I would like to keep the menu text indented as is, however I'd like the bar that appears on the hover to extend all the way to the left as it does to the right, so that there is no margin (right now there is a gap on the left). Is this possible?
Appreciated.
jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/xcgjR/29/
CSS
body {
background-color: #cccccc;
}
#mainmenu {
margin: 0;
list-style-type: none;
position: relative;
padding-left: 60;
}
#mainmenu li {
clear: left;
position:relative;
}
#mainmenu a {
display: block;
overflow: hidden;
float: left;
width:100%;
position:relative;
opacity: 1;
-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out;
padding-left:32px;
line-height: 42px;
}
#mainmenu > li:hover > a {
background-position: 0 0;
background-color:clear;
background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
width:100%;
\
opacity: 0;
-webkit-transition: none;
}
#mainmenu li.active a {
background-position: 0 0;
background-color:clear;
width:100%;
}
.submenu {
list-style-type: none;
float: left;
display: none;
position:absolute;
left: 90px;
top:0px;
width: auto;
}
#mainmenu li a:hover + .submenu, .submenu:hover {
display:block;
}
.submenu li {
display: inline-block;
clear: none !important;
}
.submenu li a {
float: right;
margin-left: 10px;
}
/*repeat each of these with new name like submenu3 or submenu4, when adding a new submenu */
.submenu2 {
list-style-type: none;
float: left;
display: none;
position:absolute;
left: 86px;
top:0px;
width: auto;
}
#mainmenu li a:hover + .submenu2, .submenu2:hover {
display:block;
}
.submenu2 li {
display: inline-block;
clear: none !important;
}
.submenu2 li a {
float: right;
margin-left: 10px;
}
/*end of codes that need to be copied when adding a new submenu*/
.maintextcolour {
font-family: LetterGothic, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color:#FFF;
text-decoration: none;
padding-top:11px;
cursor: url(cart3.png), auto;
}
.subtextcolour {
font-family: LetterGothic, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color:#FFF;
text-decoration: none;
padding-top:11px;
cursor: url(cart3.png), auto;
}
.subtextcolour:hover {
font-family: LetterGothic, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color:#666;
text-decoration: none;
padding-top:11px;
cursor: url(cart3.png), auto;
}
#container {
position: relative;
min-height: 100%;
}
@font-face {
font-family: LetterGothic;
src: url('LetterGothicStd.otf');
}
HTML
<body>
<div id="container">
<header>
<div align="left">
<a href="Kelly5.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span class="headertext">title </span>
<span class="headertextgreen">HERE</span></a><p><br /></div>
</header>
<nav>
<ul id="mainmenu">
<li id="liHome"><a href="#item-x1y1" class="maintextcolour" rel="none" id="Home">INFO</a></li>
<li id="liServices" class="active"><a href="#item-x1y2" class="maintextcolour" rel="SubMenuY2" id="Services">EXHIBITIONS</a>
<ul id="SubMenuY2" class="submenu">
<li><a href="current.html" class="subtextcolour">CURRENT</a></li>
<li><a href="previous.html" class="subtextcolour">PREVIOUS</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li id="liEnvironment">
<a href="#item-x1y3" class="maintextcolour" rel="none" id="Environment">CV</a>
</li>
</nav>
</div>
</body>