I have a CSS Menu with sub menu links but if there is text below the menu, the sub menu displays under the text and i cannot hover over the links
here is the CSS:
.vertical-nav {
height:auto;
list-style:none;
width: 100%; /******* MODIFIED ********/
margin: 20px 0 0 0;
}
.vertical-nav li {
height: 25px;
margin: 0;
padding: 5px 0;
background-color: #666;
border: none;
text-align: center;
display: inline-block;
float: left;
width: 100px; /******* MODIFIED ********/
}
.vertical-nav li:hover {
background-color:#f36f25;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
.vertical-nav li a {
font-family:Calibri, Arial;
font-size:18px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#ffffff;
text-decoration:none;
}
.vertical-nav li.current {
background-color:#F36F25;
}
.vertical-nav li.current a {
color:#FFFFFF;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul {
display:none;
list-style-type:none;
width:125px;
padding:0px;
margin-top:3px;
margin-left:-5px;
}
vertical-nav ul li:hover ul {
display:block;
}
vertical-nav ul li:hover ul li {
background-color:#555555;
width:125px;
height:30px;
display:inline-block;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li:hover {
background-color:#333333;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li a {
color:#FFF;
text-decoration:underline;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li a:hover {
text-decoration:none;
}
.vertical-nav li ul {
display: none;
margin-top: 10px;
padding: 0;
}
.vertical-nav li:hover ul {
display: block;
}
.vertical-nav li:hover .sub-menu
{
display: table;
}
.sub-menu li
{
width: 100%;
min-width: 180px;
white-space: nowrap;
display:table-row;
}
.sub-menu li a
{
display:inline-block;
padding: 0 10px;
}
and a jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/7z2sE/
how can i make the sub menu links display over any text that is below...
I've updated the fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/7z2sE/1/
add position:relative;z-index:1; to .sub-menu li
To do what you are after use absolute positioning and give the text a z-index that is higher than the element behind it.
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I have this css menu with sub items, how can i keep the menu item active (have a different background color) when hovering over the sub items?
current CSS code:
#nav {
background-color:#F36F25;
margin:14px 0 0 0;
width: 100%;
height:35px;
left:0;
}
#nav>li {
float:left;
list-style:none;
}
#nav li:hover ul {
position:absolute;
display:block;
}
#nav li a {
display: inline-block;
padding: 8px;
margin:0;
background: #F36F25;
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
border-right:1px solid #F36F25;
}
#nav li a:hover, #nav li a.active {
background: #666666;
cursor:pointer;
}
#nav li ul {
position:absolute;
display: none;
list-style:none;
margin:0;
}
#nav li ul li {
margin-top:0;
margin-right:0;
margin-bottom:0;
margin-left:-40px;
}
#nav li ul li a {
background-color: #F36F25;
color:#FFFFFF;
border:1px solid #F36F25;
width:145px;
}
#nav li ul li a:hover {
background-color: #666666;
border:1px solid #f36f25;
}
.clearfix:after {
content: " "; /* Older browser do not support empty content */
visibility: hidden;
display: block;
height: 0;
clear: both;
}
.clearfix:after {
content: "";
display: table;
clear: both;
}
here is a fiddle with the fulle code too: http://jsfiddle.net/dumJd/
Try this code here on line 25:
#nav li:hover > a, #nav li a.active {
background: #666666;
cursor:pointer;
}
I have this CSS code for a horizontal menu:
.vertical-nav {
height:auto;
list-style:none;
width: 100%; /******* MODIFIED ********/
margin-top:0;
margin-bottom:35px;
margin-left:0;
}
.vertical-nav li {
height: 25px;
margin: 0;
padding: 5px 0;
background-color: #666;
border: none;
text-align: center;
display: inline-block;
float: left;
width: 100px; /******* MODIFIED ********/
}
.vertical-nav li:hover {
background-color:#f36f25;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
.vertical-nav li a {
font-family:Calibri, Arial;
font-size:18px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#ffffff;
text-decoration:none;
}
.vertical-nav li.current {
background-color:#F36F25;
}
.vertical-nav li.current a {
color:#FFFFFF;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul {
display:none;
list-style-type:none;
width:125px;
padding:0px;
margin-top:3px;
margin-left:-5px;
}
vertical-nav ul li:hover ul {
display:block;
}
vertical-nav ul li:hover ul li {
background-color:#555555;
width:125px;
height:30px;
display:inline-block;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li:hover {
background-color:#333333;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li a {
color:#FFF;
text-decoration:underline;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li a:hover {
text-decoration:none;
}
.vertical-nav li ul {
display: none;
margin-top: 10px;
padding: 0;
}
.vertical-nav li:hover ul {
display: block;
}
.vertical-nav li:hover .sub-menu
{
display: table;
}
.sub-menu li
{
width: 100%;
min-width: 180px;
white-space: nowrap;
display:table-row;
z-index:1;
position:relative;
}
.sub-menu li a
{
display:inline-block;
padding: 0 10px;
}
but it has a margin on the left that i cannot work out how to remove.
i have tried doing margin:0 and also margin:-10px etc... but it wont go.
here is a jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/QSEGR/
Actually it isn't margin.
Web browsers apply a padding-left on HTML list elements such as <ul> (Google Chrome set -webkit-padding-start: 40px;).
You could override the user agent stylesheet by setting padding: 0; on <ul> element:
.vertical-nav {
padding: 0;
}
Here is the JSFiddle Demo
Note: There's also a margin: 8px; applied on <body> element by web browsers, you could reset the margin by:
body {
margin: 0;
}
What is the best practice?
Different browsers may have different behavior. they apply several CSS declaration on HTML elements by default. they adds margin, padding, text-decoration and so on.
To get rid of this, most web developers use some CSS declarations called CSS Reset to override the browser's default stylesheet, as a start point.
Take a look at Legendary Eric Meyer's CSS Reset.
add padding: 0; to the unordered list.
I have this CSS for my horizontal menu:
.vertical-nav {
height:auto;
list-style:none;
margin: 20px 0 0 0;
}
.vertical-nav li {
height: 25px;
margin: 0;
padding: 5px 0;
background-color: #666;
border: none;
text-align: center;
display: inline-block;
float: left;
min-width: 125px; /******* MODIFIED ********/
}
.vertical-nav li:hover {
background-color:#f36f25;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
.vertical-nav li a {
font-family:Calibri, Arial;
font-size:18px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#ffffff;
text-decoration:none;
}
.vertical-nav li.current {
background-color:#F36F25;
}
.vertical-nav li.current a {
color:#FFFFFF;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul {
display:none;
list-style-type:none;
width:125px;
padding:0px;
margin-top:3px;
margin-left:-5px;
}
vertical-nav ul li:hover ul {
display:block;
}
vertical-nav ul li:hover ul li {
background-color:#555555;
width:125px;
height:30px;
display:inline-block;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li:hover {
background-color:#333333;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li a {
color:#FFF;
text-decoration:underline;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li a:hover {
text-decoration:none;
}
.vertical-nav li ul {
display: none;
margin-top: 6px;
padding: 0;
}
.vertical-nav li:hover ul {
display: block;
}
but the sub menu links are displaying horizontally rather than vertically...
whats the best way to change the CSS to make this to make the sub links display vertical rather than horizontal?
here is the HTML of the menu:
<ul class="vertical-nav">
<li>Link
<ul class="sub-menu">
<li>Sub Link</li>
<li>Sub Link</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
.sub-menu li
{
clear: both;
}
Add the above CSS. DEMO
Like this
DEMO
CSS
.vertical-nav {
height:auto;
list-style:none;
width: 400px; /******* MODIFIED ********/
margin: 20px 0 0 0;
}
.vertical-nav li {
height: 25px;
margin: 0;
padding: 5px 0;
background-color: #666;
border: none;
text-align: center;
display: inline-block;
float: left;
width: 200px; /******* MODIFIED ********/
}
.vertical-nav li:hover {
background-color:#f36f25;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
.vertical-nav li a {
font-family:Calibri, Arial;
font-size:18px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#ffffff;
text-decoration:none;
}
.vertical-nav li.current {
background-color:#F36F25;
}
.vertical-nav li.current a {
color:#FFFFFF;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul {
display:none;
list-style-type:none;
width:125px;
padding:0px;
margin-top:3px;
margin-left:-5px;
}
vertical-nav ul li:hover ul {
display:block;
}
vertical-nav ul li:hover ul li {
background-color:#555555;
width:125px;
height:30px;
display:inline-block;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li:hover {
background-color:#333333;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li a {
color:#FFF;
text-decoration:underline;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li a:hover {
text-decoration:none;
}
.vertical-nav li ul {
display: none;
margin-top: 6px;
padding: 0;
}
.vertical-nav li:hover ul {
display: block;
}
i have this css:
.vertical-nav {
height:35px;;
list-style:none;
width: 100%; /******* MODIFIED ********/
margin-top:0;
margin-bottom:35px;
padding:0;
background:#03F;
}
.vertical-nav li {
height: 25px;
margin: 0;
text-align:center;
padding: 5px 0;
background-color: #03F;
border: none;
display: inline-block;
float: left;
width: 120px; /******* MODIFIED ********/
}
.vertical-nav li:hover {
background-color:#000000;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
.vertical-nav li a {
font-family:Calibri, Arial;
font-size:18px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#ffffff;
text-decoration:none;
}
.vertical-nav li.current {
background-color:#000000;
}
.vertical-nav li.current a {
color:#FFFFFF;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul {
display:none;
list-style-type:none;
width:125px;
padding:0px;
margin-top:3px;
margin-left:-5px;
}
vertical-nav ul li:hover ul {
display:block;
}
vertical-nav ul li:hover ul li {
background-color:#555555;
width:125px;
height:30px;
display:inline-block;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li:hover {
background-color:#333333;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li a {
color:#FFF;
text-decoration:underline;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li a:hover {
text-decoration:none;
}
.vertical-nav li ul {
display: none;
margin-top: 10px;
padding: 0;
}
.vertical-nav li:hover ul {
display: block;
}
.vertical-nav li:hover .sub-menu
{
display: table;
}
.sub-menu li
{
width: 100%;
min-width: 180px;
white-space: nowrap;
display:table-row;
z-index:1;
position:relative;
}
.sub-menu li a
{
display:inline-block;
padding: 0 10px;
}
the menu is 100% width of the page so i need to get the links centred in the page
here is a jsFiddle so you can see the HTML Too and the fully functional menu: http://jsfiddle.net/rspc3/
Move the text-align:center; rule from .vertical-nav li to .vertical-nav and remove the float: left; on .vertical-nav li
jsFiddle example
this will work perfectly
<ul id="nav">
<li>Link 1</li>
<li>Link 2</li>
<li>Link 3</li>
</ul>
#nav{
border:1px solid #ccc;
border-width:1px 0;
list-style:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
text-align:center;
}
#nav li{
display:inline;
}
#nav a{
display:inline-block;
padding:10px;
}
Replace your CSS with:
.vertical-nav {
height:35px;;
list-style:none;
width: 100%; /******* MODIFIED ********/
margin-top:0;
margin-bottom:35px;
padding:0;
background:#03F;
text-align:center;
padding-top:10px;
}
.vertical-nav li {
height: 25px;
margin: 0;
text-align:center;
padding: 5px 0;
background-color: #03F;
border: none;
display: inline;
float: none;
margin:0px 30px 0px 0px;
width: 120px; /******* MODIFIED ********/
}
.vertical-nav li:hover {
background-color:#000000;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
.vertical-nav li a {
font-family:Calibri, Arial;
font-size:18px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#ffffff;
text-decoration:none;
}
.vertical-nav li.current {
background-color:#000000;
}
.vertical-nav li.current a {
color:#FFFFFF;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul {
display:none;
list-style-type:none;
width:125px;
padding:0px;
margin-top:3px;
margin-left:-5px;
}
vertical-nav ul li:hover ul {
display:block;
}
vertical-nav ul li:hover ul li {
background-color:#555555;
width:125px;
height:30px;
display:inline-block;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li:hover {
background-color:#333333;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li a {
color:#FFF;
text-decoration:underline;
}
vertical-nav ul li ul li a:hover {
text-decoration:none;
}
.vertical-nav li ul {
display: none;
margin-top: 10px;
padding: 0;
}
.vertical-nav li:hover ul {
display: block;
}
.vertical-nav li:hover .sub-menu
{
display: table;
}
.sub-menu li
{
width: 100%;
min-width: 180px;
white-space: nowrap;
display:table-row;
z-index:1;
position:relative;
}
.sub-menu li a
{
display:inline-block;
padding: 0 10px;
}
Hi I cannot figure out how to change the size of the child item of the CSS menu (The parent has an image background, the child should have a background color).
I tried something like:
ul > li > a:hover {
display:inline-block;
background:#000;
float:left;
width:120px;
height:25px;
}
but it is all mixed with other elements. Can you please help me figure it out?
HTML:
<div id="menu">
<ul>
<li><a id="menu1" href="#">Parent1</a></li>
<li>Parent2
<ul>
<li>Child1</li>
<li>Child2</li>
<li>Child3</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Parent3</li>
<li>Parent4</li>
<li>Parent5</li>
</ul>
</div>
CSS:
#menu {
position:absolute;
top:133px;
left:0px;
width:900px;
height:50px;
}
ul {
font-family: Arial, Verdana;
font-size: 14px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
ul li {
display: block;
float: left;
}
li ul {
display: none;
}
ul li a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #ffffff;
/*padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px;*/
background-image: url(../images/menu1.png);
white-space: nowrap;
width:178px;
height:50px;
}
ul li a:hover {
background: #BBBBBB;
}
li:hover ul {
display: block;
position: absolute;
left:0px;
}
li:hover li {
float: left;
font-size: 11px;
}
li:hover a {
background: #3b3b3b;
}
li:hover li a:hover {
background: #CCC;
}
Thank you very much for your help in advance!
Hope following changes will work for you. Here is the fiddle link. Followings are your css chagnes
#menu {
/*position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0px;*/
width:900px;
height:22px;
background-color:#000;
}
ul {
font-family: Arial, Verdana;
font-size: 14px;
line-height:22px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
text-align:center;
}
ul li {
display: block;
float: left;
position:relative;
}
ul li a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #ffffff;
/*padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px;*/
background-image: url(../images/menu1.png);
white-space: nowrap;
width:178px;
line-height:22px;
}
ul li:hover a {
background: #BBBBBB;
}
ul li ul {
display: none;
widht:200px;
position:absolute;
left:0;
top:22px;
}
ul li ul li {
float: none;
font-size: 11px;
}
ul li ul li a {
background: #3b3b3b;
background-image:none!important;
}
ul li ul li a:hover {
background: #CCC;
}
ul li:hover ul {
display: block;
position: absolute;
left:0px;
}
To add a background color to your child sub menu:
ul li ul li {
// rules
}
You can also add class to your list items to make it more manageable. For example, you can add a class to the ul of your child menu:
<li>Parent2
<ul class="sub-menu">
<li>Child1</li>
<li>Child2</li>
<li>Child3</li>
</ul>
</li>
Then you can simplify the css to:
.sub-menu li {
display:inline-block;
background:#000;
float:left;
width:120px;
height:25px;
}
It is good to retain the same width so that you can avoid that weird movement.
Try this
ul li ul li a:hover {
display:block;
background:#000;
float:left;
width:178px;
height:25px;
}
DEMO
I don't know how you want the result to look exactly but you could also use the + selector in your css like this:
ul > li > a:hover+ {
display:inline-block;
background:#000;
float:left;
width:120px;
height:25px;
}
The + selector as you see after a:hover means that the next element directly after the a:hover-tag will be selected and is this case it will be a ul
You can also specify the element with +ul if you want the ul to be a list and not a flat one like this:
ul > li > a:hover+ul {
display:inline-block;
background:#000;
float:left;
width:120px;
height:25px;
}
Like this you know that you will only affect the element next to the hovered one
Solution
ul > li:hover > li > a {
display:inline-block;
background:#000;
float:left;
width:120px;
height:25px;
}
It can be as per requirement
ul > li:hover li a { }