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title: WordPress Dashboard UI Idea Update
date: 2008-08-29T20:07:22+00:00
modified: 2020-05-06T09:29:04+00:00
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# WordPress Dashboard UI Idea Update

The [UI example](https://kaspars.net/examples/wordpress-dashboard/01/) has been updated to support *Internet Explorer* 6, 7 and 8. Another improvement is the unified HTML/CSS template for the list-type content inside widgets. For example, try dragging the *Latest Comments* widget from the *action* column (right side) to the *content area* (left side column) and see what happens with the widget’s content.

[![WordPress Dashboard User Interface Idea in Internet Explorer 6](https://kaspars.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/konstruktors-wordpress-ui-internet-explorer-6.png?strip=all&quality=90&resize=1039,856)](https://kaspars.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/konstruktors-wordpress-ui-internet-explorer-6.png)WordPress Dashboard User Interface Idea in Internet Explorer 6[![CSS only drop-down menu with fully clickable link area](/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/css-drop-down-menu-ie-clickable-area-150x104.png "CSS only drop-down menu with fully clickable link area")](https://kaspars.net/blog/web-design/535-wordpress-dashboard-ui-idea-update/attachment/css-drop-down-menu-ie-clickable-area/)

### Variable width drop-down menu that works in Internet Explorer 6 (CSS only)

Aside from that, I think I have managed to create the first ever CSS only drop-down menu (that works also in IE6) with the second level links expanding to the total width of that menu. If you are interested, see the source.