Hi,
I've tried every combination of padding and margin i can think of, on the
li or the a tag and can not work out which tag i should be targeting to
get a hover effect where the background colour changes to fill the whole
menu item (ie box), not just behind the text.
Sorry hard to explain, you
On Nov 8, 2010, at 9:32 PM, Lisa Frost wrote:
I've tried every combination of padding and margin i can think of, on the
li or the a tag and can not work out which tag i should be targeting to
get a hover effect where the background colour changes to fill the whole
menu item (ie box), not
--- On Mon, 11/8/10, Philippe Wittenbergh e...@l-c-n.com wrote:
On Nov 8, 2010, at 9:32 PM, Lisa Frost wrote:
I've tried every combination of padding and margin i
can think of, on the
li or the a tag and can not work out
which tag i should be targeting to
get a hover effect where the
On 8 November 2010 12:49, Bobby Jack bobbykj...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
This is important:
Personally, I think that's confusing from the user's point of view,
so I'd approach this by expanding the links, e.g.
#sidemainmenu a { display: block; padding: 10px 0; }
and remove the padding on your
Since IE doesn't support :hover on an LI tag, you will have to use the
a to get what you want. Start with setting the a to display:
block; and all margins and padding on both types of tags to zero. Add
from there understanding that adding padding or margin to the LI tags
will space the hovered
Whilst that will work, and fully answers the question, from a CSS
perspective, you should be aware that the link target areas (i.e. what can
be clicked on) will then differ from (be smaller than) the list items which
are coloured. If you think that disconnects fine, then by all means use
On 08/11/10 13:36, Lisa Frost wrote:
Is
it better accessibility wise to make the whole area clickable or for a menu
does it not matter.
For folk with poor co-ordination or mobility problems, then (IMHO) the
bigger the target to aim at, the better! On the other hand, a wee bit
of dead space
--- On Mon, 11/8/10, Lisa Frost birdiefr...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Bobby and Philippe,
Both ways work perfectly in the way that i was wishing for.
I tried both to
learn something. Now i just need to decide which one! I
suppose it boils
down to personal preference. I would automatically only
On 11/8/10 8:36 AM, Lisa Frost wrote:
I would automatically only expect the text to
show the its a link symbol rather than the whole highlighted background. Is
it better accessibility wise to make the whole area clickable or for a menu
does it not matter.
Not to answer for Bobby or
