Dynamic Drive CSS Library- Inverted Shift Down Menu

CSS Library: Horizontal CSS Menus: Here

Inverted Shift Down Menu

This clean CSS horizontal menu contains tabs with text that shift downwards slightly when the mouse rolls over it. And just for demonstration, it shows how to make the bottom corners of each tab rounded using both CSS3 and Mozilla's proprietary declarations for rounded corners. Note that the rounded corners effect is currently only visible in Firefox (and future CSS3 browsers). The relevant lines within the CSS code are:

-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;

Remove these lines if you're aiming for a consistent look across browsers.

The CSS:

<style type="text/css">

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

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

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

.invertedshiftdown 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 9px 10px; /*Padding within each menu item*/
background-color: white; /*Default menu color*/

/*BELOW 4 LINES add rounded bottom corners to each menu item.
  ONLY WORKS IN FIREFOX AND FUTURE CSS3 CAPABLE BROWSERS
  REMOVE IF DESIRED*/
-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
}

.invertedshiftdown a:hover{
background-color: #D10000; /*Red color theme*/
padding-top: 9px; /*Flip default padding-top value with padding-bottom */
padding-bottom: 5px; /*Flip default padding-bottom value with padding-top*/
color: white;
}

.invertedshiftdown .current a{ /** currently selected menu item **/
background-color: #D10000; /*Red color theme*/
padding-top: 9px; /*Flip default padding-top value with padding-bottom */
padding-bottom: 5px; /*Flip default padding-bottom value with padding-top*/
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="invertedshiftdown">
<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

Your Comments (23)

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Comment Pages 3 of 3 pages « First < 1 2 3

Awsome! Works perfectly with my project.!!

Posted by ffs on 04/22, 12:19 AM

I tried your script but can't seem to replicate the red bar the goes across the top of the buttons. I used firebug to find the portion of the script responsible for the line and believe that I copied/pasted everything correctly. Everything else works fine.

Posted by Al on 06/04, 06:22 PM

Wow nice tutorials Thanks :)

Posted by Designer Pakistan on 06/17, 06:06 AM

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