Question

I have a css drop down menu (below), however, my problem is this, once a drop menu option (link) is clicked, nasty ie. 7 leaves an unwated rectangular fine dotted line focus that appears long after a menu option is clicked. How can I remove the focus of the link after it has been clicked?

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The CSS:

/*HORIZONTAL DROP-DOWN MENU */
#menuwrapper{
    position: fixed;
    top: 30px;
    left: 0px;

    background-color: #A9BBD3;
    height: 19px;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    font-size: 8pt;
    padding-top: 1px;
    padding-left: 3px;
    border-top: 1px solid #FFF;
    width: 100%;

}


#menu{
    padding:0;
    margin:0;
    position: fixed;
    top: 31px;
    left: 0px;
    font-size: 8pt;
    width: 1001px;
}
#menu ul{
    padding:0;
    margin:0;
}
#menu li{
    position: relative;
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding:0;
    float: left;
    display:inline;

} 

#menu li a{
    width:125px;
    height: 20px;
    display: block;
    text-decoration:none;
    line-height: 20px;
    background-color: #A9BBD3;
    color: #FFF;
} 

#menu li a:hover{
    background-color: #446087;
} 
#menu ul ul {
    position: absolute;
    top: 21px;
    visibility: hidden;
}

#menu ul ul li a {
    width: 120px;
    padding-left: 5px;
    filter:alpha(opacity=85);
}
#menu ul li:hover ul{
    visibility:visible;
}
#menu > ul > li > a {
    text-align:center;
}
#menu > ul > li > a:hover {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #FFF;
}

Answer 1

You need to use the outline:none in the css like,

a:hover, a:active, a:focus {
    outline: none;
    border: 0;
}

Better, you need to add this bit of code in your reset.css if you have..

Clicking down on an input type=image can produce a dotted outline (Does this in Firefox 3.6.8 but not Firefox 4). To remove it:

input::-moz-focus-inner { border: 0; }

Hope, it helps..