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CSS Tabs menu

Author: Dynamic Drive

This is a basic CSS tabs menu, created from an ordinary HTML list. The menu supports two common requests- the ability to align the menu "left", "center", or "right" on the page, plus highlight a particular tab so it appears selected.

Demo:

The CSS:

<style type="text/css">

.basictab{
padding: 3px 0;
margin-left: 0;
font: bold 12px Verdana;
border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
list-style-type: none;
text-align: left; /*set to left, center, or right to align the menu as desired*/
}

.basictab li{
display: inline;
margin: 0;
}

.basictab li a{
text-decoration: none;
padding: 3px 7px;
margin-right: 3px;
border: 1px solid gray;
border-bottom: none;
background-color: #f6ffd5;
color: #2d2b2b;
}

.basictab li a:visited{
color: #2d2b2b;
}

.basictab li a:hover{
background-color: #DBFF6C;
color: black;
}

.basictab li a:active{
color: black;
}

.basictab li.selected a{ /*selected tab effect*/
position: relative;
top: 1px;
padding-top: 4px;
background-color: #DBFF6C;
color: black;
}

</style>

The HTML:

<ul class="basictab">
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/new.htm">DHTML</a></li>
<li class="selected"><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/">CSS</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/button/">Button Maker</a></li>
</ul>

Code Info

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Date Posted: 05/08/2006

Revision History: Updated 05/16/2006 for consistent link states colors.

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