var nav, lis, closer, IE, IEMenuContainer;

 function init()
 {
   IE = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE') > 0)?true:false;
   IEMenuContainer = byId('IEMenuContainer');
   nav = byId('h_nav');
   lis = nav.getElementsByTagName('LI');

 	for(var i=0;i < lis.length;i++)
 	{
 		if(lis[i].className == 'minister' || lis[i].className == 'merkel')
 		{
	 		lis[i].onmouseover = function(e) {
 				window.clearTimeout(closer);
	 			collapseAll();
	 			//this.getElementsByTagName('UL')[0].style.display = 'block';
	 			showSubMenu(this);
	 			}
	 		lis[i].onmouseout = function(e) {
 				window.clearTimeout(closer);
	 			closer = window.setTimeout('collapseAll()', 500);
	 			}
 		}
 	}
 }

function collapseAll()
{
	if(IE)
	{
		IEMenuContainer.innerHTML = '';
		IEMenuContainer.style.display = 'none';
	}
	else
	{
		for(var i=0;i < lis.length;i++)
	 	{
	 		if(lis[i].className == 'minister' || lis[i].className == 'merkel')
		 		lis[i].getElementsByTagName('UL')[0].style.display='none';
	 	}
 	}
}

function showSubMenu(elem)
{
	if(IE)
	{
		var list = elem.getElementsByTagName('UL')[0];
		var lId = list.id;
		var left = elem.offsetLeft + 185;
		IEMenuContainer.style.display = 'block';
		IEMenuContainer.innerHTML = '<ul class="'+elem.className+'Sub">'+list.innerHTML+'</ul>';
		//alert(IEMenuContainer.innerHTML);
		list = IEMenuContainer.getElementsByTagName('UL')[0];
		list.style.left = left + 'px';
		list.onmouseover = function (e) {window.clearTimeout(closer);}
		list.onmouseout = function(e) {window.clearTimeout(closer);	closer = window.setTimeout('collapseAll()', 500);}
	}
	else
		elem.getElementsByTagName('UL')[0].style.display = 'block';
}

 function byId(id,parent)
 {
 	if(!parent)
 		parent = document;
 	return parent.getElementById(id);
 }