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Blue Blocks Menu

Author: Mark Newhouse- Taming Lists

This is an attractive "blocks" CSS menu with an accompanying hover effect. We added some changes of our own to the CSS to create a consistent menu width across browsers.

Demo:

The CSS:

<style type="text/css">

#blueblock{
width: 180px;
border-right: 1px solid #000;
padding: 0 0 1em 0;
margin-bottom: 1em;
font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 90%;
background-color: #90bade;
color: #333;
}

* html #blueblock{ /*IE 6 only */
w\idth: 147px; /*Box model bug: 180px minus all left and right paddings for #blueblock */
}

#blueblock ul{
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: none;
}

#blueblock li {
border-bottom: 1px solid #90bade;
margin: 0;
}

#blueblock li a{
display: block;
padding: 5px 5px 5px 8px;
border-left: 10px solid #1958b7;
border-right: 10px solid #508fc4;
background-color: #2175bc;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
width: 100%;
}

html>body #blueblock li a{ /*Non IE6 width*/
width: auto;
}

#blueblock li a:hover{
border-left: 10px solid #1c64d1;
border-right: 10px solid #5ba3e0;
background-color: #2586d7;
color: #fff;
}

</style>

The HTML:

<div id="blueblock">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/">Dynamic Drive</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com/">CSS Drive</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/">Forums</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/imageoptimizer/">Gif Optimizer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/">Favicon Creator</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/button/">Button Maker</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

Code Info

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Date Posted: 05/07/2006

Revision History: None

Usage Terms: Click here

Your Comments (41)

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How do I position the menu on the page? I'm using Dreamweaver 8, but the CSS menu does not show in DW. What if I want to position text to the right of the menu?

Posted by Gary Kopycinski on 05/24, 09:45 AM

Hello Gary,

In DW8, go to Edit, Preferences, and check some of the Invisible Elements. I'm using DW as well and the menu is showing for editing. I use the 'split' view on it, so I can change layout and code at the same time. To position the menu, you can play with the '#blueblock' css id, like for example, adding a 'position:absolute' and some 'left:xx; top:xx' styles, or you can use <tables> and put the menu on a <td> to the left and the text on a <td> to the right.

Posted by Leandro MuTLY Barbosa on 05/26, 10:30 AM

I'm changing left side menu buttons under an existing CSS form page and would like to keep the header portions of that style sheet. Can I run this CSS only, for my menu bar and keep the existing CSS format for the rest o the page?

PS-Great site here! :)

Posted by Peter Thompson on 07/02, 04:43 AM

Hi there, I wanted to ask if this menu could be converted into a horisontal one , because i like the colours and the hover style , but I'm not really into vertical menus..
So.. can it be done or not ?

Posted by Mitko on 07/06, 10:40 AM

Is it possible to have another tutorial teaching how to make this CSS into a dropdown menu? Looks kind of nice if it's a dropdown menu

Posted by Benjamin on 08/07, 10:19 AM

Best Menu! Thanks you! Very coool!

Posted by Speedy on 09/06, 07:16 AM

I have used it.. Thanks for the code !

Posted by seo tools on 09/12, 04:17 PM

Hi there, this CSS menu is excellent! Thanks a lot !

Posted by John on 09/17, 06:53 AM

How do I make each button when sected light up with a different colour?

Thanks,

Posted by Zane Andrew Saxton on 10/04, 05:46 PM

On IE6, there are two 'oddments' - text align is centered, and the right most blocks are missing - any fixes? Works perfectly on FF

Posted by Rhys on 10/13, 11:44 AM

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