Left and right borders for horizontal menu

Poster: firedog
Dated: Tuesday January 17 2006 - 9:15:58 GMT

Hi-

I'm sure this has been asked before, but I couldn't find the answer (at least as I understand things) in the forum.

You can see the menu in question at:
http://www.webpositioning.co.il/menus/sample-menu2.html

This is a horizontal menu. All the present definitions are in the global definitions and the style defintions of the main menu and a submenu style.

The problem I have is with the main menu. I am trying to add a border on the extreme left and right sides of the main menu, but not top and bottom borders.

In other words, borders on the outside left end of the left main menu item, and on the outside right end of the right main menu item. No border on the top or bottom of the entire menu or top or bottom of the items.

Is there a way to define this within the main menu definitions themselves, i.e. in the main menu style or in item definitons for the left and right items?

Or do I have to set up some kind of CSS?

Thanks,
Danny

Poster: Ruth
Dated: Tuesday January 17 2006 - 13:56:25 GMT

Hi,

Yes, you either need to use an image and imageposition, imagepadding etc, or set up css and use off and onclass in the first and last item.

Note that when using css the border is placed around items not the menu so you need a class which defines the left border and another to define the right border and apply them in the respective items. Place the following in the head of the document, or in your css file [getting rid of the style tags if you do the latter].



then in the menu_data file in the main menu, call these using the offclass and onclass in the respective aI strings.



Keep in mind that these borders are placed around items, so if you put in a margin it will shift the items and make the borders sit inside the edge of the menu container.

Here is some information and samples about using css styling.

http://support.milonic.com/beginners/css_styling/

Hope this helps.

Ruth

Poster: firedog
Dated: Thursday January 19 2006 - 18:54:36 GMT

Ruth-

Thanks for the explanation - both of those methods worked!

Danny