.menu {width:980px; font-size:0.85em;position:relative;z-index:100;background:#798EA1; height:30px;color:#FFFFFF;}
/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
.menu ul {padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;}
.menu ul ul {width:120px;}
/* float the list to make it horizontal and a relative positon so that you can control the dropdown menu positon */
.menu li  {float:left;width:120px;position:relative;}
/* style the links for the top level */
.menu a, .menu a:visited, .menu a:active {display:block;font-size:11px;text-decoration:none; color:#FFFFFF; width:119px; height:30px; border:1px solid #fff; border-width:0 1px 0 0; background:#798EA1; line-height:29px;} /* Active du niveau 1 */
/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */
* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {width:120px;w\idth:119px;}
/* style the second level background */
.menu ul ul a.drop, .menu ul ul a.drop:visited {background:#bddcf7 url(images/drop.gif) bottom right no-repeat;}
/* style the second level hover */
.menu ul ul a.drop:hover{background:#7b94a9 url(images/drop.gif) bottom right no-repeat;}
.menu ul ul :hover > a.drop {background:#7b94a9 url(images/drop.gif) bottom right no-repeat;}
/* style the third level background */
.menu ul ul ul a, .menu ul ul ul a:visited {background:#c6cdd2;}  /* Active du niveau 3 */
/* style the third level hover */
.menu ul ul ul a:hover {background:#a6a5a3;} /* Hover du niveau 3 */
/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */
.menu ul ul {visibility:hidden;position:absolute;height:0;top:30px;left:0; width:150px;}
/* another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul {top:29px;t\op:30px;}
/* position the third level flyout menu */
.menu ul ul ul{left:150px; top:0;width:150px;}
/* position the third level flyout menu for a left flyout */
.menu ul ul ul.left {left:-150px;}
/* style the table so that it takes no ppart in the layout - required for IE to work */
.menu table {position:absolute; top:0; left:0;}
/* style the second level links */
.menu ul ul a, .menu ul ul a:visited {background:#bddcf7; color:#000000; height:auto; line-height:1em; padding:5px 10px; width:129px /* yet another hack for IE5.5 */ }
* html .menu ul ul a{width:150px;w\idth:129px;}
/* style the top level hover */
.menu a:hover, .menu ul ul a:hover{color:#fff; background:#949e7c;}/* Hover du niveau 2 */
.menu :hover > a, .menu ul ul :hover > a {color:#FFFFFF;background:#83A2BE;}/* Hover du niveau 1 */
/* make the second level visible when hover on first level list OR link */
.menu ul li:hover ul,.menu ul a:hover ul{visibility:visible; }
/* keep the third level hidden when you hover on first level list OR link */
.menu ul :hover ul ul{visibility:hidden;}
/* make the third level visible when you hover over second level list OR link */
.menu ul :hover ul :hover ul{ visibility:visible;}