I'm trying to create a menu navigation system from the top of the page. I want it so when I hover over the link, it drops down (the link drops down; so it'd be as if there was a whole field being hidden beyond the 0px mark) with the related field.

I've gotten it to work, somehow but it still isn't right. A few issues are:

• when I hover over .drop_slide and then if I choose to close it by hovering back over the .drop_slide it does as it's told, which is "slide, slide". I'm interested in rectifying this issue so it doesn't do that, however I just don't know how.

• The idea is to have multiple links in the .slide, so I need it to be constantly open while the user mouses over the other links. Should this be created in one field? If so, how would I do that with a drop down in mind?

• Am I approaching this completely wrong? Lol. Should I be researching into .animate? I've been looking at it actually, but I can't get anything to grow negatively. Say; marginTop: -85px or something.

ANY help is appreciated, thanks!

$(document).ready(function(){

function slide() {
$("#panel").slideToggle("slow");
}

$(".drop_slide").hover(slide, stop);
$("#panel").hover(stop, slide);

});