I have included an image that illustrates the issue I am facing. My goal is to align the navigation menu with the navigation container so they appear seamless. The image highlights the "E-MAIL" element of the navigation menu and the yellow strip representing its container (as specified in the code below).
Despite my attempts with negative margins on the navigation container, I have not found a solution yet.
You can view the graphic here: http://jaylefler.com/webgraphic.png
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>css example</title>
<style type="text/css">
#logo {
background-color: black;
width: 100%;
color: rgb(255,200,0);
}
#logo img {
padding: 10px;
}
body {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana;
margin: 0;
}
#contents {
border: 2px solid black;
border-radius: 15px;
box-shadow: 6px 6px 4px 4px #000;
width: 90%;
min-height: 650px;
margin: 0 5%;
margin-top: 15px;
padding: 15px;
}
#navMenu {
width: 760px;
height: 30px;
background-color:rgb(255,200,0);
border:1px #000 solid;
font-weight:bold;
margin-left: -2px;
}
#navMenu ul{
margin:-1px 0 0 0;
padding:0;
line-height:32px;
}
#navMenu li{
margin:0;
padding:0;
list-style:none;
position:relative;
background-color:rgb(255,200,0);
float:left;
border:1px #000 solid;
}
#navMenu ul li a{
text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;
height:30px;
width:150px;
display:block;
color:#000;
}
#navMenu ul ul{
position:absolute;
visibility:hidden;
top: 31px;
margin-left: -2px;
}
#navMenu ul li:hover ul{
visibility: visible;
}
#navMenu a:hover {
background-color:#000;
color:rgb(255,200,0);
}
.left_part {
background:black;
}
.right_part {
background:yellow;
float:right;
white-space:nowrap;
display:inline;
text-overflow:ellipsis;
overflow:hidden;
}
#navContainer {
background-color:rgb(255,200,0);
width:100%
margin-top:-3x;
padding:0;
border:1px solid;
height:31px;
clear:left;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="logo">
<div class="left_part">
<img src="demo.gif">
</div>
<div class="right_part">
</div>
</div>
<div id="navContainer">
<div id="navMenu">
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">HOME</a></li>
<li><a href="#">PROFILE</a></li>
<li><a href="#">MANAGE SUB</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">VIEW TITLES</a></li>
<li><a href="#">ADD TITLE</a></li>
<li><a href="#">MODIFY TITLE</a></li>
<li><a href="#">REMOVE TITLE</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">NEW RELEASES</a></li>
<li><a href="#">E-MAIL</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</div>
</div>
<div id="contents">
<p>This is just some dummy text. </p>
</div>
</body>
</html>