Dynamic Drive CSS Library- Inverted Shift Down Menu II

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Inverted Shift Down Menu II

This inverted horizontal menu creates tabs where the active tab is both longer and its text offset downwards compared to its less active counterparts. It does this by manipulating the tab's top/bottom padding values plus the color of its bottom border.

Demo:

Alternate, non active hover tabs:

By default moving your mouse over a tab triggers the "active" style on it. If you wish to disable this (as seen in the second example above), replace the rule:

.invertedshiftdown2 a:hover{
"
"
}

inside the CSS code with just:

.invertedshiftdown2 a:hover{
background-color: #D10000; /*Highlight red color theme*/
color: white;
}

The CSS:

<style type="text/css">

.invertedshiftdown2{
padding: 0;
width: 100%;
border-top: 5px solid #D10000; /*Highlight red color theme*/
background: transparent;
voice-family: "\"}\"";
voice-family: inherit;
}

.invertedshiftdown2 ul{
margin:0;
margin-left: 40px; /*margin between first menu item and left browser edge*/
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}

.invertedshiftdown2 li{
display: inline;
margin: 0 2px 0 0;
padding: 0;
text-transform:uppercase;
}

.invertedshiftdown2 a{
float: left;
display: block;
font: bold 12px Arial;
color: black;
text-decoration: none;
margin: 0 1px 0 0; /*Margin between each menu item*/
padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px; /*Padding within each menu item*/
background-color: lightblue; /*Default menu color*/
border-bottom: 8px solid white;
}

.invertedshiftdown2 a:hover{
background-color: #D10000; /*Highlight red color theme*/
padding-top: 10px; /*Set padding-top value to default's padding-top + padding-bottom */
padding-bottom: 0; /*Set padding-bottom value to 0 */
border-bottom-color: #D10000; /*Highlight red color theme*/
color: white;
}

.invertedshiftdown2 .current a{ /** currently selected menu item **/
background-color: #D10000; /*Highlight red color theme*/
padding-top: 10px; /*Set padding-top value to default's padding-top + padding-bottom */
padding-bottom: 0; /*Set padding-bottom value to 0 */
border-bottom-color: #D10000; /*Highlight red color theme*/
color: white;
}

#myform{ /*CSS for sample search box. Remove if desired */
float: right;
margin: 0;
margin-top: 2px;
padding: 0;
}

#myform .textinput{
width: 190px;
border: 1px solid gray;
}

#myform .submit{
font: normal 12px Verdana;
height: 22px;
border: 1px solid #D10000;
background-color: black;
color: white;
}

</style>

The HTML:

<div class="invertedshiftdown2">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com" title="Home">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/new.htm" title="New">New</a></li>
<li class="current"><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/revised.htm" title="Revised">Revised</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tools.dynamicdrive.com" title="Tools">Tools</a></li>	
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/" title="CSS">CSS</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/" title="DHTML Forums">Forums</a></li>
</ul>

<form id="myform">
<input type="text" class="textinput" /> <input class="submit" type="submit" value="Find" />
</form>
</div>
<br style="clear: both;" />

Code Info

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Date Posted: 08/10/2007

Revision History: None

Usage Terms: Click here

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Hi! I really enjoyed your block, it was very interesting.

Posted by John on 03/18, 05:10 AM

Thanks for very interesting article. btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more. So please keep up the great work. Greetings

Posted by prezent on 03/27, 08:07 AM

Good site

Posted by Avene on 04/05, 01:20 AM

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