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Arrow Green Vertical Menu

Author: Ian Main (with changes by Dynamic Drive)

Arrow Green Menu is a vertical list based menu that uses a single background image to create 3 distinct states, by shifting the image vertically to reveal a different style. The last state is user applied, by giving the desired element a CSS class of ".selected".

Demo:

Single image used (two flavors):

The CSS:

<style type="text/css">

.arrowgreen{
	width: 180px; /*width of menu*/
	border-style: solid solid none solid;
	border-color: #94AA74;
	border-size: 1px;
	border-width: 1px;
}

.arrowgreen ul{
	list-style-type: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
	
.arrowgreen li a{
	font: bold 12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	display: block;
	background: transparent url(media/arrowgreen.gif) 100% 0;
  height: 24px; /*Set to height of bg image- padding within link (ie: 32px - 4px - 4px)*/
	padding: 4px 0 4px 10px;
	line-height: 24px; /*Set line-height of bg image- padding within link (ie: 32px - 4px - 4px)*/
	text-decoration: none;
}	
	
.arrowgreen li a:link, .arrowgreen li a:visited {
	color: #5E7830;
}

.arrowgreen li a:hover{
	color: #26370A;
	background-position: 100% -32px;
}

	
.arrowgreen li a.selected{
	color: #26370A;
	background-position: 100% -64px;
}

</style>

Note: The image path referenced in the CSS above assumes you're using the first green image. If you're using the second, be sure to update the image path accordingly.

The HTML:

<div class="arrowgreen">
	<ul>
		<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com" title="Home">Home</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/" class="selected" title="CSS">CSS Library</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.ddwhois.com" title="Whois">DD Whois</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/" title="Forums">Forums</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/" title="Tools">Webmaster Tools</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a></li>
	</ul>
</div>

Code Info

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Date Posted: 09/15/2008

Revision History: None

Usage Terms: Click here

Your Comments (35)

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N-I-C-E. DDRIVE ROCKS!!

Posted by JaySkagnetti on 09/17, 05:49 PM

Would love to see these in different colors, or an attached .ai or .psd so we can edit our own colors.
Great work!

Posted by CedarTree on 09/18, 01:34 AM

very very nice but if two line links?

Posted by web tasarimi on 09/23, 04:22 AM

When I tried this everything worked but the selected position. What did I do wrong? Here is my CSS:

/--
.arrowgreen li a.selected{
color: #26370A;
background-position: 100% -64px;

--/

Posted by brian on 09/27, 07:29 PM

Brian,
I had to put an !important in that css code because I had conflicts with other CSS classes in my stylesheet where the position in this element was being overridden once I inserted this menu into my page.

Just a total shot in the dark, but it worked for me...
/--

.arrowgreen li a.selected
{
color: #26370A !important;
background-position: 100% -64px !important;
}

--/

Posted by JaySkagnetti on 10/01, 02:29 PM

This is TOO Good to be true! EVERYTHING ON THIS CSS IS CRAZY GOOD!

Posted by Luigi on 10/05, 02:45 PM

I'm using various styles from this site in my project.
Tank you for these.
My site is seuguiadecidades dot com dot br

Posted by Vinicius Brasil) on 10/06, 08:42 PM

what i can't understand was this code:

.arrowgreen li a.selected{
color: #26370A;
background-position: 100% -64px;
} 

why it didn't use a:active instead?

Posted by Dels on 10/28, 11:15 PM

Can i use your code at my blog ?

Posted by Glubina on 10/29, 07:20 AM

I tried this one, but it didn´t work out, it doesn´t show the background green image... What did I do wrong? I made the simple "copy-paste" job!

Posted by Juli on 10/30, 03:38 AM

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