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Matt Black Tabs

Author: Dynamic Drive

There's often beauty in simplicity. Matt Black Tabs is a clean CSS list menu that uses no images, and very small in footprint. Each tab is floated left to achieve its look and all contained in a wrapper that negate the need to manually clear "float" for the contents that immediately follow.

Note: Make sure your page contains a valid doctype for this menu to render properly.

Demo:

The CSS:

<style type="text/css">

.mattblacktabs{
width: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
border-bottom: 1px solid black; /*bottom horizontal line that runs beneath tabs*/
}

.mattblacktabs ul{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
padding-left: 10px; /*offset of tabs relative to browser left edge*/
font: bold 12px Verdana;
list-style-type: none;
}

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

.mattblacktabs li a{
float: left;
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 7px 8px; /*padding inside each tab*/
border-right: 1px solid white; /*right divider between tabs*/
color: white;
background: #414141; /*background of tabs (default state)*/
}

.mattblacktabs li a:visited{
color: white;
}

.mattblacktabs li a:hover, .mattblacktabs li.selected a{
background: black; /*background of tabs for hover state, plus tab with "selected" class assigned to its LI */
}

</style>

The HTML:

<div class="mattblacktabs">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/new.htm">DHTML</a></li>
<li><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>
</ul>
</div>

Code Info

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Date Posted: 06/28/2008

Revision History: 07/01/2008: Fixed IE6 bug.

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