Check out this guide:
I followed the instructions and used an external stylesheet. I added #menu before each CSS item, for example:
#menu ul{
font-family: Arial, Verdana;
font-size: 14px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;}
or:
#menu ul li{
display: block;
position: relative;
float: left;}
However, despite referencing with #menu, the menu does not display correctly. The styling is not applied to the parent 'li' element.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Dave
Here is the HTML code you provided:
<ul id="menu">
In order to style this correctly, your CSS should look like this:
ul#menu
Currently, your CSS is targeting an 'LI inside of a UL that is within another element with an ID of MENU'
The target for #menu ul is any unordered list (ul) inside an element with the ID of 'menu'...
<div id="menu">
<ul> <!-- <<-- this element is the target -->
...
</ul>
</div>
(The example uses a div, but any element with id="menu" can be used)
The target for ul#menu is a specific unordered list (ul) with the ID of 'menu'...
<ul id="menu"> <!-- <<-- this element is the target -->
...
</ul>
Based on comments:
Quote: "...i am missing the 'box' around the parent node."
The element you are referring to, just inside the parent <ul id='menu'>, is the <li>. You have not targeted it at all.
To style this element, add ul#menu li a to your CSS. (Note the comma, separating two unique selectors with shared styling.)
ul#menu li a,
ul#menu ul li a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #ffffff;
border-top: 1px solid #ffffff;
padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px;
background: #2C5463;
margin-left: 1px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
Do you see the difference?
ul#menu is the parent.
ul#menu li is the first child inside the parent.
ul#menu li a is the link inside the first child of the parent.
Since ul#menu li targets all <li> elements that are children of ul#menu, you only need one selector...
ul#menu li a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #ffffff;
border-top: 1px solid #ffffff;
padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px;
background: #2C5463;
margin-left: 1px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
Notice how it spans the full width of the screen.
To specifically target and style the parent, add this to your CSS:
ul#menu {
display: block;
position: relative;
float: left;
list-style: none;
}
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