I created a horizontal navigation (menu) bar for my site. When I re-size my window to a size smaller than that of the bar, the menu items get wrapped. I want the menu to remain intact (that is, it should remain horizontal) irrespective of the size of window as it usually can be seen in sites such as Google. I tried various ways posted on various forums including this one but nothing worked for me. Below I have pasted my CSS code for the menu.
CSS CODE:
#cssmenu ul { margin: 0; padding: 0;}
#cssmenu li { margin: 0; padding: 0;}
#cssmenu a { margin: 0; padding: 0;}
#cssmenu ul {list-style: none;}
#cssmenu a {text-decoration: none;}
#cssmenu {height: 70px; background-color: #6699CC; box-shadow: 0px 2px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.4); }
#cssmenu > ul > li {
float: left;
margin-left: 30px;
position: relative;
}
#cssmenu > ul > li > a {
color: #FFFFFF;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 18px;
line-height: 70px;
padding: 15px 20px;
-webkit-transition: color .15s;
-moz-transition: color .15s;
-o-transition: color .15s;
transition: color .15s;
}
#cssmenu > ul > li > a:hover {color: #00FF00; }
body.home li.home, body.tech li.tech {font-weight:bold; }
#cssmenu > ul > li > ul {
opacity: 0;
visibility: hidden;
padding: 16px 0 20px 0;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
text-align: left;
position: absolute;
top: 55px;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -90px;
width: 180px;
-webkit-transition: all .3s .1s;
-moz-transition: all .3s .1s;
-o-transition: all .3s .1s;
transition: all .3s .1s;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
-moz-box-shadow: 0px 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
box-shadow: 0px 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
}
#cssmenu > ul > li:hover > ul {
opacity: 1;
top: 65px;
visibility: visible;
}
#cssmenu > ul > li > ul:before{
content: '';
display: block;
border-color: transparent transparent rgb(250,250,250) transparent;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 10px;
position: absolute;
top: -20px;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -10px;
}
#cssmenu > ul ul > li { position: relative;}
#cssmenu ul ul a{
color: rgb(50,50,50);
font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande';
font-size: 13px;
background-color: rgb(250,250,250);
padding: 5px 8px 7px 16px;
display: block;
-webkit-transition: background-color .1s;
-moz-transition: background-color .1s;
-o-transition: background-color .1s;
transition: background-color .1s;
}
#cssmenu ul ul a:hover {background-color: rgb(240,240,240);}
#cssmenu ul ul ul {
visibility: hidden;
opacity: 0;
position: absolute;
top: -16px;
left: 206px;
padding: 16px 0 20px 0;
background-color: rgb(250,250,250);
text-align: left;
width: 160px;
-webkit-transition: all .3s;
-moz-transition: all .3s;
-o-transition: all .3s;
transition: all .3s;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
-moz-box-shadow: 0px 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
box-shadow: 0px 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
}
#cssmenu ul ul > li:hover > ul { opacity: 1; left: 196px; visibility: visible;}
#cssmenu ul ul a:hover{
background-color: rgb(205,44,36);
color: rgb(240,240,240);
}
HTML Code:
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<title>Home</title>
</head>
<body class="home" background="teenscorner1.jpg" text="#FFFFFF" style="background-attachment: fixed">
<div id='cssmenu'>
<ul>
<li class="home"><a href='home.jsp'><span>Home</span></a></li>
<li class="tech"><a href='tech.jsp'><span>Tech Specs</span></a></li>
<li><a href='#'><span>Fun</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#"><span>Deals</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#"><span>Wheelz</span></a></li>
<li><a href='#'><span>About</span></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
When you don’t know the width because the links can differ in width you could use
display: inline-blockon the list item<li>andwhite-space:nowrapon the list itself<ul>http://jsfiddle.net/Frd8J/