[jQuery] superfish pathclass and joomla

[jQuery] superfish pathclass and joomla


first, thanks for superfish... it seems to be the best solution for
search friendly drop down menus!
working on integrating superfish with a joomla website. here's the
situation.
three level menu structure, organized very much like:
http://users.tpg.com.au/j_birch/plugins/superfish/all-horizontal-example/
however, joomla automatically assigns 'active' class to the top level
menu list item as well as the current list item. this means the
second level requires a mouse hover to be seen.
since the CMS is generating the list, it would be easier to customize
superfish.js than change the cms
what i would like is for all children of an 'active' item to be
shown. i tried this tweaking pathClass : 'active',
pathClass : 'active ul',
pathClass : 'active ul li',
pathClass : 'active li',
but, none of those worked.
i also tried tinkering with superfish.js
o.$path = $('li.'+o.pathClass,this).each(function(){
                $(this).addClass(o.hoverClass+' '+bcClass)
                    .filter(hasUl()).removeClass(o.pathClass);
            });
something like this:
$('li.'+o.pathClass+' ul li',this)
again, didn't work. this code is a bit condensed and i'm not sure
what to do to get it working this way i'd like. any ideas?
THANKS!