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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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Comment Pages 3 of 4 pages < 1 2 3 4 >

the comment chopped out some of the code on the include a the end.
all the links have classes:
href="50plus.html" class="50plus"

Posted by Geezer on 02/02, 08:36 PM

this code does not validate, with CSS 2.0

Posted by George on 02/16, 03:03 AM

very good, nice job

Posted by scorpy on 02/19, 01:50 PM

Nice but it should have a drop down.

Posted by Shane on 02/20, 10:54 AM

Hi.

This code is perfect and I got it working. My problem is, when I reduce the image size to 3x16=48 pixels, IE introduces bizarre spacing between the <li>'s. Do you know of any work around to this?

Thanks,
Martin

Posted by Martin on 02/21, 05:28 AM

For other color variants I suggest you just use the hue/saturation feature of your vector/image editor. It can virtually create all colors of the rainbow for you.

Good luck!

Posted by Xander on 02/24, 09:23 AM

This is the most helpful site ever..

Posted by ash on 03/04, 04:11 PM

Perhaps I am missing something, but the menu never shows what page your on, even in your demo. Clearly this is not supposed to work that way, I need to show what page a user has selected.
Thanks

Posted by Daniel Hoviss on 03/07, 03:01 PM

Really nice vertical menu, well done Ian

Posted by Mark on 03/25, 08:53 AM

i kind of new to this stuff
im 14

how do you put a table next to the nav bar?

Posted by Margaret on 03/31, 07:40 PM

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