Header Buttons Question

theflyingminstr · 04-01-2009, 09:02 PM

Hi in the code below I have 8 menu links. What would be the best way to have them all evenly spread across the entire width without the space to the left?

Thanks so much

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>

<style type="text/css">

BODY{ color: White; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
a{ color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none; }

#HEADER{	width:760px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;}
#HEADER ul{ margin: 0; padding-left: 0; height: 44px; line-height: 44px; display: block; list-style: none; background-color: #1F2C56; }
#HEADER li{ display: inline; background-color: #395A8D;  float: right;  }
#HEADER li a{ height: 44px; line-height: 44px; display: block; padding-left: 25px; padding-right: 30px; border-left: 1px solid Black;  float: left; }
#HEADER li a:hover{ background-color: #1F2C56; text-decoration: none;}
#HEADER .Visual{ height:263px; background-repeat: no-repeat;  background-color: #1F2C56;  border-top: 3px solid Black;   }

</style>

</head>

<body>

<div id="HEADER">
	<h1>Welcome</h1>
	<ul>
		<li><a href="link8.html">Link 8</a></li>
		<li><a href="link7.html">Link 7</a></li>
		<li><a href="link6.html">Link 6</a></li>
		<li><a href="link5.html">Link 5</a></li>
		<li><a href="link4.html">Link 4</a></li>
		<li><a href="link3.html">Link 3</a></li>
		<li><a href="link2.html">Link 2</a></li>
		<li><a href="link1.html">Link 1</a></li>
	</ul>
	<div class="Visual"> </div>
</div>

</body>

</html>

Excavator · 04-01-2009, 09:19 PM

Hello theflyingminstr,
Try this for starters, the key changes are highlighted in red -

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
body{
	color: #fff;
	font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
* {
	margin: 0; 
	padding: 0; 
}
#header{	
	width:760px; 
	margin: 0 auto;
}
#header ul{ 
	height: 44px; 
	line-height: 44px; 
	display: block; 
	list-style: none; 
	background: #1F2C56; 
}
#header li{ 
	display: inline; 
	background: #395A8D;  
	float: right;  
}
#header li a{ 
	height: 44px; 
	line-height: 44px; 
	display: block; 
	width: 94px;
	text-align: center;	
border-left: 1px solid Black;  
	float: left; 
}
#header li a:hover{ 
	background: #1F2C56; 
	text-decoration: none;
}
#header .visual{ 
	height:263px; 
	background: #1F2C56;  
	border-top: 3px solid Black;   
}
a{ color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="header">
	<h1>Welcome</h1>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="link8.html">Link 8</a></li>
            <li><a href="link7.html">Link 7</a></li>
            <li><a href="link6.html">Link 6</a></li>
            <li><a href="link5.html">Link 5</a></li>
            <li><a href="link4.html">Link 4</a></li>
            <li><a href="link3.html">Link 3</a></li>
            <li><a href="link2.html">Link 2</a></li>
            <li><a href="link1.html">Link 1</a></li>
        </ul>
	<div class="visual"> </div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Some other centered menu examples here:

one
two

theflyingminstr · 04-01-2009, 09:26 PM

Hey that's awesome, thanks so much!

Edit:

One thing I noticed is that if needs to wrap text to the next line it pushes the text very far down into the visual area.

Ex:

<div id="header">
<h1>Welcome</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="link8.html">Link 8 Link 8 Link 8</a></li>
<li><a href="link7.html">Link 7</a></li>
<li><a href="link6.html">Link 6</a></li>
<li><a href="link5.html">Link 5</a></li>
<li><a href="link4.html">Link 4</a></li>
<li><a href="link3.html">Link 3</a></li>
<li><a href="link2.html">Link 2</a></li>
<li><a href="link1.html">Link 1</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="visual"> </div>

Excavator · 04-01-2009, 09:37 PM

Cleaned up a little more -

Code:

 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
html, body {
	font: 14px "Comic Sans MS";
	text-align: center;
	background: #FC6;
}
* {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	outline: none;
	border: none;
}
#container {
	width: 760px;
	margin: 30px auto;
	background: #999;
	overflow: auto;
}
h1 {
	height: 44px;
	line-height: 44px;
}
ul#menu { 
	height: 44px; 
	margin: 0 0 300px;
	line-height: 44px;
	list-style: none; 
	border-bottom: 3px solid #000;
}
#menu li{  
	display:inline;
}
#menu li a{
	width: 94px;
	height: 44px;
	float: left;
	line-height: 44px;
	display: block;
	text-align: center;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #fff;
	background: #395A8D;
	border-left: 1px solid Black;
}
#menu li a:hover{background: #1F2C56;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
    <h1>Header text goes here</h1>
        <ul id="menu">
            <li><a style="border:0;" href="link1.html">Link 1</a></li>
            <li><a href="link2.html">Link 2</a></li>
            <li><a href="link3.html">Link 3</a></li>
            <li><a href="link4.html">Link 4</a></li>
            <li><a href="link5.html">Link 5</a></li>
            <li><a href="link6.html">Link 6</a></li>
            <li><a href="link7.html">Link 7</a></li>
            <li><a href="link8.html">Link 8</a></li>
        </ul>
<!--end container--></div>
</body>
</html>

Excavator · 04-01-2009, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theflyingminstr

Hey that's awesome, thanks so much!

Edit:

One thing I noticed is that if needs to wrap text to the next line it pushes the text very far down into the visual area.

Ex:

Yeah, it's never good when you full width menu needs to wrap. Specify px sized text and make sure it all fits.

theflyingminstr · 04-01-2009, 09:45 PM

Gotcha thanks!!

theflyingminstr · 04-01-2009, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Excavator

Cleaned up a little more -

Code:

 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
html, body {
	font: 14px "Comic Sans MS";
	text-align: center;
	background: #FC6;
}
* {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	outline: none;
	border: none;
}
#container {
	width: 760px;
	margin: 30px auto;
	background: #999;
	overflow: auto;
}
h1 {
	height: 44px;
	line-height: 44px;
}
ul#menu { 
	height: 44px; 
	margin: 0 0 300px;
	line-height: 44px;
	list-style: none; 
	border-bottom: 3px solid #000;
}
#menu li{  
	display:inline;
}
#menu li a{
	width: 94px;
	height: 44px;
	float: left;
	line-height: 44px;
	display: block;
	text-align: center;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #fff;
	background: #395A8D;
	border-left: 1px solid Black;
}
#menu li a:hover{background: #1F2C56;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
    <h1>Header text goes here</h1>
        <ul id="menu">
            <li><a style="border:0;" href="link1.html">Link 1</a></li>
            <li><a href="link2.html">Link 2</a></li>
            <li><a href="link3.html">Link 3</a></li>
            <li><a href="link4.html">Link 4</a></li>
            <li><a href="link5.html">Link 5</a></li>
            <li><a href="link6.html">Link 6</a></li>
            <li><a href="link7.html">Link 7</a></li>
            <li><a href="link8.html">Link 8</a></li>
        </ul>
<!--end container--></div>
</body>
</html>

Thank you Excavator