Primary links menu intermittently stretches window when 1024x768 resolution is used

The select element "opening up":

http://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=selectup.gif

The select element "opening down":

http://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=selectdown.gif

"Opening down" is the default behavior but when that default behavior would result in the dropdown menu going off screen it instead "opens up".

Similarly, this themes menus could "open right" save for in those instances where "opening right" would result in the dropdown menu going off screen, at which point, it could "open left".

The sreenshots were intended to augment the second paragraph of my original post - the bit where I recommended that this theme be updated to behave in a manner similar to how select elements behave. That was the paragraph I thought might be the toughest to understand - the first paragraph, I thought, was fairly straight forward.

Never-the-less, here's an image to augment the first paragraph:

http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?image=acquiaover.gif

Note the scroll bar at the bottom? Note how the "page stretching example" item from the "test" menu can't be completely seen? That's because "the drop down menu will stretch the page horizontally and a horizontal scrollbar will appear where there was none before".

I'm setting this back to a bug report. If you don't understand what I'm saying than it's rather presumptuous of you to just up and assume it's a support request.

I understand that your reporting two issues w/in one and confusing the main issue at hand.

no - i am only reporting one issue. in my original post, my first paragraph describes the issue. the second paragraph presents a possible solution.

I don't believe this is a bug

why wouldn't you think that's a bug? the page stretching makes the last menu item very difficult to use. indeed, if there's a sub sub menu, you might not even know it because the vertical scrollbar would hide it. never mind the fact that having to hit the Left directional button to view the contents of the menu is just plain annoying.

what's next? maybe black on black text will be feature instead of a bug?

i'm not suggesting that an HTML select element be applied to the unordered list CSS drop down menu - what I'm suggesting is that, through a combination of javascript and css, the particular functionality of the select element that I discussed (ie. it's opening in a direction that doesn't stretch the page or result in a part of the select element being hidden) be emulated.

what's next? if someone says "the united states ought to implement nationalized health care like the united kingdom" are you going to respond with "how do you propose we combine the two countries? countries are not playdough". i mean, seriously - that you've compared two things does not mean you think those two things ought to be somehow merged into one.