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Sleek Pointer Menu

Author: Dynamic Drive

An inverted, round corner CSS menu bar with a cut-out pointer below each menu link. The pointer is simply a transparent background image, automatically adopting to any background colors (in this case, black and darkred). Furthermore, you can easily "deconstruct" this menu depending on the desired look, such as removing the top border or the two round corners. Enjoy!

Demo:

The three images used (last image resized for easier download):

The CSS:

<style type="text/css">

#pointermenu{
border-top: 7px solid black; /*optional border across top*/
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#pointermenu ul{
margin: 0;
margin-left: 15px; /*menu offset from left edge of window*/
float: left;
padding-left: 8px;
font: bold 13px Verdana;
background-color: black;
background: black url(media/leftround.gif) bottom left no-repeat; /*optional left round corner*/
}

* html #pointermenu ul{ /*IE6 only rule. Decrease ul left margin and add 1em bottom margin*/
margin-bottom: 1em;
margin-left: 7px; /*menu offset from left edge of window in IE*/
}

#pointermenu ul li{
display: inline;
}


#pointermenu ul li a{
float: left;
color: white;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 2px 11px 7px 7px;
text-decoration: none;
background: url(media/pointer.gif) bottom center no-repeat;
}

#pointermenu ul li a:visited{
color: white;
}


#pointermenu ul li a:hover, #pointermenu ul li a#selected{ /*hover and selected link*/
color: white;
background-color: darkred;
}

#pointermenu ul li a#rightcorner{
padding-right: 0;
padding-left: 2px;
background: url(media/rightround.gif) bottom right no-repeat; /*optional right round corner*/
}

</style>

The HTML:

<div id="pointermenu">
<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/" id="selected">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>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/contact.htm">Contact</a></li>
<li><a href="#" id="rightcorner">&nbsp;</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<br style="clear: left" />

Code Info

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Date Posted: 06/23/2006

Revision History: 09/01/2006

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