Custom Styles for Bootstrap NavBar - html

Question

I am trying to change bootstrap navbar with completely different styles.
This is how I need to change its default styles -
At the moment I have completed more than 80% of this work and only thing I can not accomplish is its action of hover and active.
This is my CSS so far -
.navbar-default {
background-color: #000000;
border-color: #ffffff;
border-top: 1px solid #fff;
border-radius: 0;
border-left: none;
border-right: none;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-brand {
color: #f5f5f5;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-brand:hover,
.navbar-default .navbar-brand:focus {
color: #ffffff;
background-color: transparent;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-text {
color: #999999;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a {
color: #f5f5f5;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a:hover,
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a:focus {
color: #ffffff;
background-color: red;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .active > a,
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .active > a:hover,
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .active > a:focus {
color: #ffffff;
background-color: transparent;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .disabled > a,
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .disabled > a:hover,
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .disabled > a:focus {
color: #444444;
background-color: transparent;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-toggle {
border-color: #333333;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-toggle:hover,
.navbar-default .navbar-toggle:focus {
background-color: #333333;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-collapse,
.navbar-default .navbar-form {
border-color: #000000;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .open > a,
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .open > a:hover,
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .open > a:focus {
background-color: transparent;
color: #ffffff;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .dropdown > a:hover .caret {
border-top-color: #ffffff;
border-bottom-color: #ffffff;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .dropdown > a .caret {
border-top-color: #f5f5f5;
border-bottom-color: #f5f5f5;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .open > a .caret,
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .open > a:hover .caret,
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .open > a:focus .caret {
border-top-color: #ffffff;
border-bottom-color: #ffffff;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-link {
color: #f5f5f5;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-link:hover {
color: #ffffff;
}
.navbar-default .nav > li {
border-right: 1px solid #FFFFFF;
}
.navbar-default .nav > li:last-child {
border-right: none;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a {
font-size: 90%;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 12px 24px;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a:hover,
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a:focus {
outline: none;
}
.navbar-nav {
background: #53001e;
border: 1px solid #FFFFFF;
border-radius: 7px;
float: right;
margin-top: -20px;
}
So, Can I get any help from professionals here to get this work out without using any image?
This is the way I have tried it.
Any idea would be highly appreciating.
Thank You.

Answer 1

You can use shadow property on :hover (browsers that support it):
I made few changes in your jsBin:
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a:hover,
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a:focus {
outline: none;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 18px 17px 0px rgba(152, 46, 255, 0.59);
-moz-box-shadow: 0px 18px 17px 0px rgba(152, 46, 255, 0.59);
box-shadow: 0px 18px 17px 0px rgba(152, 46, 255, 0.59);
}
So you can play around with this property if you're OK with IE>=9.0