You can go to my test page here: https://socialstamp.me.uk/new/testpage.php
The buttons to your left (under balance), only the top half of them can be clicked, bottom half doesn't work/click. I've checked the CSS styling file and can't find anything, I've tried many solutions but nothing works.
Button code:
<ul>
<li id="l2"></li>
<li id="l3"></li>
<li id="l4"></li>
<li id="l5"></li>
<li id="l6"></li>
<li id="l7"></li>
<li id="l8"></li>
</ul>
CSS:
#dashContainer .col-md-2 li {
display:block;
height: 40px;
margin-bottom: 1px;
margin-left: 15px;
margin-right: 0;
}
#l2 {
background-image: url('../img/menu/btn3.jpg');
}
#l2:hover {
background-image: url('../img/menu/btn3h.jpg');
}
#l2:active {
background-image: url('../img/menu/btn3h.jpg');
}
And so on for several buttons...
The issue is <li> tags have 41px height but <a> tags doesn't have any height except font-size. By default <a> tags displayed inline so your clickable area just taking up space as <a> tags font size. There are too many ways to fix it.
First option : ( original answer )
By giving height and width to <a> tags as container:
#dashContainer .col-md-2 li a {
display:block;
height:100%;
width:100%;
}
Second option :
By adjusting <a> padding. No need give height to li tags if it is not important for UI.
#dashContainer .col-md-2 li {
display:block;
/* height: 40px; */
margin-bottom: 1px;
margin-left: 15px;
margin-right: 0;
}
#dashContainer .col-md-2 li a {
padding:20px 0px;
}
Third option :
By giving height to <a> tags.
#dashContainer .col-md-2 li {
display:block;
/* height: 40px; */
margin-bottom: 1px;
margin-left: 15px;
margin-right: 0;
}
#dashContainer .col-md-2 li a {
display:block;
height:40px;
line-height:40px; // for text vertical align
width:100%;
}
I'm surprised the buttons work at all. While you define the size of the <li>, there is nothing defining the <a> and so in theory it should be of size 0, and therefore unclickable.
Make sure to apply your widths and heights to the link itself!
this issue can be resolved if you will add a css height 41px in links.
Related
How can I add an icon in front of a specific list item?
<ul class="rightNav2">
<li id="homeLnk">Home</li>
</ul>
I have the following style for the list items already and I want to add a specific icon in front of one of the items. The image however does not appear.
.rightNav2 li {
display: inline;
padding-right: 6px;
padding-left: 6px;
color: white;
}
.rightNav2 #homeLnk {
list-style-image: url('/images/homeIcon.png');
}
There are several methods to add an image to a list item.
Here is one using a background image. http://jsfiddle.net/p05g14zm/
rightNav2 li {
display: inline;
padding-right: 6px;
padding-left: 20px;
color: white;
}
.rightNav2 #homeLnk {
background-image: url('http://i.stack.imgur.com/vQ4nM.jpg?s=32&g=1');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: contain;
}
Try
.rightNav2 #homeLnk:before {
content: url('/images/homeIcon.png');
}
Also you might want to make sure that the image path is correct.
Please check out my codepen... I believe this may help you:
http://codepen.io/anon/pen/myRWmZ
html:
<link href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.0.1/css/font-awesome.css" rel="stylesheet">
<ul>
<li>Link 1</li>
<li class="home">Link 2</li>
<li>Link 3</li>
</ul>
CSS:
ul {
list-style-type: none;
}
li.home::before {
font-family: FontAwesome;
content: "\f015";
margin-right: 3px;
}
li.home {
margin-left: -18px;
}
So what I did was place an icon using the :before selector. The margin adjustments are meant to ensure that each of the list items still align properly.
The css below would add an icon to the left of the home li element.
.rightNav2{
list-style:none;
padding:0;
margin:0;
}
.rightNav2 li{
padding:0;
margin:0;
}
.rightNav2 #homeLnk {
padding-left: 35px;
/* padding-left above is the width of the icon plus any whitespace between text */
min-height:10px;
/* min-height above is the height of the icon */
background-image: url('/images/homeIcon.png') no-repeat center left;
}
I would as in the answer above recommend considering icon fonts if this a responsive site.
Background images on zoom can become very grainy.
Problem
The list-style-image property determines whether the list marker is
set with an image, and accepts a value of "none" or a URL that points
to the image: ~css tricks
This means that, rather than applying this styling to the li, you're meant to apply it to the parent ul. Something like:
ul {
list-style-image: url(images/bullet.png);
}
So you can't place it on a single element using just this syntax (unless you wanted to use the :first-child selector (not tested))
My Solution
This solution may or may not be of use to you, but it's using pseudo effects (meaning no real 'extra' elements need to be added). The pseudo element would also be clickable, too (with no need of worrying about image sizing, as this would do it for you):
.rightNav2 li {
display: inline;
padding-right: 6px;
padding-left: 6px;
position: relative;
display: block;
/*only for demo*/
}
.rightNav2 #homeLnk a:before {
content: "";
height: 100%;
width: 20px;
left: -20px;
top:0;
position: absolute;
background: url(http://placekitten.com/g/20/20);
}
<ul class="rightNav2">
<li id="homeLnk">Home
</li>
<li>another link
</li>
<li>and another link
</li>
</ul>
I am doing a project where we are learning how to design the google homepage. My code is here: http://jsfiddle.net/HgpQW/ . I realize that my work is far from complete, but I am hoping somebody can just help me with one thing: why can't I expand the "SIGN IN" element? I have tried to do so with setting width and height in the css, but it has no effect.
<header>
<ul id="headerlist">
<li>+You</li>
<li>Gmail</li>
<li id="grid">
<li id="sign_in">
<div id="sign_in">
<span>SIGN IN</span>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</header>
__
body {
font-family:sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
letter-spacing: .5px;
}
header {
position: absolute;
right: 0;
top: 0;
margin-top: 11px;
}
ul {
list-style-type: none;
}
li, li div {
display:inline
}
#headerlist li {
padding-right: 6px;
}
#sign_in {
display:block;
background-color: #DA4531;
color: white;
height: 35px;
width: 80px;
}
EDIT: the solution was inline-block on the #sign_in li
<div> elements normally have display:block; applied but you must have somehow changed this to display:inline;
If you didn't do this yourself, it might have been a boilerplate CSS that you used that caused this.
To be able to adjust the width, change the display to:
display:block;
or this will also work and may be preferable if you previously found a need to remove the default block display:
display:inline-block;
Another possibility could be that your div is contained within another div and that parents divs overflow is set to hidden.
Without a link to a specific fiddle, it's hard to answer your question specifically. Just from your description, I'm guessing it might need this css:
display: block;
I would like to do this so that the clickable region on the tag is size of the LI.
My html looks like:
<li>
Link
</li>
As others have said
li a { display: block; }
should achieve what you're after. But you must also remove any padding from the <li> and set it on the <a> instead. For example:
li { padding: 0; }
li a { display: block; padding: 1em; }
In CSS:
li a {
display: block;
}
Of course, you'll want to make your selector more specific than that.
<ul>
<li class="myClass">
Link
</li>
</ul>
li.myClass a {
display: block;
background-color: #fdd; /* Demo only */
}
http://jsfiddle.net/userdude/jmj2k/
This will make the entire area clickable.
li a { display: block; }
Try this css
li{
border:1px solid black;
height:40px;
}
li a{
border:1px solid red;
display:block;
height:100%;
}
li a{
display: inline-table;
height:95%;
width: 95%;
}
the 95 to anticipate any li margin or padding
If you currently have this same question you can simply add padding to the right place:
li {
//remove any padding or margin attributes from here
}
li a {
display: block;
padding: 20px; //or however big you want the clickable area to be
}
Anchor tags are by default inline elements, so you have to explicitly change them to display as block elements before you can mess with the padding or the margins.
Hope this helps!
Just another option I used is create a transparent png image in photoshop and put it inside the anchor tag, make its position absolute and increase its dimensions to fit that parent div you want and you could have a large clickable area.
<a href="test.html" />
<img id="cover_img" src="cover.png" />
</a>
#cover_img {
display: block;
height: 200px;
width: 193px;
position: absolute;
}
Might be useful in certain circumstances.
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Navigation hyperlinks only work when mouse is on the text
Can you set a link to the whole width of an < li > instead of just where the text is?
This is what I mean, I want the user to be able to click on anywhere on the button and go to the link and not just the text: http://jsfiddle.net/b7S4L/
One of the problems is that I cannot use display: block; because I have a number after the < a > link for example (1)
Don't style the LI at all, (other than float:left and clearing padding, marging and list-style-type) if needed. Put all styling on the A (and use display:block).
I don't want the number on the right to be on a seperate line that's
the problem, it should be on the right of the Text
I think I understand what you're trying to do here. Though, I'm not sure because your question has been quite confusing..
First, do set display: block on the a. That is the right thing to do here.
Then, move the number inside the a, and add a span inside:
<li class="cat-item cat-item-147">
<a href="http://test.vps.graenseguiden.dk/newscat/food/" title="Vis alle indlæg i kategorien Food">
<span>Food</span> (4)
</a>
</li>
Then, some extra CSS is needed. You should merge the new CSS with what you already have - for the demo, I've added it within the HTML pane for simplicity (marked with <!--new css right here-->):
http://jsfiddle.net/thirtydot/b7S4L/3/
div.gg_newscats li a {
display: block;
padding: 16px 0;
color: #333
}
div.gg_newscats ul li {
padding-top: 0;
padding-bottom: 0
}
div.gg_newscats li a span {
color: #cc0014
}
div.gg_newscats li a:hover {
text-decoration: none
}
div.gg_newscats li a:hover span {
text-decoration: underline
}
The messing around with span and :hover is to keep the colour and underline exactly as you had it.
Anchor tags by default are inline boxes, which means that they don't fill their parent entirely (they don't take all the space) and they shrink only to fit their content. Thus you should use this CSS to make'em fill the space of li element:
li a
{
display: block;
height: 100%;
}
Also keep in mind that you should remove any padding from the li elements and remove margins of a elements. This way, border of anchor tags meet borders of li tags. For an example, look at links of Thought Results.
One solution I tend to use is to make the <a /> element within a <li /> element blocklevel with
display: block;
After that removing any padding you specified on the <li /> element and add it on the <a /> element instead and you should get the same visual output, but with the entire <li /> as a link
While you can manage this with jQuery, you can also use simple CSS for most browsers:
<style>
ul { width: 200px; background: #ccc; }
li { line-height: 3em; }
a { display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; padding: 5px; }
</style>
<ul>
<li>This is a link</li>
</ul>
Add display:block; to the style and you're all set!
EDIT
Eh, didn't see the jsFiddle example. If you remove the top/bottom padding from the LIs and put it on the As, plus put the count in a SPAN within the As, these rules will achieve the desired result:
div.gg_newscats a {
display: block;
height: 100%;
padding: 10px;
}
div.gg_newscats a span {
color: black;
}
div.gg_newscats ul li {
float: left;
font-size: 13px;
margin-left: 2%;
margin-top: 2px;
text-align: center;
width: 30%;
padding: 2px;
}
Sample HTML:
<li class="cat-item cat-item-148">
<a title="Vis alle indlæg i kategorien Electrical" href="http://test.vps.graenseguiden.dk/newscat/electrical/">
Electrical
<br>
<span>(1)</span>
</a>
</li>
Edit 2
new code... a lot simpler... only thing that didn't go the way I liked was that the text-decoration of the link had to go.
.cat-item
{
padding: 0px;
}
.cat-item a
{
padding: 13px 0px 13px 0px;
}
.cat-item span
{
margin-left: 5px;
color: black;
}
.cat-item a:hover
{
text-decoration:none;
}
I had to change the markup just a little (put the numbers in a span) but other than that it wasn't too much
demo here: http://jsfiddle.net/ZW6uV/1
had to tack on !important because of a conflicting imported style sheet.
Edit
Readers Digest version: Don't put your padding on the <li> ... ever. Put padding on the <a> within the <li> and then it will fill the empty space and have the same effect but be able to handle the click also. -snip-
Yes just remove any padding from the LI element and push out the padding as needed on the anchor tag
<li class="link-wrapper">
<a href="http://this.com" >Go Here</a>
</li>
CSS
.link-wrapper{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.link-wrapper a{
display: block;
padding: 3px 5px;
}
Since you are using jQuery, you can do it this way:
$("li.cat-item").click(function () {
$("a", this).click();
return false;
});
I've got a horizontal navigation bar made from an unordered list, and each list item has a lot of padding to make it look nice, but the only area that works as a link is the text itself. How can I enable the user to click anywhere in the list item to active the link?
#nav {
background-color: #181818;
margin: 0px;
overflow: hidden;
}
#nav img {
float: left;
padding: 5px 10px;
margin-top: auto;
margin-bottom: auto;
vertical-align: bottom;
}
#nav ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0px;
background-color: #181818;
float: left;
}
#nav li {
display: block;
float: left;
padding: 25px 10px;
}
#nav li:hover {
background-color: #785442;
}
#nav a {
color: white;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
text-decoration: none;
}
<div id="nav">
<img src="/images/renderedicon.png" alt="Icon" height="57" width="57" />
<ul>
<li>One1</li>
<li>Two</li>
<li>Three</li>
<li>Four</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<h2>Heading</h2>
</div>
Don't put padding in the 'li' item. Instead set the anchor tag to display:inline-block; and apply padding to it.
Define your anchor tag css property as:
{display:block}
Then the anchor will occupy the entire list area, so your click will work in the empty space next to your list.
Make the anchor tag contain the padding rather than the li. This way, it will take up all the area.
Super, super late to this party, but anyway: you can also style the anchor as a flex item. This is particularly useful for dynamically sized/arranged list items.
a {
/* This flexbox code stretches the link's clickable
* area to fit its parent block. */
display: flex;
flex-grow: 1;
flex-shrink: 1;
justify-content: center;
}
(Caveat: flexboxes are obvs still not well supported. Autoprefixer to the rescue!)
Use following:
a {
display: list-item;
list-style-type: none;
}
Or you could use jQuery:
$("li").click(function(){
window.location=$(this).find("a").attr("href");
return false;
});
You should use this CSS property and value into your li:
pointer-events:all;
So, you can handle the link with jQuery or JavaScript, or use an a tag, but all other tag elements inside the li should have the CSS property:
pointer-events:none;
Just simply apply the below css :
<style>
#nav ul li {
display: inline;
}
#nav ul li a {
background: #fff;// custom background
padding: 5px 10px;
}
</style>
here is how I did it
Make the <a> inline-block and remove the padding from your <li>
Then you can play with the width and the height of the <a> in the <li>
Put the width to 100% as a start and see how it works
PS:- Get the help of Chrome Developer Tools when changing the height and width
If you have some constraint where you need to keep <li> structure as is and would like your a tag to take up the full area within the li element you can do the following:
a {
display: flex !important;
width: -webkit-fill-available;
height: -webkit-fill-available;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
Put the list item within the hyperlink instead of the other way round.
For example with your code:
<li>One</li>