This seems really simple, but I can't get the syntax correct w/ the following scenario. I have some dropdown menus defined for the top of a screen. I want the list-items (each LI) to be AT LEAST as wide as its parent LI. It seems like an easy job for min-width and inherit, but I haven't been able to get it to work properly.
Right now, the "inherit" word just gets underlined in VS as if it's not recognized. The page will build/load fine, but it's clearly not reading the argument, as the LI controls aren't as wide as their parent LI's. Any help is appreciated.
Here is part of my HTML:
<ul id="javascriptDDM">
<li> MAIN OPTION 1
<ul>
<li> Choice 1 </li>
<li> Choice 2 </li>
<li> Choice 3 </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> MAIN OPTION 2
<ul>
<li> Choice 1 </li>
<li> Choice 2 </li>
<li> Choice 3 </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
... EDIT - here is ALL of the javascriptDDM CSS:
#javascriptDDM { width: auto; margin: 0; padding: 0 }
#javascriptDDM li { width: auto; float: left; list-style: none }
#javascriptDDM li a { display: block; background: #606668; padding: 5px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-right: 1px solid white; border-top: none; color: White; white-space: nowrap; background-position:left center; }
#javascriptDDM li a:hover { background: #999999; color: #FFFFFF; }
#javascriptDDM li ul { width: auto; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; z-index: 1000 }
#javascriptDDM li ul li { min-width: inherit; float: none; display: inline }
#javascriptDDM li ul li a{ color: #FFFFFF;background: #999999 }
#javascriptDDM li ul li a:hover { color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF}
Inherit will make the min-width property take the same "specified" value as the parent's min-width property. If you don't set min-width on a parent element, it won't have any value.
First of all, you should set your LI display mode to block. In this case, you will be at least able to control width of it.
WEFX
Only "block level" elements will inherit the width of their parents. The "a" element is not inherently a "block" level element.
So, to remedy this, you should either add a "display:block" to the "a" element, or, instead, place the min-width CSS on the li instead of the a.
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So, I have attempted to create a horizontal list for use on a new website I am designing. I have attempted a number of the suggestions found online already such as setting 'float' to left and such - yet none of these have worked when it comes to fixing the problem.
ul#menuItems {
background: none;
height: 50px;
width: 100px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
ul#menuItems li {
display: inline;
list-style: none;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
top: 0px;
height: 50px;
}
ul#menuItems li a {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bolder;
color: #000;
height: 50px;
width: auto;
display: block;
text-align: center;
line-height: 50px;
}
<ul id="menuItems">
<li>
Home
</li>
<li>
DJ Profiles
</li>
</ul>
Currently I am unsure of what is causing this issue, how would I go about and resolve it?
Updated Answer
I've noticed a lot of people are using this answer so I decided to update it a little bit. No longer including support for now-unsupported browsers.
ul > li {
display: inline-block;
/* You can also add some margins here to make it look prettier */
}
<ul>
<li> some item
</li>
<li> another item
</li>
</ul>
This fiddle shows how
http://jsfiddle.net/9th7X/
ul, li {
display:inline
}
Great references on lists and css here:
http://alistapart.com/article/taminglists/
I guess the simple solution i found is below
ul{
display:flex;
}
A much better way is to use inline-block, because you don't need to use clear:both at the end of your list anymore.
Try this:
<ul>
<li>
some item
</li>
<li>
another item
</li>
</ul>
CSS:
ul > li{
display:inline-block;
}
Have a look at it here : http://jsfiddle.net/shahverdy/4N6Ap/
You could also use inline blocks to avoid floating elements
<ul>
<li>
some item
</li>
<li>
another item
</li>
</ul>
and then style as:
li{
/* with fix for IE */
display:inline;
display:inline-block;
zoom:1;
/*
additional styles to make it look nice
*/
}
that way you wont need to float anything, eliminating the need for clearfixes
Here you can find a working example, with some more suggestions about dynamic resizing of the list.
I've used display:inline-block and a percentage padding so that the parent list can dynamically change size:
display:inline-block;
padding:10px 1%;
width: 30%
plus two more rules to remove padding for the first and last items.
ul#menuItems li:first-child{padding-left:0;}
ul#menuItems li:last-child{padding-right:0;}
strong tex
ul {
list-style: none;
display: flex;
justify-content: space-around;
}
<ul>
<li>bla</li>
<li>blabla</li>
<li>blablabla</li>
</ul>
I'm working on a horizontal menu with a vertical submenu. I have most of the display features set the way I want, but I'm running into trouble with displaying the submenu items with the same width. I want to display them as a nice, even block, but I'm left with a jagged edge on the right side of the submenu.
Here's a snippet of the html I'm using for the menu itself.
<nav class="navbar">
<ul>
<li><a href="#" >Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#" >item with sub</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#" >sub item 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#" >sub item 2 which is longer</a></li>
<li><a href="#" >sub item 3</a></li>
</ul>
I'm not sure which part of the css I'm using might be affecting the width of the dropdown menu, so here's everything.
.navbar {
font-size: 20px;
text-align: center;
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.navbar a {
background-color: #333;
color: #999;
text-decoration: none;
}
.navbar ul {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
list-style: none;
}
.navbar li {
float: left;
position: relative;
min-width: 120px;
padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
background-color: #333;
color: #999;
}
.navbar li ul {
display: none;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
}
.navbar li > ul {
top: 42px;
left: 0px;
}
.navbar li:hover,
.navbar li:hover > a,
.navbar li a:hover{
background-color: #999;
color: #333;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
}
.navbar li:hover ul,
.navbar li:hover ul li {
display: block;
clear: both;
min-width: 120px;
}
The fiddle is here: http://jsfiddle.net/jasotastic/yso6v2po/
Possible that this is a duplicate, but I haven't been able to find a similar question asked.
You could set 100% width to <li> to adjust with content width.
.navbar li ul li {
display: block;
width: 100%;
text-align: left;
}
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/yso6v2po/4/
You can set a width to li and use white-space: normal. Then you will have a fixed width and break the phrase if it is bigger than the width.
Your code modified:
.navbar li ul li {
width:200px;
white-space:normal;
display: block;
}
Here is the jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/yso6v2po/3/
Most drop down lists in websites' main menus are powered by Javascript, which usually displays some div element containing the list on click or hover. But non Javascript users just can't see the drop down list!
The only alternative I can think of is to display the drop down list as a HTML select element, but nobody does that. Is there a better solution out there?
Non-JavaScript menus are surprisingly common and are often times just as clean and can be more efficient than their JavaScript counterparts. You can use JavaScript but it's important to have graceful degradation if you want your menu to be accessible and functional for all users.
There are many examples of these online but the basic premise is to have a normal navigation menu (using UL and LI elements), and use CSS to change the look and appearance based on the user interaction (such as a hover).
Here is an example of a basic menu that will work without CSS or JavaScript and still be perfectly usable (some of the code taken from this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/12279190/937012)
<div class="wrapper">
<navigation role="navigation" class="primary-nav">
<ul role="menubar">
<li role="presentation">
<a role="menu-item" href="#" title="First Link">First Link</a>
</li>
<li role="presentation" class="sub-container"> <a role="menu-item" aria-haspopup="true" href="#" title="Second Link">Second Link</a>
<ul role="menu">
<li role="presentation"> <a role="menu-item" href="#" title="Sub Menu Item 1">Sub Item 1</a>
</li>
<li role="presentation"> <a role="menu-item" href="#" title="Sub Menu Item 2">Sub Item 2</a>
</li>
<li role="presentation"> <a role="menu-item" href="#" title="Sub Menu Item 3">Sub Item 3</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li role="presentation">
<a role="menu-item" href="#" title="Third Link">Third Link</a>
</li>
</ul>
</navigation>
</div>
As is, this will create a navigation menu (using some accessibility attributes) that is cross-browser and accessible. You can read more about accessibility best practices here: https://www.webaccessibility.com/best_practices.php
You can then apply whichever CSS you like to change the appearance and give the desired "drop-down" effect.
Here is some CSS for the above markup that produces a horizontal menu that features a sub-menu that appears below the second link when the mouse is moved over the second list item.
A {
text-decoration: none;
}
A:HOVER {
color: blue;
}
.wrapper {
width: 90%;
display: block;
}
.primary-nav {
display: block;
margin: 0px auto;
width: 100%;
padding: 0px;
}
.primary-nav UL {
background-color: #ababcd;
list-style-type: none;
margin-left: 0px;
padding-left: 0px;
text-indent: 0px;
}
.primary-nav > UL {
display: inline;
border: solid 1px #000000;
text-indent: 0px;
float: left;
height: 24px;
margin: 0px;
width: 100%;
list-style-type: none;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
.primary-nav LI {
max-width: 150px;
text-align: center;
}
.primary-nav > UL LI {
display: inline;
float: left;
padding: 0px 3px 0px 3px;
width: 32%;
line-height: 24px;
vertical-align: top;
margin-top: 0px;
text-align: center;
}
.primary-nav > UL LI UL {
display: none;
width: 100%;
}
.primary-nav > UL LI.sub-container:HOVER UL {
display: inline-block;
float: left;
margin-left: 0px;
clear: both;
border: inset 1px #898989;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #000000;
}
.primary-nav > UL LI.sub-container:HOVER UL LI {
margin-top: 2px;
text-align: left;
clear: both;
width: 100%;
padding: 0px;
}
.primary-nav LI A:HOVER {
background-color: #cdcdef;
}
.primary-nav LI A {
display: block;
}
.primary-nav > UL LI.sub-container:HOVER UL LI A {
padding: 1px 3px;
margin: 0px 3px;
}
Here is a fiddle that stitches it all together: http://jsfiddle.net/xDaevax/osu7t9ty/
i'm creating this base structure :
<ul>
<li>
<a>
blabla
</a>
</li>
</ul>
with css :
ul{
height: 100%;
list-style: none outside none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
ul li{
height: 25%;
text-align: right;
width: 100%;
}
a{
display: block;
float: right;
height: 75%;
padding-right: 2%;
position: relative;
width: 98%;
padding-top:25%;
}
i can't manage to simply put the a at the bottom...
i thought giving the A a height of 25% and a padding of 75% would work but it takes 75% of the UL and not 75% of the LI.
anyone has an idea how come?
thanks a lot
What exactly are you trying to achieve?
If I am assuming correctly you want an <li> that is 25% the height of its container and the <a> to sit at the bottom-right of the <li>
If that is the case you could use this css
updated RE comment In this case we could use a <span> inside the <a> to position the text and set the <a> to fill the <li>
ul {
height: 100%;
list-style: none outside none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background-color: red;
}
li {
height: 25%;
text-align: right;
width: 100%;
}
a {
display: block;
position: relative;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
background-color: blue;
}
span {
display: block;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
padding: 2%;
width: 96%;
background-color: green;
}
and the html
<ul>
<li><span>blabla</span></li>
</ul>
Fiddle here
Please note that for this to work you need to set html, body { height:100%; } or have a container with an explicit height set. i.e. ul { height: 200px; } or div.container { height: 200px; }
I would also recommend applying the styles via classes.
I'm making a dropdown list and the items have quite distinct lengths, so a standard width for all the items makes it look strange, however I can't get the dropdowns to behave in a way that doesn't look strange anyway. I'd like for the dropdown unordered lists to be centered to their parents but without predetermining a set width. I've seen ways to do this with js, but wondering is there a way to acheive it just with CSS?
hhttp://jsfiddle.net/QacGj/2/
<div id="menu">
<ul>
<li>item 2</li>
<li>parentcategory
<ul class="child">
<li>1</li>
</ul>
</div>
#menu
{
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0;
text-align: center;
width: 100%;
}
#menu li
{
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
}
#menu li a
{
padding: 0 10px;
}
#menu li a:hover
{
text-shadow: 0 0 15px #FFF, 0 0 15px #FFF;
}
#menu li ul
{
border: thin #DDD solid;
list-style-type: none;
padding: 5px 0;
position: absolute;
margin: 0 auto;
width 100%
z-index: 99999;
}
#menu li ul li
{
width: 100%;
display: block;
padding: 5px;
text-align: left;
}
#menu li:hover > ul.child
{
display: block;
}
#menu li > ul.child
{
display: none;
}
I would try to achieve this so, that the main link and its child popup were inside the same wrapper, with automatic margin left and right. That way they would both be centered with the same center point. Obviously ul li structure won't work that well for it, or if it does, I'm too tired to think properly :)
Here's an example: http://jsfiddle.net/QacGj/4/