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Image Marker Menu

Author: Dynamic Drive

This CSS code creates a vertical menu out of ordinary lists, using an arrow image to replace the default HTML marker. The image is applied as a background image, with a different one shown when the mouse moves over the links.

Demo:

The two images used:

The CSS:

<style type="text/css">

.markermenu{
width: 170px; /*width of menu*/
}

.markermenu ul{
list-style-type: none;
margin: 5px 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid #9A9A9A;
}

.markermenu ul li a{
background: white url(media/arrow-list.gif) no-repeat 2px center;
font: bold 13px "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #00014e;
display: block;
width: auto;
padding: 3px 0;
padding-left: 20px;
text-decoration: none;
border-bottom: 1px solid #B5B5B5;
}


* html .markermenu ul li a{ /*IE only. Actual menu width minus left padding of LINK (20px) */
width: 150px;
}

.markermenu ul li a:visited, .markermenu ul li a:active{
color: #00014e;
}

.markermenu ul li a:hover{
color: black;
background-color: #ffffcb;
background-image:url(media/arrow-list-red.gif); /*onMouseover image change. Remove if none*/
}

/* Holly Hack for IE \*/
* html .markermenu ul li { height: 1%; }
* html .markermenu ul li a { height: 1%; }
/* End */

</style>

The HTML:

<div class="markermenu">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/" >Dynamic Drive</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/" >CSS Library</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/jsref/">JavaScript Reference</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com/domref/">DOM  Reference</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cssdrive.com">CSS Drive</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.codingforums.com/" style="border-bottom-width: 0">Coding Forums</a></li>		
</ul>
</div>

Code Info

Rate this code:

Date Posted: 05/24/2006

Revision History: July 12th, 08: Menu CSS and HTML updated. Menu now wraps around a DIV that controls its width.
Sept 2nd, 08: Menu CSS updated to correct bug in IE6.

Usage Terms: Click here

Your Comments (24)

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Anouther great article.

Posted by Luke on 05/25, 10:53 AM

Simple, yet serves it's purpose. Although it's not the most visually pleasing, it gets the job done. Nice addition!

Posted by Nathan on 05/29, 10:02 AM

Me da error en la validacio en W3c Css validator, el error que me da es el siguiente:

Línea: 12 Contexto : .markermenu li a

Propiedad no válida : background Faltan valores o no se reconocen los valores : white url(media/arrow-list.gif) no-repeat 2px center

Posted by Sebastian on 05/29, 11:04 AM

In IE7 all the menu items (except the first) are larger (height) than they are supposed to be.

Specifying an explicit width seems to fix the problem:

.markermenu li a{
width: 150px;
}

It does work correctly when the 1.1 DOCTYPE is specified, but not 1.0 Transitional.

Ugh, sometimes CSS can be such a pain in the ass. If only IE had gotten the box model correct on the first try...

Posted by Eric on 05/30, 08:03 PM

EXCELLENT !! Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again DD.

Posted by Dave on 06/27, 03:08 AM

In Opera 9, submenus are above the screen, so they are not visible...

Posted by Boris on 07/03, 06:21 PM

simple, yet nice list button. It gave me inspiration for my website, thanks a lot!

Posted by Teguh on 08/24, 12:21 AM

I use a similar menu on one of my sites. Its nice!

Posted by kieren on 09/19, 09:32 AM

I want style width list menu

Posted by oo on 10/17, 01:28 AM

Is there a way to check if the code is CSS and XHTML 1.0 compatible?

Posted by ozel ders on 11/03, 03:16 AM

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