#horizontal-multilevel-menu, #horizontal-multilevel-menu ul {
    list-style: none;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 24px;
    color: var(--main-darck);
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}

/* Links */
#horizontal-multilevel-menu a {
    display: block;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 100%;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-align: center;
    transition: color var(--transition-speed) ease;
}

#horizontal-multilevel-menu li {
    float: left;
    position: relative;
}

/* Root items */
#horizontal-multilevel-menu li a.root-item {
    color: var(--main-darck);
    font-weight: 400;
    padding: 10px 0; /* Add padding for better touch/click target */
}

/* Root items: hover */
#horizontal-multilevel-menu li:hover a.root-item,
#horizontal-multilevel-menu li.jshover a.root-item {
    color: var(--main-red);
}

/* Sub-menu box: INITIAL (HIDDEN) STATE */
#horizontal-multilevel-menu li > ul {
    position: absolute;
    top: 100%;
    left: 0;
    z-index: 10;
    width: max-content;
    min-width: 122px;
    background: #FFFFFF;
    box-shadow: 0 7px 20px 0 var(--drop-shadow);
    border-radius: 6px;
    padding: 15px;
    align-items: flex-start;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 10px;
    max-height: 0;
    opacity: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    visibility: hidden;
    pointer-events: none;
    transition: max-height var(--transition-speed) ease-in 0.1s,
    opacity var(--transition-speed) ease-in 0.1s,
    visibility var(--transition-speed) 0.1s;
}

/* Sub-menu box: ACTIVE (OPEN) STATE */
/* Use the direct child selector '>' to only target the first level ul */
#horizontal-multilevel-menu li:hover > ul,
#horizontal-multilevel-menu li.jshover > ul {
    max-height: 500px; /* A value larger than the maximum expected height */
    opacity: 1;
    visibility: visible;
    pointer-events: auto; /* Allow clicks */
    transition-delay: 0s;
    transition-timing-function: ease-out;
}

/* Nested Sub-menu box (Level 3+) INITIAL STATE */
#horizontal-multilevel-menu li li > ul {
    top: 0;
    left: 100%;
    margin-left: 10px;
    padding: 15px;
    /* Определяю переход в ЗАКРЫТОЕ состояние (с задержкой 0.1s) */
    transition: max-height var(--transition-speed) ease-in 0.1s,
    opacity var(--transition-speed) ease-in 0.1s,
    visibility var(--transition-speed) 0.1s;
}

/* Nested Sub-menu box (Level 3+) ACTIVE STATE */
#horizontal-multilevel-menu li li:hover > ul,
#horizontal-multilevel-menu li li.jshover > ul {
    max-height: 500px;
    opacity: 1;
    visibility: visible;
    pointer-events: auto;
    /* Переход в ОТКРЫТОЕ состояние (без задержки) */
    transition-delay: 0s;
    transition-timing-function: ease-out;
}


/* Sub-menu item link */
#horizontal-multilevel-menu li ul a {
    text-align: left;
    padding: 5px 10px; /* Added padding for better readability/clickability */
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 130%;
    font-weight: 400;
    color: var(--text-darck-opacity);
    transition: color var(--transition-speed) ease;
    white-space: nowrap; /* Prevent wrapping inside the dropdown */
    border-radius: 4px;
}

/* Sub-menu item link hover */
#horizontal-multilevel-menu li ul a:hover,
#horizontal-multilevel-menu li ul li.item-selected a {
    color: var(--main-red);
}

/* Original media query kept for responsiveness */
@media (max-width: 767px) {
    #horizontal-multilevel-menu {
        flex-direction: column;
        align-items: flex-start;
        gap: 0;
    }

    /* Reset root item width and display */
    #horizontal-multilevel-menu li {
        float: none;
        width: 100%;
    }

    /* Sub-menu position adjustment for mobile (stacked) */
    #horizontal-multilevel-menu li > ul {
        display: none;
    }

    #horizontal-multilevel-menu a {
        text-align: left;
    }

    #horizontal-multilevel-menu li li > ul {
        left: 0; /* Reset side positioning */
        margin-left: 0;
    }
}