Do you have an example? Are you sure it's a fade effect? I've got the color change but I'd like the soft fade effect. I don't know what exactly I'd be changing because my menu .css coding is so long...
/* begin Menu */
/* menu structure */
.art-hmenu a, .art-hmenu a:link, .art-hmenu a:visited, .art-hmenu a:hover
{
outline: none;
}
.art-hmenu, .art-hmenu ul
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
list-style-type: none;
display: block;
}
.art-hmenu li
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
display: block;
float: left;
position: relative;
z-index: 5;
background: none;
}
.art-hmenu li:hover
{
z-index: 10000;
white-space: normal;
}
.art-hmenu li li
{
float: none;
}
.art-hmenu ul
{
visibility: hidden;
position: absolute;
z-index: 10;
left: 0;
top: 0;
background: none;
min-height: 0;
background-image: url('images/spacer.gif');
padding: 10px 30px 30px 30px;
margin: -10px 0 0 -30px;
}
.art-hmenu li:hover>ul
{
visibility: visible;
top: 100%;
}
.art-hmenu li li:hover>ul
{
top: 0;
left: 100%;
}
.art-hmenu:after, .art-hmenu ul:after
{
content: ".";
height: 0;
display: block;
visibility: hidden;
overflow: hidden;
clear: both;
}
.art-hmenu{
min-height: 0;
position:relative;
padding: 2px 0 0 0;
}
.art-hmenu ul ul
{
padding: 30px 30px 30px 10px;
margin: -30px 0 0 -10px;
}
/* menu structure */
.art-nav
{
position: relative;
margin:0 auto;
min-height: 34px;
z-index: 100;
margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
}
.art-nav-outer
{
position:absolute;
width:100%;
}
.art-nav-l, .art-nav-r
{
position: absolute;
z-index: -1;
top: 0;
height: 100%;
background-image: url('images/nav.png');
}
.art-nav-l
{
left: 0;
right: 5px;
}
.art-nav-r
{
right: 0;
width: 1045px;
clip: rect(auto, auto, auto, 1040px);
}
/* end Menu */
/* begin MenuItem */
.art-hmenu a
{
position: relative;
display: block;
overflow: hidden;
height: 32px;
cursor: pointer;
text-align: left;
text-decoration: none;
}
.art-hmenu ul li
{
margin:0;
clear: both;
}
.art-hmenu a .r, .art-hmenu a .l
{
position: absolute;
display: block;
top: 0;
z-index: -1;
height: 106px;
background-image: url('images/menuitem.png');
}
.art-hmenu a .l
{
left: 0;
right: 4px;
}
.art-hmenu a .r
{
width: 408px;
right: 0;
clip: rect(auto, auto, auto, 404px);
}
.art-hmenu a .t, .art-hmenu ul a, .art-hmenu a:link, .art-hmenu a:visited, .art-hmenu a:hover
{
text-align: left;
text-decoration: none;
}
.art-hmenu a .t
{
color: #0E0902;
padding: 0 9px;
margin: 0 4px;
line-height: 32px;
text-align: center;
}
.art-hmenu a:hover .l, .art-hmenu a:hover .r
{
top: -37px;
}
.art-hmenu li:hover>a .l, .art-hmenu li:hover>a .r
{
top: -37px;
}
.art-hmenu li:hover a .l, .art-hmenu li:hover a .r
{
top: -37px;
}
.art-hmenu a:hover .t
{
color: #000000;
}
.art-hmenu li:hover a .t
{
color: #000000;
}
.art-hmenu li:hover>a .t
{
color: #000000;
}
.art-hmenu a.active .l, .art-hmenu a.active .r
{
top: -74px;
}
.art-hmenu a.active .t
{
color: #F5D7A8;
}
/* end MenuItem */
/* begin MenuSeparator */
.art-hmenu .art-hmenu-li-separator
{
display: block;
width: 0;
height:32px;
}
/* end MenuSeparator */
/* begin MenuSubItem */
.art-hmenu ul a
{
display: block;
white-space: nowrap;
height: 32px;
width: 180px;
overflow: hidden;
background-image: url('images/subitem.png');
background-position: left top;
background-repeat: repeat-x;
border-width: 1px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #F6AC2C;
text-align: left;
text-indent: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
line-height: 32px;
color: #F7B84A;
font-size: 13px;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
.art-nav ul.art-hmenu ul span, .art-nav ul.art-hmenu ul span span
{
display: inline;
float: none;
margin: inherit;
padding: inherit;
background-image: none;
text-align: inherit;
text-decoration: inherit;
}
.art-hmenu ul a:link, .art-hmenu ul a:visited, .art-hmenu ul a:hover, .art-hmenu ul a:active, .art-nav ul.art-hmenu ul span, .art-nav ul.art-hmenu ul span span
{
text-align: left;
text-indent: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
line-height: 32px;
color: #F7B84A;
font-size: 13px;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
.art-hmenu ul li a:hover
{
color: #000000;
border-color: #F9C367;
background-position: 0 -32px;
}
.art-hmenu ul li:hover>a
{
color: #000000;
border-color: #F9C367;
background-position: 0 -32px;
}
.art-nav .art-hmenu ul li a:hover span, .art-nav .art-hmenu ul li a:hover span span
{
color: #000000;
}
.art-nav .art-hmenu ul li:hover>a span, .art-nav .art-hmenu ul li:hover>a span span
{
color: #000000;
}
/* end MenuSubItem */
I appreciate the response Chris