin: 18px 0 0 8px;
}
body {
background-color: #ddd;
}
body, div, ul, li, a {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
}
JavaScript:
var menuHover = false;
function resetColors() {
document.getElementById("bc1").style.backgroundColor = "#999";
document.getElementById("bc2").style.backgroundColor = "#999";
}
function showMenu(index, bool) {
if (bool) {
document.getElementById("ml" + index).style.display = "block";
} else {
document.getElementById("ml" + index).style.display = "none";
}
}
function bc1_MouseOver() {
resetColors();
document.getElementById("navmenu").style.height = "200px";
showMenu(1, true);
document.getElementById("bc1").style.backgroundColor = "#aaa";
}
function bc2_MouseOver() {
resetColors();
document.getElementById("navmenu").style.height = "200px";
showMenu(1, false);
document.getElementById("bc2").style.backgroundColor = "#aaa";
}
function nm_MouseOver() {
menuHover = true;
}
function nm_MouseOut() {
menuHover = false;
document.getElementById("navmenu").style.height = "3px";
showMenu(1, false);
resetColors();
}

Have you tried setting your <li> element to have the attribute pointer-events: none in the CSS?