var menu_item_actual = null;
function initsidebarmenu() {
    if (document.getElementById(menuids[i]) == null)
        return;
    for (var i = 0; i < menuids.length; i++) {
        var ultags = document.getElementById(menuids[i]).getElementsByTagName("ul")
        
        for (var t = 0; t < ultags.length; t++) {
            
            if (ultags[t].parentNode.parentNode.id == menuids[i]) { //if this is a first level submenu
                ultags[t].style.left = (parseInt(ultags[t].parentNode.offsetWidth)) + "px" //dynamically position first level submenus to be width of main menu item                
            }
            else //else if this is a sub level submenu (ul)
                ultags[t].style.left = ultags[t - 1].getElementsByTagName("a")[0].offsetWidth + "px" //position menu to the right of menu item that activated it

            $(ultags[t]).css('padding-left', '23px');
            $(ultags[t]).css('background', 'url(images/flecha1.png) no-repeat');
            
            ultags[t].parentNode.onmouseover = function() {
                this.getElementsByTagName("ul")[0].style.display = "block";
               // $(this.getElementsByTagName("ul")[0]).css('background', 'url(images/flecha1.png) no-repeat');
            }
            ultags[t].parentNode.onmouseout = function() {
                this.getElementsByTagName("ul")[0].style.display = "none";
            }
        }


        
        for (var t = ultags.length - 1; t > -1; t--) { //loop through all sub menus again, and use "display:none" to hide menus (to prevent possible page scrollbars
            ultags[t].style.visibility = "visible"
            ultags[t].style.display = "none"
        }

    }

    $('#sidebarmenu1 ul li').hover(sidebarmenuUL_Over, sidebarmenuUL_Out);
}
function sidebarmenuUL_Over() {
    ($(this).index() == 0)?
        $(this.parentNode).css('background','url(images/flecha2.png) no-repeat')
    :
        $(this.parentNode).css('background','url(images/flecha1.png) no-repeat');
}
function sidebarmenuUL_Out() {
    ($(this).index() == 0) ?
        $(this.parentNode).css('background', 'url(images/flecha1.png) no-repeat')
    :
        $(this.parentNode).css('background', 'url(images/flecha1.png) no-repeat');
}