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Sliding Doors Vertical Menu

Author: Dynamic Drive

This nicely padded vertical menu swaps between two background images depending on whether the mouse is over or out of a menu item. To ensure a perfectly smooth transition between image change (especially in IE), it uses the Sliding Doors technique and a single background image that merges the two backgrounds into it.

Demo:

The single image used (resized horizontally):

The CSS:

<style type="text/css">

.slidedoormenu{
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: 180px; /* width of menu (don't forget to add border with below!) */
border-left: 8px solid #ffa1a3; /* thick left border of menu */

}

.slidedoormenu li{
border-bottom: 1px solid #885b5c; /* Gray border beneath each menu item */
}

.slidedoormenu li a{
background: white url(media/vstrip.gif) repeat-y left top; /* Background image positioned to the left(v) top(h) corner initially */
font: bold 13px "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana;
display: block;
color: black;
width: auto;
border-bottom: 1px solid white; /* White border beneath each menu item link, to add depth */
padding: 7px 0; /* Vertical (top/bottom) padding for each menu link */
text-indent: 8px;
text-decoration: none;
}

.slidedoormenu li a:visited, .slidedoormenu li a:active{
color: black;
}

.slidedoormenu li a:hover{
background-position: -387px 0; /* Shift background image horizontally 387px, or the start of the 2nd background image */
color: black;
}

.slidedoormenu li.lastitem, .slidedoormenu li.lastitem a{
border-bottom-width: 0; /* For last menu item within menu, remove bottom border */
}

.slidedoormenu li.lastitem a{
padding: 8px 0; /* increase vertical border of last menu link by 2px (default is padding: 7px 0) to account for removed border width */
}

</style>

<!--[if IE]>
<style type="text/css">
.slidedoormenu li a{ /* Menu link width value for IE */
width: 100%;
}
</style>
<![endif]-->

The HTML:

<ul class="slidedoormenu">
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/">»  Dynamic Drive</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/" >»  CSS Examples</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 class="lastitem"><a href="http://www.codingforums.com/">»  Coding Forums</a></li>		
</ul>

Code Info

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Date Posted: 03/30/2007

Revision History: None

Usage Terms: Click here

Your Comments (31)

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Comment Pages 3 of 4 pages < 1 2 3 4 >

Nice and good work !

Posted by shine on 01/22, 12:57 AM

I never thought of the sliding doors technique with css. I mean i'd seen it before but just realised the capability of css to achieve it. Big thanks!

Posted by Web Design Bedford on 02/14, 12:51 PM

pink is a great colour along with red, blue, black, white and blue. and purple. i guess all colors are great.

great menu really fits in with my clients website!!

Posted by Husain on 03/31, 12:43 PM

Hi there,

I tried to do this in MS Front Page but all I'm getting is black links with >> in front...

Posted by dekorasyon on 04/04, 01:05 PM

How can I make this CSS menu show on multiple pages without pasting the entire code in each page?

Posted by Eva on 04/06, 02:50 PM

no problem implementing in blog... Tahnk You Dynamic Drive

Posted by kale kasa on 04/07, 04:59 AM

Many thanks for a great code. Looks nice & pro !

Posted by Abie on 04/19, 05:49 PM

Can you please tell if i want to Add submenu how can i do that???

any change in coding???

Posted by vrajesh on 05/26, 11:50 AM

Great css but I get the bullet points down the side, I am useing IE7

Posted by Steve on 06/12, 03:37 PM

Nice menu, I made in into a green one and implemented it into oscommerce, it looks great!

Posted by site designer on 12/17, 05:58 AM

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