Take a look at this straightforward menu layout:
<ul id="menu">
<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About</a></li>
</ul>
I'm looking to expand the <a> element so that it fills up the entire <li>. I attempted to use width: 100%; height: 100%, but that didn't work. Any advice on correctly stretching the anchor tag?
An interesting fact about the "a" tag is that it is considered an inline level element. Inline level elements are not supposed to have their width set, as they are meant to represent flowing text that could potentially wrap from one line to the next. Therefore, specifying the width of an inline level element may not make sense because you cannot predict if it will wrap or not. If you do want to set its width, you would need to change its display property to block, or inline-block:
a.wide {
display:block;
}
...
<ul id="menu">
<li><a class="wide" href="javascript:;">Home</a></li>
<li><a class="wide" href="javascript:;">Test</a></li>
</ul>
It's worth mentioning that in old versions like IE6, setting the width on certain inline level elements was possible. However, this is due to CSS implementation errors in IE6, which can be confusing.
To make the A stand out, apply display:block;:
ul#menu li a { display: block;}
Using display:flex in HTML5 is the recommended approach.This method can be useful for customizing framework buttons or other elements, but you may need to adjust padding and height settings accordingly.
For example, when working with angular-material tabs, some extra adjustments may be necessary to achieve a standard website navigation look.
It's worth noting how seamlessly angular-material handles the ripple effect even on larger surfaces.
.md-header{
/* CUSTOM HEIGHT SPECIFIED */
height: 50vh !important; /* '!important' APPLIES ONLY IN JSFIDDLE */
}
md-tab{
padding: 0 !important; /* '!important' APPLIES ONLY IN JSFIDDLE */
}
a{
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
height: 100%;
}
UPDATE 2018
AngularJS Material cautions against using flex on button elements, as not all HTML tags handle display:flex consistently across browsers.
If encountering unexpected behavior, refer to flexbugs for troubleshooting tips.
Here's a unique perspective:
<ul>
<li>
<a></a>
<img>
<morestuff>TEXTEXTEXT</morestuff>
</li>
</ul>
a {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
z-index: [higher than any other element within the parent]
width:100%;
height: 100%;
}
This technique comes in handy when the container of the link also contains images or other elements, possibly varying in size based on content. By using this method, the anchor tag can remain empty, allowing for flexibility in arranging other elements within the anchor's container. The anchor will always fill the size of its parent and appear on top, ensuring that the entire li is clickable.
I implemented this code to ensure that the width and height are both at 100%
HTML
<ul>
<li>
<a>I want it to occupy full width and height!</a>
</li>
<ul>
CSS
li a {
display: block;
height: 100%; /* Not mentioned in previous solutions */
}
Merely adjusting the display property to block did not produce the desired outcome for me. I opted to eliminate the padding on li and instead applied the same padding to a.
li a {
display:block;
padding: 4px 8px;
}
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#wide li a {
display:block;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="menu">
<li><a href="javascript:;">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:;">Test</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
It is recommended to minimize the use of classes on every HTML tag in order to keep the content easy to manage.
Incorporate line-height and text-indent to replace padding in the styling of the li element, while utilizing display: block; for the anchor tag
My goal was to have this feature only appear in tab view, specifically below 720px. To achieve this, I implemented the following media query:
@media(max-width:720px){
a{
display:block;
width:100%;
}
}
If you want your list items <li> to have a specific height, keep in mind that your anchor tags <a> will only stretch to the width of the list item and not its height anymore.
One way to work around this is by using CSS properties like display: block and adding padding to your anchor tags <a>, or you can simply wrap the anchor tags <a> around the list items <li>.
<ul id="menu">
<a href="javascript:;"><li>Home</li></a>
<a href="javascript:;"><li>Test</li></a>
</ul>
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