make the CSS horizontal nav bigger (height wise)

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make the CSS horizontal nav bigger (height wise)

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How do I make the navigation area for the horizontal css navigation larger in height? I can make the section larger but it does not stretch down the respective borders and center the text in the middle?

my nav sheet:

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/* Horizontal menu for the CMS CSS Menu Module */
/* by Alexander Endresen 

Modified by Doug Case http://risingline.com to accomodate a transparent background on primary menu level
EDIT HERE comments added in comments above each element that would be typically edited

Sample coding for using this menu in a CMSMS template:

<div style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 100%; background-position: left top; background-image:url('assets/images/06/navbar.png'); background-repeat:repeat-x; background-attachment:scroll">
<span style="margin-top:-2px">{menu template='cssmenu.tpl'}</span></div>

Gotchas:
>Make sure you've got the JavaScript helper loaded or this menu won't work in IE 6
>Apply the Accessibility CSS menu to your templates with this menu or you'll get hierarchical numbers with each menu item
 
Please contact me with comments, suggestions or corrections at http://risingline.com/contact_general_information.htm

*/


#menu_vert {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
   border-bottom: 0px solid #000000;
   border-left:  1px solid #c0c0c0;
   border-top:  1px solid #000000;
}

/* The wrapper clears the floating elements of the menu */

/* Fix for Opera 8 */
.clearb { clear: both; }

/* EDIT HERE 1 - FROM DOUG - Below styles the dynamically created div id="menuwrapper"
Change settings here to:
>width of nav bar - common widths are 760px, 955px, or 100%
>alignment of all all levels of menu items */
#menuwrapper {
   /*   overflow: hidden;  */
   background-color: transparent;
   width: 100%;
   margin-left: 0;
   margin-right: 0;
   background: url(images/cms/nav-background2.jpg); 
   z-index: 500;
   text-align: left;
   height: 25px;
}

/* EDIT HERE 2 - Set the width of the menu elements at second level. Leaving first level flexible. */
#primary-nav li li { 
   width: 200px; 
}

/* Unless you know what you do, do not touch these positioning elements */ 
#primary-nav, #primary-nav ul { 
   list-style: none; 
   margin: 0px; 
   padding: 0px;
}
#primary-nav ul { 
   position: absolute; 
   top: auto; 
   display: none;
}
#primary-nav ul ul { 
   margin-top: 1px;
   margin-left: -1px;
   left: 100%; 
   top: 0px; 
}
#primary-nav li { 
   margin-left: -1px;
   float: left;
}
#primary-nav li li { 
   margin-left: 0px;
   margin-top: -1px;
   float: none; 
   position: relative; 
}
/* End of positioning elements */ 

/* Styling the basic apperance of the menu elements
EDIT HERE 3- You can change the text color for all levels of the menu here. To change the sublevel text to a different color see EDIT 6 */
#primary-nav a {
   display: block;
   margin: 0px;
   padding: 5px 12px;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-size: 15px;
   font-weight: bold;
   color: #fff9ba;
}
/* EDIT HERE 4 - You can edit or remove side bordres on the main nav bar. Font attributes set here affect all levels */
#primary-nav li a {
   border-right: 1px solid #C0C0C0;
   border-left: 1px solid #C0C0C0;
   }
/* EDIT HERE 5 - Edit or remove bordres of the 2nd and 3rd level menu items
If you would like a different font color for submenu text change it here
 */
#primary-nav li li a { 
   border: 1px solid #C0C0C0;
   font-size: 12px;
   color: White;
}
/* EDIT HERE 6 - I set the background of the main nav bar to transparent so I can
 add gradient background pictures in the html. 
 Obviously, you can also change main nav bar to a different color.
 Note: Just changing this background color in the default CSS menu template will also affect
 all lower levels of the menu, you must also add the edits in 7 and 8 at the bottom of this sheet. */   
#primary-nav li
{
}

 #primary-nav li.menuparent {
   background-color: transparent;
   background: url(images/cms/arrow-down.gif) no-repeat;
   background-position: 98.6% 55%;
}

/* Styling the basic apperance of the active page elements (shows what page in the menu is being displayed) */

#primary-nav li.menuactive { 
   background-color: #5B8AB9; 
}

/* Styling the basic apperance of the menuparents - here styled the same on hover (fixes IE bug) */
/* NOTE FROM DOUG - I changed the positioning so it's easier to use other arrow graphics. */
#primary-nav ul li .menuparent, 
#primary-nav ul li .menuparent:hover, 
#primary-nav ul li .menuparenth {
   /* arrow for menuparents */
   background-image: url(images/cms/arrow-right.gif);
   background-position: 180px center;
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
   }

/* Styling the apperance of menu items on hover 
NOTE from Doug-added "#primary-nav ul li.menuparent:hover," to this section so it works in FF and IE6*/
#primary-nav li:hover, 
#primary-nav li.menuh, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth,
#primary-nav ul li.menuparent:hover, 
#primary-nav li.menuactiveh {
  background-color: #e86d00;
}

/* The magic - set to work for up to a 3 level menu, but can be increased unlimited */

/* 
just add 
#primary-nav li:hover ul ul, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth ul ul ul,
for fourth level 
*/
#primary-nav ul, 
#primary-nav li:hover ul, 
#primary-nav li:hover ul ul, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth ul, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth ul ul { 
   display: none;
   background-color: #5B8AB9; 
}

/* add 
#primary-nav ul ul ul li:hover ul, 
#primary-nav ul ul ul li.menuparenth ul,
for fourth level
*/
#primary-nav li:hover ul, 
#primary-nav ul li:hover ul, 
#primary-nav ul ul li:hover ul, 
#primary-nav li.menuparenth ul, 
#primary-nav ul li.menuparenth ul, 
#primary-nav ul ul li.menuparenth ul { 
   display: block; 
}

/* IE Hacks */
/* EDIT HERE 7 - You can change the background color of submenu items that ARE NOT parents match with color in edit 8 */
#primary-nav li li {
   float: left;
   clear: both;
   background-color: #5B8AB9;
}
/* Don't change */
#primary-nav li li a { 
   height: 1%; 
}
/* EDIT HERE 8 - You can change the background color of submenu items that ARE parents (match with color in edit 7) */
#primary-nav ul li.menuparent {
   background-color: #5B8AB9;
}
Thanks

john
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Re: make the CSS horizontal nav bigger (height wise)

Post by ethical »

also does anyone know why IE shows both the arrow-over and arrow-down images on a drop down parent?

EDIT:
I solved the double arrow thing. I had to add the background arrow

  background-image: url(images/cms/arrow-right.gif);

to the bottom ie hack

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/* EDIT HERE 8 - You can change the background color of submenu items that ARE parents (match with color in edit 7) */
#primary-nav ul li.menuparent {
   background-color: #5B8AB9;
   background-image: url(images/cms/arrow-right.gif);
   background-position: 180px center;
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
still hoping someone can help with the height issue.

thanks
Last edited by ethical on Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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