I have a bunch of unordered list elements that are stacked side by side with each other. To accomplish this, the style rule typically applied is:
#slide ul,li{
float:left;
list-style-type:none;
}
I need to introduce another unordered list of elements that behave the way the ul and li element typically do; that is stacked on top of each other but without any list-style-type, and to achieve this:
.stack ul,li{
list-style-type:none
}
The problem is that the styles of stack class for ul,li do not apply and the elements stack next to each other as they are being in the case of ul,li for #slide.
Check it out on this js fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/G7JHK/
Are my selectors wrong?
P.S: I have tried this out with class/id and various combination of both but the result is always the same.
Because of the comma in your selector you were applying float left to all li elements. Try something like this:
<ul class="stack">
<li>element 1</li>
<li>element 2</li>
</ul>
<br/>
<ul id="slide">
<li>element 3</li>
<li>element 4</li>
</ul>
#slide li{
display:inline;
}
This css will make all list elements in the div 'slide' display in a row and all other list elements will continue to display like normal. It saves you having to use two different classes :)
Your CSS should be like so
ul.stack li{
display:block;
}
ul#slide li{
float:left;
}
I think you want something like:
ul.stack li{
display:block;
}
ul#slide li{
float:left;
}
Look at the selectors. You want to select a ul with class stack (ul.stack) and find its child li.
There is problem of your selector. class or id of same element never separated by a white space. They should be with no space and the child are separated by a space but no ',' will not be used there..
So you can try this in your code
ul.stack li{
display:block;
}
ul#slide li{
float:left;
}
Also you have to place the HTML tag name first and then the preceding attribute.
The problem is that you selected the ul that is a descendent of slide, but your ul has an id of slide, so it doesnt work, because there is no ul that has a container with an id of slide. Also by putting ,li you are selecting all list items on the page. You want to have #slide li, which will only select the list items with a container id of slide. You don't need the #slide ul so your final code should be
#slide li {
float:left;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/G7JHK/6/
As an alternative, you could use ul:nth-of-type(2) instead of an id to save some space in the html
http://jsfiddle.net/G7JHK/7/
Related
Is there a way to display multiple li tags of HTML in a single line as shown below. Basically we need to display the first few li elements in a single line and rest in a list as shown below link. Thanks.
See CSS and positionning possibilities. You've to change regular comportements of li in layout (default one)by setting new rules. i.e.: using float CSS properties but they're many mny ways to set and place elements in the way you like in your page.
When using bootstrap you can even use grid predefine layout fitting what you want(so for example fill each grid cell with one li) but that seems more complex and make you write more i think.
Yes it is possible.
I created an example pen for you.
HTML
<ul>
<li>
<div>
<span>Item1</span>
<span>Item2</span>
<span>Item3</span>
<div>
</li>
<li>item 4</li>
</ul>
CSS
ul{
list-style-type:none;
display:flex;
justify-content:space-between;
flex-grow:1;
}
ul li{
display: inline-block;
}
Place your image files instead of the span tags. Make sure you add display:inline-block; property to them and give proper widths and heights to the image files.
The magic behind this is flexbox
Is it possible to use a pseudo class inside of a :not tag?
Example:
li:not(.inner:hover):hover { // Code }
<li>
<div class="inner"></div>
</li>
I am trying to cancel out the effect of the parent hover, when I hover an inner item, without using javascript.
The expected result for above code is when you hover the li, but not the inner div, the li get's a hover effect. But only if you're not hovering the .inner.
Update
http://jsfiddle.net/eTV86/
What I want is, when the .inner turns black, the li turns back to red.
Yes, but you're using both a class and a pseudo-class, which is invalid:
li:not(.inner:hover):hover
Even if you change it to something that's valid (as per this answer):
li:not(.inner):hover, li:not(:hover):hover
The first selector will always match your li on hover, and the second selector won't ever match anything. It will never match your div.inner because you're attaching the :not() to the li.
Lastly, if you want to change the li when .inner gets a hover, that's not possible with current CSS selectors. You'll need JavaScript.
You can use the simple css instead pseudo class
HTML
<ul>
<li class="active">Link 1</li>
<li>Link 2</li>
<li>Link 3</li>
</ul>
CSS
ul li a{ color:black}
ul li a:hover { color:red }
ul li.active a:hover { color:black /*re use the same properties which is there in default style viz ul li a{} */}
DEMO http://jsfiddle.net/mKQas/2/
I'm experimenting with a design. It seems I can't get my CSS right. I have a horizontal list with a list in each of it's list items. The nested list doesn't seem to behave properly. What am I doing wrong here?
http://jsfiddle.net/89sqw/
The nested list doesn't have the squared list type, and the margin is all wrong.
Everything you apply to #tfList li is valid to your nested list items too (unless you override). Also, you shouldn't have two elements with the same id, use classes instead.
Several prolems:
1) As mentioned by #bfavaretto, you can't have multiple elements with the same ID
2) You aren't closing your "P" tags. Closing tags have a slash (</p>)
3) You are using display: inline on an element which will contain block elements. This is invalid not good practice and will likely give you problems. Use inline-block instead:
#some-item {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
*display: inline;
*zoom: 1;
}
Edit: Tip - you can use special "child" selectors to only select immediate children of an element. http://jsfiddle.net/ryanwheale/F3cqD/
<ul>
<li>
Level 1
<ul>
<li>Level 2</li>
<li>Level 2</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Level 1</li>
</ul>
And these styles
ul > li {
color: red;
}
ul > li > ul > li {
color: green;
}
The issue is easy to miss, but it comes from having overridden the display property of #tfList li elements to display: inline, and then mistakenly trying to re-set it to display: block;.
The correct display for a list item is:
display: list-item;
Also, to get the spacing back on the list items, set the left padding on the ul element.
Fiddle
I just have been looked into Google's source code and I saw that the side bar is created from the <ul> and <li> tags which the use for them is making list.
So as I said I saw their side menu bar and I tried to do the same, something like this : http://jsbin.com/oyibok/edit#javascript,html,live
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li> dsds </li>
<li> dsds </li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
not quiet worked out, is there any technique that I can use to do the same as Google's did and make a list without the followed dot?
To get rid of the dots, just add the following css:
ul {
list-style: none;
}
yes - the answer is css. you should do something like
ul {
list-style-type: none; /* look mom - no dots */
}
ul li {
display:inline; /* look mom - no block display - only if you want a horizontal nav */
}
a {
text-decoration:none /* look mom - no underline */
}
also as you may notice if this is a navbar you probably would put links inside the li element with a elements
by the way - all modern nav bars are lists..
In addition to removing the bullets/dots in CSS, you may also want to reset the margins to margin: 0px if you want the top-level list items to be flush with the left side of their container.
In most browsers, just removing the bullets still leaves white space where they normally are.
A list has the bullet points by default, and also some margins and padding.
<ul>
<li>list item 1</li>
</ul>
With CSS you can change the way the list looks.
<style>
/* the styles go in between the style tag */
</style>
You can use CSS to grab each element in the list and change the properties.
For example I usually start by removing the list style, margin and padding.
ul { list-style:none; margin:0; padding:0; }
Next you can change the link or anchor tags to have a width and height and background colour.
Links by defaul are inline elements, which means they don't force a new line but flow inline.. I need them to be displayed as a block element so I can style it.
ul a:link,
ul a:visited { display:block; width:100px; height:20px; line-height:20px; background:blue; }
Now when the user hovers the mouse over the link you can change its colour again, CSS stacks so all the styles you wrote above will still apply but we can over write whatever we choose.
ul a:hover { background:orange; }
Some reading: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_list.asp
Once you know how to select elements using CSS, you will be able to create pretty much anything.
You can give HTML elements a unique id or a class.
An id is used to select a single element, on it's own.
But if you have a lot of elements, a class is used.
"#" for Ids and a "." For classes.
Example:
<div id="something">some text wrapped in a div with an id</div>
<div class="something">a div with a class</div>
<div class="something">a div with a class</div>
<div class="something">a div with a class</div>
<style>
#something { background:red; }
.something { background:blue; }
</style>
The startings
http://jsbin.com/oyibok/5/edit
which is better for use
.menu{
float:left;
width:600px;
height:25px;
background:url(bg.png) repeat-x;
}
.menu ul{
float:left;
}
.menu ul li{
float:left;
width:150px;
height:25px;
background:#F00;
}
or
.menu{
float:left;
width:600px;
height:25px;
background:url(bg.png) repeat-x;
}
.menu ul{
float:left;
}
.menu li{
float:left;
width:150px;
height:25px;
background:#F00;
}
which tag is right menu ul li or menu li?
When you say which tag is right menu ul li or menu li?, are you talking about a div with class="menu" or are you talking about the deprecated menu tag (<menu>)?
If you are just talking about your css code, those are not tags, they are selectors. And I'd go with the most specific selector available in order to avoid accidental assignments
.menu > ul > li{
// this matches only list items directly inside a ul directly inside a .menu
}
even better would be this:
#menu > ul > li{
// now you are referencing the menu by id, so you know this is a unique assignment
}
or, if you have multiple menus:
#menubar > .menu > ul > li{
}
because otherwise you are in for surprises, you might actually have a structure like this:
(this is ugly, I know, but just to prove a point)
<div class="menu">
<ul>
<li>Menu Item 1</li>
<li>Menu Item 2</li>
<li>Menu Item 3
<ul>
<li id="abc">Menu Item abc</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Menu Item 4
<div><div><div><ol><li><div><ul>
<li id="xyz">Menu Item xyz</li>
</ul></div></li></ol></div></div></div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
(you probably don't want to match items abc or xyz).
It makes no difference until you have to interact with other, similar selectors in the same stylesheet — and then it depends on what those selectors are.
It depends. If you've got an ol and a ul within .menu you'll want to use the more specific .menu ul li. Otherwise, .menu li is fine. You might like to read up on CSS specifity.
Unless you're going to also have ordered lists (<ol>) inside .menu containers, the result is exactly the same. Some will probably say one is faster than the other, but that is irrelevant (and hard to prove as it may differ in every browser)
Your selectors should match your intent - if you mean for any list item, regardless of whether it's inside a UL or OL to be styled the same, then example B. If it's only UL LI's you want to style, then A.
This is a fairly simple example, but this is a useful rule of thumb. Ask yourself "If someone came and stuck an ordered list inside .menu, how would I want it to look?
It's a great way to keep your CSS to just the right level of specificity, while maintaining flexibility in the HTML structure it can apply to.
Mozilla Devcenter recommend to use .menu li. You can red more about Writing Efficient CSS and optimizing css code. Personally, I use <ul id='menu'> and then #menu { display: block; margin: 0; padding: 0 }.