Question

so I have a simple problem. I have a hover background image change effect, however there seems to be some extra padding on hover that I can’t get rid off.

My jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/leongaban/G9dFa/

I’ve tried adjusting the padding of the background image on my hover, however adding the needed 20 pixels also adds extra spacing. Going to 0 does not allow the background image fill the space 🙁

Any tips appreciated! 🙂

HTML:

<div class="nav">
    <div id="nav">
        <ul>
            <li><a href="#">HOME</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">ABOUT US</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">LINK 3</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">LINK 4</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">OUR BLOG</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>

    <div id="search">

    </div>
</div>

CSS:

.nav {
  width: 994px;
  height: 27px;
  background-image:url('http://leongaban.com/_stack/background_padding/assets/images/bg_nav.gif');
}

#nav ul li {
  height: 27px;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 8px 20px 6px 20px;
  line-height:30px;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 11px;
  border-right: 1px solid #fff;
  display: inline;
}

#nav ul li a {
  padding: 8px 0px 6px 0px;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
}

#nav ul li a:hover {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  padding: 8px 20px 6px 20px;
  background-image:url('http://leongaban.com/_stack/background_padding/assets/images/bg_nav_hover.gif');
}

Answer 1

Here you go. Changed some css.
You had padding on the li when it should’ve been on the anchor.
Changed your li’s to float left instead of display:inline;
Made background-image to background and added a x-axis repeat.

http://jsfiddle.net/G9dFa/6/

    .nav {
  width: 994px;
  height: 27px;
  background-image:url('http://leongaban.com/_stack/background_padding/assets/images/bg_nav.gif');
}

#nav ul li {
  height: 27px;
  margin: 0;
  line-height:30px;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 11px;
  border-right: 1px solid #fff;
  float:left;
}

#nav ul li a {
  padding: 8px 20px 6px 20px;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
}

#nav ul li a:hover {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  /*-webkit-background-size:100% 100%;
  -moz-background-size:100% 100%;
  background-size:100% 100%;*/
  background:url('http://leongaban.com/_stack/background_padding/assets/images/bg_nav_hover.gif') repeat-x;
}​