CSS - Help With Space Under My <active> Navigation

Hi All,

I am building a site that has the following structure for the navigation;

Code:

<div id="navigation">
    <ul id="navlist">
      <li class="home"><a href="../index.asp" title="home"><span>home</span></a></li>
      <li class="aboutus"><a href="../aboutus.htm" title="aboout us"><span>about us</span></a></li>
      <li class="ourservices"><a href="../ourservices.htm" title="our services"><span>our services</span></a>
        <ul>
          <li class="internationalmail"><a href="ourservices_internationalmail.htm" title="international mail"><span>international mail</span></a></li>
          <li class="worldwidecourier"><a href="ourservices_worldwidecourier.htm" title="worldwide courier"><span>worldwide courier</span></a></li>
          <li class="worldwidefreight"><a href="ourservices_worldwidefreight.htm" title="worldwide freight"><span>worldwide freight</span></a></li>
          <li class="storage"><a href="ourservices_storage.htm" title="storage"><span>storage</span></a></li>
          <li class="publishingservices"><a href="ourservices_publishingservices.htm" title="publishing services"><span>publishing services</span></a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li class="requestquote"><a href="../requestquote.htm" title="request a quote"><span>request a quote</span></a></li>
      <li class="contactus"><a href="../contactus.htm" title="contact us"><span>contact us</span></a></li>
    </ul>
  </div>

The main LI is horizontal, and the containing UL, LI is a vertical dropdown. The seperate CSS file does the image replacements on the <a> and hides the text within the <span>, usual stuff. The nav works great, with the graphic rollovers etc. The rollover, again, standard way of doing it, background: url(<FILE>) no-repeat top left; and the a:hover rollover is a background: bottom left;.

Edit: Just noticed that I can't link to the full site that I have uploaded for preview.

What I want to do, is when the user roll's over any of the items within the sub-navigation, it keeps the main Services navigation link rolled over also. The only way I could think of doing this, and relatively simply, would be to use JavaScript, but wanted to explore any other CSS ways of doing this. For example, is it possible to change a style of another class, from another?

Your help would be much appreciated!

Hi,
I have created my website but I'm having problems with the a:active link in my CSS. When I go to my site I would like the currently viewed pages link to be blanked out and unclickable, (until I view a different page.) I have tried to change the a:active part of my CSS but to no avail. The only part that seems to work in the CSS is the a:hover part, all the others seem to be ignored.

Still relating to the question above, I have made the links width 229px. This seems to display fine with IE6, however NS7 compresses the layers background to the size of the text. How do I avoid this? I have tried adding an absolute position style to the layer in CSS, but I then lose the 'fluidity' of the website when the browser is resized.

I have pasted my CSS below:

#waita, #waitb {
text-decoration:none;
color:#FFFFC0;
border-style:solid;
border-color: #000000;
border-width:2px;
background-color:#000000;
layer-background-color:#000000;
font:bold;
font-weight:bold;
font-family:arial;
font-size:14px;
height:22px;
width:230px;
z-index: 100;
margin: 5;
}

.image
{
border-width: 2;
border-color: #000000;
border-style: solid;
margin: 10;
}

.class1 a:link
{
text-decoration:none;
color:#000000;
border-style:solid;
border-color: #000000;
border-width:2px;
background-color:#FFFFC0;
layer-background-color:#FFFFC0;
font:none;
font-weight:none;
font-family:arial;
font-size:14px;
line-height:18px;
width: 229px;
z-index: 20;
margin: 5;
}

.class1 a:active
{
text-decoration:none;
color:#000000;
border-style:solid;
border-color: #000000;
border-width:2px;
background-color:#FFFFC0;
layer-background-color:#FFFFC0;
font:none;
font-weight:none;
font-family:arial;
font-size:14px;
line-height:18px;
width: 229px;
z-index: 20;
margin: 5;
}

.class1 a:visited
{
text-decoration:none;
color:#000000;
border-style:solid;
border-color: #000000;
border-width:2px;
background-color:#FFFFC0;
layer-background-color:#FFFFC0;
font:none;
font-weight:none;
font-family:arial;
font-size:14px;
line-height:18px;
width: 229px;
z-index: 20;
margin: 5;
}

.class1 a:hover
{
text-decoration:none;
color:#FFFFC0;
border-style:solid;
border-color: #000000;
border-width:2px;
background-color:#000000;
layer-background-color:#000000;
font:bold;
font-weight:bold;
font-family:arial;
font-size:14px;
line-height:18px;
width: 229px;
z-index: 20;
margin: 5;
}

I have tried to change the two line in the a:active part: {background-color:#FFFFC0; layer-background-color:#FFFFC0;} but it seems to do nothing.

Cheers, Andy

I have menu that uses its own CSS and I am having some problems with the a:active. I have accomplished changing the font color but have been unable to change the background color of the cell. See the code below....
Any help is greatly appreciated!
By the way, the active link has to be used as a div. I am using a specialized menu with specific requirements :S
The background command below only colors the background of the text but in the OVER css, it colors the background of the CELL....

Code:

 #dm_t-active_link {
                font-weight: 900;
	color: gold;
	font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
                padding: 0px;
	background-color: #440000;
                width:125px;
	border : 0px solid black;
}
.dm_t-0_over {
	font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	padding: 4px;
	color: #BC8D31;
	background-color: #550000;
	border : 1px solid black;
	height: 16px;
                cursor: hand;
}

is there a method similar to active, so when the user clicks the link it changes style but keeps the style change (after the mouse button is released) until the link is clicked a 2nd time at which point it goes back to its initial state and so on.

i hope that makes sense

Hi there,
Kindly have a look on below CSS property.
What i want to ask is: when i'll click on a button, it should be look active. I mean it would have to get property of .sidebar_menu:active
But it doen't works.
Please elp me out from this.

Code:

<!--Sidebar menu button start-->

.input {
 color : #FF9000;
 font-size:20px;
;
}

.sidebar_menu{
    border: 0px;
    background: url('images/word-real.jpg') no-repeat top left;
	font-size:18px;
	font-weight:bold;
	text-decoration:none;	
	color:#FFFFFF; 
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;;
	 width:97px;
	 height:42px
    
}
.sidebar_menu:hover {
    border: 0px;
    background: url('images/word-over.jpg') no-repeat top left;
	color:#009BC9;

}

.sidebar_menu:active {
    border: 0px;
    background: url('images/word-over.jpg') no-repeat top left;
	color:#009BC9;
}

br { clear: left; }
<!--Sidebar menu button End-->

Code:

<a rel="11"><input type="button" value="worship" class="sidebar_menu"/></a>
<a rel="22"><input type="button" value="prayer" class="sidebar_menu"/></a>
<a rel="33"><input type="button" value="cell" class="sidebar_menu"/></a>
<a rel="44"><input type="button" value="city" class="sidebar_menu"/></a>
<a rel="55"><input type="button" value="mission" class="sidebar_menu"/></a>

Hey everyone,

I am wondering if there is a way to get rid of the border that a:active has by default. Because I find that border annoying. I thought adding border: 0 would do the job, but doesn't appear to, anyone have any thoughts?

Hi All.

I am just trying to figure out how to make the bottom
border of the active tab disappear so it looks like the
active tab is part of the active panel.

For example:

http://wiki.modxcms.com/images/a/aa/Tabs3.png

THE CSS

Code:

<style>
#tabs {
padding: 10px;
}
#tabs #nav {
margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: 8px;
}
#tabs ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}

#tabs #nav ul li {
display: inline;
padding: 3px 7px;
cursor: default;
background-color: #eeeeee;
border: 1px solid #cccccc;
border-bottom: none;
margin-right: 2px;
}
 
#tabs #nav ul li.active {
border: 1px solid #000066;
border-bottom: 1px solid white;
background-color: #ffffff;
}
 
#tabs #nav ul li:hover {
background-color: #ffffff;
}
 
#tabs #data {
margin-top: 3px;
}
 
#tabs #data div {
display: none;
border: 1px solid #000066;
padding: 10px;
}
 
#tabs #data div.active {
display: block;
}
</style>

THE javascript:

Code:

 <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
        function navAllInactive() {
              oNav = document.getElementById('nav');
              oLis = oNav.getElementsByTagName('LI');
       
                for (i = 0; i < oLis.length; i++) {
                    oLis[i].className = '';
                }
        }
       
      function hideAllData() {
        oData = document.getElementById('data');
        oDivs = oData.getElementsByTagName('DIV');
       
        for (i = 0; i < oDivs.length; i++) {
            oDivs[i].style.display = 'none';
        }
      }
       
      function doShow(o, pageId) {
        hideAllData();
        navAllInactive();
        o.className = 'active';
        oData = document.getElementById(pageId);
        oData.style.display = 'block';
        return false;
      }
  
      </script>

THE HTML:

Code:

<div id="tabs">
<div id="nav">
<ul>
<li onclick="javascript:doShow(this, 'relevance');" class="active">Relevance</li>
<li onclick="javascript:doShow(this, 'added');">Date Added</li>
<li onclick="javascript:doShow(this, 'recorded');">Date Recorded</li>
<li onclick="javascript:doShow(this, 'rating');">Rating</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="data">
<div id="relevance" class="active">Relevance</div>
<div id="added">Date Added</div>
<div id="recorded">Date Recorded</div>
<div id="rating">Rating</div>
</div>
</div>

Greets,

I hope someone can help me achieve this in IE6. it should be simple (famous last words?) ... but am stumped right now:

What I am trying to achieve:
I'm trying to get a class displayed for a link in an unordered list (Ie: Have the "home" section highlighted when I'm on the index page and so forth)

Html/cfm code:
Code:

...
<div id="LeftMenu">
<ul>
<li><a href="./index.cfm" title="Home">Home</a></li>
<cfif (GetAuthUser() neq "")>
	
	<li><a href="./index.cfm?action=edit_profile" title="Edit Profile" <cfif request.action eq "edit_profile"> class="l_menu_selected"</cfif>>Edit profile</a></li>
	<li>&nbsp;</li>
	<li><a href="./index.cfm?logout=1" title="Logout" style="font-size: 8pt; color: red; ">Logout</a></li>
	
	<li>&nbsp;</li>
<cfelse>
	<li><a href="./index.cfm?action=create_profile" title="Create Profile" <cfif request.action eq "create_profile"> class="l_menu_selected"</cfif>>Create profile</a></li>
</cfif>
</ul>
</div>
...

The css bit that goes with it:
Code:

#LeftMenu
{
	width: 200px;
}
#LeftMenu ul
{
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}
#LeftMenu ul li
{
	margin-top: 2px;
	margin-left: -14px; /*WHY ON EARTH does ie set me up with some kind of funky margin on the left I didn't ask for???*/
}
#LeftMenu ul li a:link, #LeftMenu ul li a:visited,#LeftMenu ul li a:active
{
	display: block;
	background-color:#99cdff;
	height: 28px;
	width: 170px;
	vertical-align:middle;
	line-height:30px;
	margin:0px;
	padding-left: 30px;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size: 8pt;
	background-image: url(../images/arrow.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left center;	
}
#LeftMenu ul li a:hover, #LeftMenu ul li a.l_menu_selected, .l_menu_selected
{
	background-color:#6fb2f8;
}

I gather my last selector is where it's FUBAR.

When parsing the page, I can clearly see the class tag is displayed... but the desired colour doesn't show up.
Code:

<li><a href="./index.cfm?action=create_profile" title="Create Profile"  class="l_menu_selected">Create profile</a></li>

Our client uses IE6 exclusively, so... no matter how nice it looks in FF (too many good developing tools to pass it up)... i need this displayed properly in IE6.

As a bonus: if someone can tell me why the <li>'s are shown by default with a left padding of 20px in IE (hence, me having to resort to "margin-left: -14px;")

Some of my pages are long enough to cause the primary vertical scroll bar to become active but most of the pages are short enough so that it stays hidden. Because of this the entire content automatically shifts to the left to accommodate the width of the scroll bar. I don't like that. I would like it to stay in the same spot no matter what. (centered) my wrapper has margin: auto, 0px; so that the page stays centered when the window size changes.

Is there a way to just bump the page to the right only when the scroll bar is active? (via my external css)

Thanks a bunch.

(if there is a thread about this already please feel free to just post the link to it)

Also, I am going to add this head-banging dude because its just so flippin stupid.

Hi, I need some help to design an image based menu. I have been trying it for a week now but still could not achieve and going little bit mad.

(Ive rewritten the same problem clearly this time hope someone can help me out)

My menu image consists of 4 sections and 3 layers which looks like this: img26.imageshack.us/img26/1268/menux.gif

1.home 2.archives 3.news 4.about - (layer 1 unvistided link)
1.home 2.archives 3.news 4.about - (layer 2 hover link: mouse over)
1.home 2.archives 3.news 4.about - (layer 3 active: shows what section the visitor on afer clicking and going to that page) and my problem is with the last layer.

I created the pages via admin panel of wordpress but give the links in the header.php manually myself without using codes.

so the links of each section are like this

home=http://localhost/wordpress/
archives=http://localhost/wordpress/?page_id=2
news=http://localhost/wordpress/?page_id=35
about=http://localhost/wordpress/?page_id=31

You can see my codes for CSS and PHP files below. Could you please have a look at my codes and provide the right code. The menu at the moment works ok except from the active side of it. I tried to give class id like "active" but failed to get it worked so please please change my wrong codes.

PHP code:

Code:

<ul id="nav">
   <li id="home"><a href="http://localhost/wordpress/">home</a></li>
   <li id="archives"><a href="http://localhost/wordpress/?page_id=2">archives</a></li>
   <li id="news"><a href="http://localhost/wordpress/?page_id=35">news</a></li>
   <li id="about" class="last"><a href="http://localhost/wordpress/?page_id=31">about</a></li>
		</ul>

CSS Code:

Code:

#nav {
     list-style: none;
     padding: 0;
     margin: -105px 25px;
     width: 332px;
     height: 30px;
     background: url('images/menu.gif');
     position: relative;
}

	ul#nav li { width: 80px;
	            height: 30px;
				padding: 0 4px 0 0;
				text-indent: -900px;
				float: left;
				}

	ul#nav li.last { padding: 0; }

		ul#nav li a, ul#nav li a:visited, ul#nav li a:hover { display: block; width: 80px; height: 30px; background: transparent url('images/menu.gif') no-repeat; outline: none; }

			ul#nav li#home a, ul#nav li#home a:visited { background-position: 0 0; }	

			ul#nav li#archives a, ul#nav li#archives a:visited { background-position: -84px 0; }

			ul#nav li#news a, ul#nav li#news a:visited { background-position: -168px 0; }

			ul#nav li#about a, ul#nav li#about a:visited { background-position: -252px 0; }

				ul#nav li#home a:hover { background-position: 0 -30px; }

				ul#nav li#archives a:hover { background-position: -84px -30px; }

				ul#nav li#news a:hover { background-position: -168px -30px; }

				ul#nav li#about a:hover { background-position: -252px -30px; }

			.home ul#nav li#home a, .home ul#nav li#home a:visited, .home ul#nav li#home a:hover { background-position: 0 -60px; cursor: default; }

			.archives ul#nav li#archives a, .archive ul#nav li#archives a:visited, .archives ul#nav li#archives a:hover { background-position: -84px -60px; cursor: default; }

			.news ul#nav li#news a, .news ul#nav li#news a:visited, .news ul#nav li#news a:hover { background-position: -168px -60px; cursor: default; }

			.about ul#nav li#about a, .about ul#nav li#about a:visited, .about ul#nav li#about a:hover { background-position: -252px -60px; cursor: default; }

The main problem i can understand from the earlier discussion
is that i need to give id class for active links in header.php code but i also need to rewrite the last four lines of css code according to the codes i wrote in php file. Can someone please help? Can someone please add or rewrite the active bit (in css codes - last 4 lines from the bottom) and in php file. please.

Hi,

I have this in the html and so on for each page

<div id="nav">
<ul>
<li class="current"><a href="one.htm">one</a></li>
<li><a href="two.htm">two</a></li>
<li><a href="three.htm">three</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

Then css:

#nav ul li.current a{
background:#CCCCCC;
color:#000000;
}

But I don't want the first page's link to change colour until it is
clicked. Otherwise the menu comes up with first link always
active before anything has been selected. It looks wrong.

Is there anyway around this in css?

Thanks,
jdl

so what do each one do?

Hi,

I have implemented an Apple Style CSS menu however I cannot apply the active state on this. When the current page is displayed, I would like to the button to be highlighted (as if hovering) Can anyone help me please?

HTML
Code:

<ul id="nav">
          <li id="list1"><a href="#"><span>Home</span></a></li>
          <li id="list2"><a href="#"><span>Special Offer</span></a></li>
          <li id="list3"><a href="#"><span>Help</span></a></li>
          <li id="list4"><a href="#"><span>Delivery Information</span></a></li>
          <li id="list5"><a href="#"><span>Technical</span></a></li>
          <li id="list6"><a href="#"><span>About Us</span></a></li>
          <li id="list7"><a href="#"><span>Contact</span></a></li>
</ul>

CSS

Code:

* { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; }
 
#nav {
      background: url(nav.png);
      height: 38px;
      width: 960px;
      margin: 0 auto;
}
 
#nav span {
     display: none;
}

#nav li {
    list-style-type: none;
    float: left;
}
 
#nav a {
    height: 38px;
    display: block;
}

#list1 { width: 114px; }
#list2 { width: 164px; }
#list3 { width: 112px; }
#list4 { width: 206px; }
#list5 { width: 130px; }
#list6 { width: 122px; }
#list7 { width: 112px; }



#list1 a:hover {
      background: url(nav.png) 0px -38px no-repeat;
}
 
#list2 a:hover {
      background: url(nav.png) -114px -38px no-repeat;
}
 
#list3 a:hover {
      background: url(nav.png) -278px -38px no-repeat;
}
 
#list4 a:hover {
      background: url(nav.png) -390px -38px no-repeat;
}
 
#list5 a:hover {
      background: url(nav.png) -596px -38px no-repeat;
}
 
#list6 a:hover {
      background: url(nav.png) -726px -38px no-repeat;
}
 
#list7 a:hover {
      background: url(nav.png) -848px -38px no-repeat;
}

Hello Im trying to find a way to force
:active and :focus from temporary states to permanent effects in safari ? basically make them behave just like they behave on internet explorer. As of right now, if you go to the website using safari, you will have to press and hold the mouse button in order to see the image. is there any hack ? or fix to do this ? thanks

the website is http://www.danielyanez.com

and the css is http://www.danielyanez.com/Stylesheet.css

it works well on IE and even in firefox, but in safari you have to keep pressing the button.

Hi there,

I have an image rollover css script, but it will not understand a:active so is there a way I can use an inline a:active attribute?

Many thanks!