Main menu styling
Create a foider named images and save the following five images in the images folder.
Open index.html and add the following to #main-menu in index.html.
<div id="main-menu"> <ul id="nav"> <li><a href="#">Java</a></li> <li><a href="#">JDBC</a></li> <li><a href="#">JSP</a></li> <li><a href="#">CSS Layout</a></li> <li><a href="#">JSP Project</a></li> <li><a href="#">Spring</a></li> <li><a href="#">JavaScript</a></li> </ul> </div>
Add the following to #main-menu in stylesheets. (Remove #main-menu in /*** Just for Looks ***/)
#main-menu { width: 1000px; height: 35px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; }
ul#nav
To remove default margin and padding of ul and li, add the following in /*** The Essential Code ***/.
ul#nav { margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none; }
ul#nav li
To list the menus horizontally, add the following to /*** The Essential Code ***/.
ul#nav li { float: left; }
Add padding between menus like below.
ul#nav li { float: left; padding: 0 17px 0 8px; }
Positioning ul#nav
The menus position is too upwards. To move menus to middle while not changing the height of #main-menu, modify ul#nav like below.
ul#nav { margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none; position: relative; top: 9px; left: 17px; }
Main Menu Link Style
Add a background color to #main-menu.
#main-menu { width: 1000px; height: 35px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; background: #92B91C; }
Add the following to /*** The Essential Code ***/ to remove the link's default underscore and set the underline to appear when the mouse hovers.
ul#nav > li > a { text-decoration: none; color: #FFF; } ul#nav > li > a:hover { text-decoration: underline; background: none; color: #FFF; }
Using an image instead of default list style
If you add list-style-type: none to ul, the default list style disappears. You can express lists more elegantly if you put a background image in front of li instead of the default list style.
Add the following to ul#nav li.
ul#nav li { float: left; padding: 0 17px 0 8px; background: url('../images/bull_circle.gif') no-repeat 0 50%; }
The image path should be relative to the location of the stylesheets.
Add a border to #main menu box like below.
#main-menu { margin: 15px 0; width: 996px; height: 35px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; background: #92B91C; border: 2px solid #DAEAAA; }
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