Here's the HTML
<ul>
<li>Salads</li>
<li>Fruits
<ul>
<li>Apples</li>
<li>Prunes</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Main Course</li>
</ul>
Here's what it looks like now:
Salads Fruits
Apples Prunes
Main Course
And here's what I'd like it to look like:
Salads Fruits Main Course
Apples Prunes
How can I achieve this, without modifying the HTML?
Current CSS:
ul {
list-style:none;
display:block;
}
li {
display:inline-block;
}
This results in the display:
Salads Fruits Main Course
Apples Prunes
Here is the CSS I used.
ul {
list-style:none;
display:block;
float: left;
clear: both;
width: 100%;
}
li {
display: inline;
}
If you don't want the individual fruits to start a little way across the page - remove the padding with this style rule:
ul > li > ul {
padding-left: 0;
}
All of the above will still work if you nest more items too. For example:
<ul>
<li>Salads
<ul>
<li>Green Leaf</li>
<li>Chicken</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Fruits
<ul>
<li>Apples</li>
<li>Prunes</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Main Course</li>
</ul>
You should style the ul inside the li, and the li inside the ul,
View demo here. I hope it helps.
CSS for a quick look:
ul {
list-style:none;
display:block;
float: left;
clear: both;
width: 100%;
}
li {
display: inline;
}
ul > li > ul {
padding-left: 0;
}
you will need to apply styles to the ULs INSIDE the lis. Try this out
ul li {
float: left;
}
Related
I am trying to make a horizontal drop down menu in CSS. However, it appears vertically:
I want the two topmost menu items to be horizontal. What can I do, besides making a table with one row?
ul ul {
display: none;
}
ul li:hover > ul {
display: block;
}
<ul>
<li>
abc
<ul>
<li>abc</li>
<li>abc</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
abc
<ul>
<li>abc</li>
<li>abc</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
You can try floating the list items:
.root {
overflow: hidden; /* clear float */
}
.root > li {
float: left;
}
<ul class="root">
<li>
abc
<ul>
<li>abc</li>
<li>abc</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
abc
<ul>
<li>abc</li>
<li>abc</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
You can add submenu a class/id with
.inline-menu{
display: inline;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/dyaskur/fby9fan6/
The gist of your question is actually this: what is the difference between inline and block elements? This is a fundamental question that is important to understanding the basics of layout in CSS/HTML. There is a good write-up on this topic and some of the trade-offs of the various approaches at:
http://designshack.net/articles/css/whats-the-deal-with-display-inline-block/
Basically, <li> is block-level tag, meaning that it displays as its own "block" element: receives a layout (settable dimensions), by default takes the entire width of the parent element, and has a forced break after the rendered element (is on a line to itself).
So, that leaves us with a number of approaches for having your menu items sit side-by-side:
Use inline-level elements for your menu items
Use block-level elements and float them
Use block-level elements and style them as inline-block
All of these approaches are detailed in the above link. Personally, I prefer to use floated block elements. I have a fiddle with some rough css to give you an idea. Note that there are some considerations in how to display your submenus as well. You'll note that I've implemented these as having display: block, with no float, because we want them to stack vertically.
HTML
<ul class="menu">
<li>
foo
<ul class="submenu">
<li>subfoo1</li>
<li>subfoo2</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
bar
<ul class="submenu">
<li>subbar1</li>
<li>subbar2</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
CSS
ul.menu {
list-style: none;
}
ul.menu > li{
float: left;
position: relative;
}
ul.menu li {
background-color: #cccccc;
padding: 5px 20px;
}
ul.menu > li + li {
border-left: solid black 2px;
}
ul.menu li:hover > ul {
display: block;
}
ul.menu li a,ul.menu li a:link, ul.menu li a:hover, ul.menu li a:visited {
color: black;
text-decoration: none;
}
ul.submenu{
display: none;
list-style: none;
position:absolute;
left: 0;
padding: 0;
}
ul.submenu li {
float:none;
display: block;
}
ul.submenu > li + li {
border-top: solid black 1px;
}
You can just remove some <li> tags:
<ul>
<li>
abc
<ul>
abc
abc
</ul>
</li>
<li>
abc
<ul>
abc
abc
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
I'm trying to make a navigation menu for responsive website. I came to a point where I have my main menu fluid but not sure how to get drop-down menu from it .
Here is my html code:
<body>
<div id="nav">
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>Exercises</li>
<ul>
<li>Yoga</li>
<li>Pilates</li>
<li>Aerobics</li>
</ul>
<li>Clothes</li>
<li>Recipe</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</div><!-- ends nav -->
</body>
Here's my CSS:
#nav {
display: table;
table-layout: fixed;
width: 100%;
}
#nav ul {
display: table-row;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#nav ul li {
list-style: none;
display: table-cell;
text-align: center;
}
#nav ul li a {
display: block;
}
I tried adding these lines of code to my CSS but didn't work as well:
#nav ul li:hover ul {
display: block;
}
Please help me out.
Thanks
The list structure in the question is incorrect
<li>Exercises</li>
<ul>
<li>Yoga</li>
<li>Pilates</li>
<li>Aerobics</li>
</ul>
Should be
<li>Exercises</li>
<ul>
<li>Yoga</li>
<li>Pilates</li>
<li>Aerobics</li>
</ul>
</li>
The sub <ul> is wrapped in the parent <li> node.
Second, add the code below to make it drop down:
#nav li {position:relative;}
#nav li ul{display:none;position:absolute;left:0;top:100%;}
Then add more CSS code to make it beautiful.
i have some css to align two parts of a list item to the left and right side like so :-
ul li div.left {
float:left;
}
ul li {
text-align:right;
}
<ul>
<li><div class="left">On the left</div>On the right</li>
</ul>
Is it possible to extend the above to add one more part that aligns to the bottom left below the left and right parts?
i have tried :-
<li><div class="left">On the left</div>On the right<p><div class="left">At the bottom<div></p></li>
but it doesnt render correctly
You will need to modify your HTML structure like I've done below and then style accordingly to create the sort of a layout which you want.
Here's a working demo:
ul {
padding: 0px;
}
ul li {
list-style-type: none;
}
ul li.left {
float: left;
}
ul li.right {
float: right;
}
ul li.center {
text-align: center;
}
.block {
overflow: hidden;
}
<ul>
<div class="block">
<li class="left">On the left</li>
<li class="right">On the right</li>
</div>
<li class="center">centered underneath</li>
</ul>
I have a a breadcrumb in my subheader however the active breadcrumb appears underneath the list. I would like it so that they are both in the same line.
HTML:
<div id="breadcrumb">
<ul>
<li>Home ></li>
<li class="active">Marketing Items</li> </ul> </div>
CSS:
#breadcrumb {
font-size:11px;
background-color:#F2F2F2;
}
#breadcrumb ul {
margin:0px;
margin-bottom:0px;
margin-left:4px;
list-style: none;
background-color:#F2F2F2;
}
#breadcrumb .active {
color:#B3B3B3;
}
Here is also the jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/4nRPY/
Use float:left or display: inline-block. But, with float left you have to clear the element right after that.
#breadcrumb ul li{
float: left;
}
Use display: inline-block; on your <li> tags
#breadcrumb ul li {
display: inline-block;
}
DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/4nRPY/2/
You can this way to chive to that
li{float:left;}
Demo http://jsfiddle.net/4nRPY/3/
I prefer a pseudo element:
JSFiddle
HTML
<div id="breadcrumb">
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li class="active">Marketing Items</li>
</ul>
</div>
CSS
#breadcrumb ul li:after {
content:">";
padding:0 0.5em;
}
#breadcrumb ul li:last-child:after {
content:"";
padding:0;
}
Slighty less browser support but no extraneous HTML mark-up and you can change it throughout your site by changing one CSS property.
I got a reallly simple drop-down menu but got a problem with the submenus width.
See it here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/70953/SOSfrontpage.html
My HTML is:
<div id="navigation">
<div id="menu-dropdown">
<ul class="menu">
<li class="menu_punkt">Frontpage</li>
<li class="menu_punkt">Who are we?</li>
<li class="menu_punkt">This is a test
<ul>
<li>Your profile</li>
<li>New profile</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="menu_punkt">SOS Profile
<ul>
<li>Your profile</li>
<li>New user</li>
</ul>
</li><li class="menu_punkt">Log ind</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
and my CSS is:
/*horisontal navbar*/
#menu-dropdown {
list-style: none;
position: absolute;
top: 600px;
}
#menu-dropdown ul li {
float:left;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 0.8em;
}
#menu-dropdown li ul {
position: absolute;
display: none;
background-color:#cdc3a2;
padding: 0px;
margin-bottom:1px;
}
#menu-dropdown ul ul li {
clear: both;
}
#menu-dropdown ul li a {
display: block;
padding: 10px;
color:#102B47;
text-decoration:none;
font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size: 1em;
}
#menu-dropdown ul li a:hover {
background-color: #cdc3a2;
}
#menu-dropdown li:hover ul, li.over ul {
display: block;
}
You can see my problem here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/70953/SOSfrontpage.html
Regards
- Mestika
Add a width to the submenu anchors
.menu ul li a { width:200px;}
Also add the hover to the li (not teh anchor) that way the top menu stays selected when you are in the submenus
#menu-dropdown ul li:hover, #menu-dropdown ul li.hover {
background-color: #cdc3a2;
}
I think you should add a width to the menu-dropdown ul li class.
A great way to build a css drop down menu is son of a suckerfish.
Yes JAO is right u shoud give width to li like this
#menu-dropdown ul ul li {
clear:both;
width:107px;}
you can get more clue from here http://www.cssnewbie.com/example/css-dropdown-menu/
Try:
.menu ul li li {width: 100%}
when I learnt to write css dropdown menus I based a lot of experiments on the ton of examples on this site : http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/ - very clear css / html examples, minimal, clean code
hope it helps :)