function quirkspos(obj) { // http://www.quirksmode.org/js/findpos.html#link8
  var curtop;
  var curleft = curtop = 0;
  if (obj.offsetParent) {
    curleft = obj.offsetLeft;
    curtop = obj.offsetTop;
    while (obj = obj.offsetParent) {
      curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
      curtop += obj.offsetTop;
    }
  }
  return {x:curleft,y:curtop};
}
var mastertabvar=new Object()
mastertabvar.baseopacity=0
mastertabvar.browserdetect=""

function showsubmenu(masterid, id, refele){
if (typeof highlighting!="undefined")
clearInterval(highlighting)
submenuobject=document.getElementById(id)
mastertabvar.browserdetect=submenuobject.filters? "ie" : typeof submenuobject.style.MozOpacity=="string"? "mozilla" : ""
hidesubmenus(mastertabvar[masterid])
submenuobject.style.display="block"
instantset(mastertabvar.baseopacity)
highlighting=setInterval("gradualfade(submenuobject)",50)
if (typeof refele != 'undefined' && refele) {
	var refpos = quirkspos(refele);
	var subpos = quirkspos(submenuobject);
	var diff = refpos.x-subpos.x;
	submenuobject.style.paddingLeft = diff+'px';
}
}

function hidesubmenus(submenuarray){
for (var i=0; i<submenuarray.length; i++)
document.getElementById(submenuarray[i]).style.display="none"
}

function instantset(degree){
if (mastertabvar.browserdetect=="mozilla")
submenuobject.style.MozOpacity=degree/100
else if (mastertabvar.browserdetect=="ie")
submenuobject.filters.alpha.opacity=degree
}


function gradualfade(cur2){
if (mastertabvar.browserdetect=="mozilla" && cur2.style.MozOpacity<1)
cur2.style.MozOpacity=Math.min(parseFloat(cur2.style.MozOpacity)+0.1, 0.99)
else if (mastertabvar.browserdetect=="ie" && cur2.filters.alpha.opacity<100)
cur2.filters.alpha.opacity+=10
else if (typeof highlighting!="undefined") //fading animation over
clearInterval(highlighting)
}

function initalizetab(tabid){
mastertabvar[tabid]=new Array()
var menuitems=document.getElementById(tabid).getElementsByTagName("li")
for (var i=0; i<menuitems.length; i++){
if (menuitems[i].getAttribute("rel")){
menuitems[i].setAttribute("rev", tabid) //associate this submenu with main tab
mastertabvar[tabid][mastertabvar[tabid].length]=menuitems[i].getAttribute("rel") //store ids of submenus of tab menu
if (menuitems[i].className=="selected") {
alert('showing '+menuitems[i]);
showsubmenu(tabid, menuitems[i].getAttribute("rel"), this)
}
menuitems[i].getElementsByTagName("a")[0].onmouseover=function(){
showsubmenu(this.parentNode.getAttribute("rev"), this.parentNode.getAttribute("rel"), this)
}
}
}
}