CSS can't correctly align tabbed menu

Question

Hi!

Could you please help me to fix my menu in IE7.

The code is:

<ul id="layer1">
<li     id="current" >
  <span><a href="/">Главная</a></span>
</li>



#menu {
margin-left:150px;
}
#menu ul#layer1 {
list-style-image:none;
list-style-position:outside;
list-style-type:none;
margin:0 auto;
padding:0;
}
#menu ul#layer1 li {
background:transparent url(/site_media/images/left.png) no-repeat scroll left top;
float:left;
margin-left:6px;
padding-bottom:6px;
padding-left:6px;
padding-top:4px;
}
#menu ul#layer1 li span {
background:transparent url(/site_media/images/right.jpg) no-repeat scroll right top;
margin-right:6px;
padding-bottom:6px;
padding-right:6px;
padding-top:4px;
}
#menu li a {
background-color:#BF1E2D;
color:#FFFFFF;
padding:4px 35px 6px;
text-decoration:none;
}
#menu ul#layer1 li#current span {
background:transparent url(/site_media/images/right-gray.png) no-repeat scroll right top;
}
#menu ul#layer1 li#current {
background:transparent url(/site_media/images/left-gray.png) no-repeat scroll left top;
}
#menu ul#layer1 li#current a {
background-color:#E3E3E3;
color:#BF1E2D;
}

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Answer 1

Remove the top and bottom padding from the li and float the span left:

#menu ul#layer1 li{
    background: url(left.png) left top no-repeat; 
    margin-left:6px;
    padding-left: 6px;
    float: left;
}

#menu ul#layer1 li span{
    background: url(right.jpg) right top no-repeat;
    padding-right:6px;
    margin-right: 6px;
    padding-top: 4px;
    padding-bottom: 6px;
    float:left;
}

Answer 2

Yoy're.... magician really...

It worked. Not sure why...But thank you very very very much!