Arrow Bullet List Menu

This CSS list menu features category headers with a two toned background, UL elements that have their default margins and padding removed, and finally, LI elements with custom bullet images. The result is something simple but elegant, and resembling something you might have seen on this site already! Note: For a version of this menu that dynamically expands and hides its sub menus, see Accordion Menu.

Demo:

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The CSS:

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<style type="text/css"> .arrowlistmenu{ width: 180px; /*width of menu*/ } .arrowlistmenu .headerbar{ font: bold 14px Arial; color: white; background: black url(media/titlebar.png) repeat-x center left; margin-bottom: 10px; /*bottom spacing between header and rest of content*/ text-transform: uppercase; padding: 4px 0 4px 10px; /*header text is indented 10px*/ } .arrowlistmenu ul{ list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; margin-bottom: 8px; /*bottom spacing between each UL and rest of content*/ } .arrowlistmenu ul li{ padding-bottom: 2px; /*bottom spacing between menu items*/ } .arrowlistmenu ul li a{ color: #A70303; background: url(media/arrowbullet.png) no-repeat center left; /*custom bullet list image*/ display: block; padding: 2px 0; padding-left: 19px; /*link text is indented 19px*/ text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px solid #dadada; font-size: 90%; } .arrowlistmenu ul li a:visited{ color: #A70303; } .arrowlistmenu ul li a:hover{ /*hover state CSS*/ color: #A70303; background-color: #F3F3F3; } </style>

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