The drop-down menus..as in the part that "drops" lol?
That is a actually a setting for that Mootools based menu. You need to open index.template.php again and find this code:
if(empty($settings['nomootools']))
echo '<!-- Load the MenuMatic Class -->
<script src="'.$settings['theme_url'].'/js/MenuMatic_0.68.3.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<!-- Create a MenuMatic Instance -->
<script type="text/javascript" >
window.addEvent(\'domready\', function() {
var myMenu = new MenuMatic({
duration:\'250\'
});
});
if(document.getElementById(\'admnav\'))
{
window.addEvent(\'domready\', function() {
var myMenu = new MenuMatic({
id:\'admnav\',
subMenusContainerId:\'admsubMenus\',
duration:\'250\'
});
});
}
</script>';
then exchange it with:
if(empty($settings['nomootools']))
echo '<!-- Load the MenuMatic Class -->
<script src="'.$settings['theme_url'].'/js/MenuMatic_0.68.3.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<!-- Create a MenuMatic Instance -->
<script type="text/javascript" >
window.addEvent(\'domready\', function() {
var myMenu = new MenuMatic({
duration:\'250\',
opacity:\'80\'
});
});
if(document.getElementById(\'admnav\'))
{
window.addEvent(\'domready\', function() {
var myMenu = new MenuMatic({
id:\'admnav\',
subMenusContainerId:\'admsubMenus\',
opacity:\'80\',
duration:\'250\'
});
});
}
</script>';
The "opacity" value is what counts, 100 means no opacity. As you can see you can also set the "duration" for the dropmenu, set it lower(100 for example, used on this site) and it goes faster. Higher means slower.
Also note the second set of values is for admin menus only. Note also that this will ONLY work using the Mootools menu option, not the normal SMF menu.