ul#searchHistoryMenu {
	list-style: none;
	margin-bottom: 27px;
	margin-left: 82px;
	margin-right: 240px;
	margin-top: 27px;
	border: 1px solid #333;
	padding: 6px;
	background-color: #ccc;
	/* moved and lightened the background color from ul#menu li */
	overflow: auto;
	/* makes sure the container fits the floated list-items below */
}

ul#searchHistoryMenu li {
	position: relative; /* allows us to set the z-index */
	z-index: 5;
	/* raises the z-index of the line item 5 levels all other elements */
	margin: 3px 12px;
	padding: 5px 10px 6px;
	font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	float: left;
	/* floats list items to the left, creating a horizontal menu */
}

ul#searchHistoryMenu li span {
	position: relative;
	/* must have position set to anything other than static to use z-index */
	z-index: 5; /* 5 layers above all normal elements */
}

ul#searchHistoryMenu li.backLava {
	position: absolute;
	/* this is automatically added by lavaLamp, if not set, but let's set it for good practice */
	z-index: 3; /* 3 levels higher than all normal elements */
	background-color: #fc0;
	border: 1px solid brown;
}