[darnoldy]

Originally Posted by blind-eddie

The menu_open.gif is the drop down arrow like the ones in the navbar above.
With notifications, it will only show if you have unread notifications.

While both of those things are true, they don't explain why the template is generating the code that it is.

You source code will always show more then what's in the template.

Yes, it does. As template variables are replaced by their value (which could be the result of a script running, or the content of another template). There are no variables in these two locations—which is why I'm confused.

--don

Okay...based o your comments, I went back and looked at the navabr of the default skin:

<td id="usercptools" class="vbmenu_control">
    <a href="$show[nojs_link]#usercptools" accesskey="3">
        $vbphrase[quick_links]
    </a>
    <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercptools"); </script>
</td>

and the source of the element"

<td style="cursor: pointer;" id="usercptools" class="vbmenu_control">
    <a href="/teach/index.php?nojs=1#usercptools" accesskey="3">
        Quick Links
    </a>
    <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercptools"); </script>
    <img alt="" title="" src="images/misc/menu_open.gif" border="0">
</td>

Maybe it is the javascript that's adding these things (seems an odd approach)! Off to investigate further...