I want to add some kind of thick line underneath my currently active<li> items. Problem is, I can't set it up properly. I want the line underneath to inherit the width of its respective <li> or at least to be centered ...
Here's my fiddle
Much appreciated
If you want an absolutely positioned element to inherit the width of it's parent, you need to position that parent relatively. More info here. For your situation, you need to :
Add position:relative; to .nav li
Add width :100%; left:0; and remove margin-left: -6em; on nav li.current a:after, nav li a:hover:after
FIDDLE
You seem to be adding the :after content in two places which seems excessive.
Since you only want in on active 1i you can strip down your code as follows:
CSS
nav ul {
list-style: none;
margin-top: 1.25em;
}
nav ul li {
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
}
nav li a {
color: black;
text-transform: uppercase;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 1em 1.25em;
width: auto;
}
nav li.current a, nav li a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
nav li.current:after {
background-color:black;
content: "";
height: 1em;
position: absolute;
left:0;
top: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
JSFiddle Demo
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How do a create menus with pure css that are evenly spaced and the li elements take the entire ul space?
I followed this solution to create the menus that are evenly spaced out: https://stackoverflow.com/a/17951253/757955
I want the li elements to take up all the area of the ul element. I have a separator image I want to put between the menu items. Also I want people to be able to click anywhere in the menu item and be taken to that page.
Here is the js fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/prusikknot/btp6Lkos/
Notice how the red and green boxes don't touch. I want the red and green boxes to touch between each other at the midway point between the menus.
There will be a variable number of menus and the menu names will vary in length. I'm targeting IE8+ and the latest version of the other major browsers but the old IE part may get dropped.
Here is the html:
<nav id="idMainNav">
<ul>
<li>ASDF</li>
<li>QWER</li>
<li>ZXCVB</li>
<li>UIOP</li>
<li>HJKL</li>
<li>VBNM</li>
<li>TYUI</li>
</ul>
</nav>
Here is the css:
#idMainNav{
width: 900px;
}
#idMainNav ul {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
text-align: justify;
line-height: 0;
background-color: #e9e8e8;
}
#idMainNav ul:after {
content: '';
display: inline-block;
width: 100%;
list-style: none outside none;
}
#idMainNav li {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
line-height: 100%;
text-align: center;
font-size: 15px;
font-weight: bolder;
cursor: pointer;
}
#idMainNav li:first-child {
padding-left: 10px;
}
#idMainNav li:last-child {
padding-right: 10px;
}
li {
background: green;
}
li:nth-child(odd) {
background: red;
}
#idMainNav a {
color: #000000;
height: 59px;
line-height: 59px;
text-decoration: none;
}
The thing about display:inline-block; is that it behaves like text and creates white space between elements. To counteract this, make the inline-block parent element have a font-size:0; (in this case the ul) and then reset the li to a font-size value not relative to the parent (since it's now 0).
Also, you don't really need to set justify to anything here, you just need to explicitly state the width of all the lis. In my test, setting the li to width:13.95%; worked nicely but it depends on the number of lis.
I have a purely .css driven menu. Currently, I have the flyout on the sub-sub menu appearing at 180px. This obviously doesn't work because as soon as menu text that exceeds 180px is entered, the submenu text is overlayed with the sub-submenu text (In the example, Highlighting Products > Entertainment Centers USA shows the problem).
The spot in the .css where I have explicitly stated the 180px width is below. I need it to be dynamic, i.e. the desired behavior is for the flyout to align with the right side of the first level vertical menu regardless of the first level submenu's width.
/* -- Appearance of second vertical dropdown menu unhovered (submenu of first level vertical menu) -- */
.rmenu li ul li:hover ul li a {
padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;
background: #e8dec7; /*background color for submenu hovered text*/
color: #51db29; /* this is the color of the sub-sub menu text. I made the color (#51db29) 'unusual' as an example. Should be changed to something less jarring (of course) */
word-wrap: break-word;
min-width:100px;
position: relative; left: 180px; top: -35px; /* display 3rd level to the right (180px) */ /*left: 180px*/
}
The jfiddle is here:
http://jsfiddle.net/9c8wcxju/4/
Many, many thanks.....
I have simplified everything down and made this for you. You can expand on it and do what you want with it. I couldn't really work with yours, ended up deleting most of the css.
As you can see I have added class to each level of the sub-menu so it is easier to target. What I have created is what I think you wanted, I hope this puts you on the right track.
http://jsfiddle.net/9c8wcxju/5/
.rmenu ul li {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: relative;
}
.rmenu ul {
list-style-type:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
.rmenu li a {
display:block;
min-height: 35px;
line-height: 35px;
font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
font-size: 18px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #e8dec7;
text-decoration: none;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.rmenu li:hover a {
background: #d6cbb0;
}
.rmenu .hidden {
display: none;
}
.rmenu .level_1 > li {
float: left;
}
.rmenu .level_1 > li a {
padding: 0 10px;
}
.level_1 > li:hover .level_2,
.level_2 > li:hover .level_3 {
display: block;
}
.level_2 {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
}
.level_3 {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 100%;
}
i have a Problem with my Website..
I want to make a dropdown-item smaller.
Otherwise it will "plop" out of my theme..
I´m using WordPress..
Can anyone help me?!
This is the Website:
MDS
The Problem is shown at the menu-point "Kontakt -> Presse"
if reduce width it will create problem when inner text is big in length so
change this properties if you like it as below..
ul#dropdown-menu li .sub-menu li a {
color: #252525;
width: 140px;
}
ul#dropdown-menu ul {
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
right: 0;
width: 160px;
list-style: none;
display: none;
border: 1px solid #EFEFEF;
border-bottom: none;
background-color: white;
z-index: 35;
}
css:
#menu-item-38 ul, #menu-item-38 li{
width:100px;
}
#menu-item-38 ul li a{
width:80px;
}
Hi now define your last submenu width as like this
#menu-item-38 .sub-menu{
width:90px;
}
You have too many widths defined in the ul#dropdown-menu
ul#dropdown-menu ul li a = 160px ;
ul#dropdown-menu ul li = 180px ;
Change
ul#dropdown-menu ul li to
ul#dropdown-menu ul li{width:160px; overflow:hidden;}
Make sure to add overflow:hidden
I am trying to put this css menu together but I couldn`t get it working right. When you go over any link in top menu it opens up second menu although second menu disappears when you go on it. Plus, its misplaced. I couldn't place it in left:0
http://tinyurl.com/7rxskdj
#menu {width:800px;background-color:#FFF;min-height:30px;border:0;border-top:2px solid #8BD2E4;padding:0 5px;margin:0 auto;}
#nmenu {list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0;width:700px;}
#nmenu li {display:inline;float:left;height:20px;margin-left:45px;position:relative;}
#nmenu li.frst {margin-left:0}
#nmenu li a {font: 11px/30px Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;text-decoration:none;color:#979598;letter-spacing:2px;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;}
#smedia {width:100px;height:30px;float:left;}
#fb, #tw, #pt {background: #FFF url(smedia.png) no-repeat center;width:16px;height:16px;display:block;float:right;margin:7px 3px;}
#fb {background-position: -1px -1px;}
#tw {background-position: -18px -1px;}
#pt {background-position: -35px -1px;}
#nmenu li ul {display:none;position:absolute;top:30px;left:0;border:1px solid red;background-color:#FFF;}
#nmenu li:hover ul {display:block}
#nmenu li ul li {float:left;width:100px;}
try the below css:
#nmenu li {
display: inline;
float: left;
margin-left: 44px;
position: relative;
}
#nmenu li ul {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
border: 1px solid red;
display: none;
left: -5px;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
top: 30px;
}
#nmenu li a {
color: #979598;
display: block;
font: bold 11px/30px Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;
letter-spacing: 2px;
padding-left: 2px;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
To fix the disappearing menu: Add 5px bottom padding to your top level anchors which will remove the gap between elements.
The 'misplaced' problem is due to the default padding and margins on the ul and li elements. Explicitly set the margins and padding to position them.
You're applying a height to your list item instead of your link item inside your li, so move the height and also apply a line-height to your a tags that matches the height of your menu block and then you can simply reposition your submenu to appear exactly 100% from your menu item, like so:
CSS
#nmenu li a {
height:30px;
line-height:30px;
display:block;
}
#nmenu li ul {
top:100%;
}
Your absolute positioning leaves a gap between the container <li> and the <ul> child element. Decrease the value for "top" on #nmmenu li ul {}.
I build a simple list and added to it css. Now the vertical menu works.. the problem is in the section of the css. The list items area is bigger than the links themselves. That means that if the user clicks on the area, nothing happens cause the links area doesnt cover all the lists items area.
#sidebar1 li {
list-style: none;
position: relative;
width: 120px;
height: 30px;
padding: 0 20px;
background-color: black;
line-height: 30px;
cursor: pointer;
}
#sidebar1 li a {
text-decoration: none;
color: white;
}
What I thought to do was to match the links padding or width to that of the lists width. So wherever the users clicks on the menu's item a link will be clicked. Thats problem is that i tried it and it didnt work
Move most of the styling to the A-tag and fix a few things:
#sidebar1 li{
list-style: none;
position: relative;
margin:0 <-- added
padding:0 <-- added.
}
#sidebar1 li a{
text-decoration:none;
color: white;
width:120px;
height: 30px;
padding:0 20px;
background-color: black;
line-height: 30px;
cursor:pointer;
display:block <-- this is important
}
Just use display: block to make the a element fill the available horizontal width of the parent element:
#sidebar1 li a{
text-decoration:none;
color: white;
display: block;
height: 100%;
}
The height: 100% forces the a to inherit the full height of the parent element. Remove padding from the parent li, otherwise you'll enforce a space between the edges of the a and the li.
Further, in your li I've not only removed the padding (which simply causes problems as noted above), but also the cursor: pointer, as if the user hovers over the link the cursor will change automatically, if they're not over the link then the cursor's type, that of pointer, is merely confusing when clicking produces no effect:
#sidebar1 li {
list-style: none;
position: relative;
width:120px;
height: 30px;
background-color: black;
line-height: 30px;
}