Stu Nicholls | CSSplay | CSS only menus

List of Menus

Menus - Multi-Level CSS Only: Cross browser drop-down
The original drop-down menu that started this group.; Cross browser flyout menu
A flyout menu that works in IE using ONLY CSS.; Simple 4 level flyout menu » 28-07-2006
A much simplified version of the flyout menu.; Another flyout menu » 16-10-2006
Another version of the flyout menu.; A flyout menu with overlap » 24-10-2006
A flyout menu that has ovelapping submenus.; Five level overlap & overrun » 19-03-2007
A four sub-level with overlap and overrun.; Simple 4 level left flyout menu » 02-09-2006
A left flyout version of the simplified menu.; Flyout over Flash » 29-02-2007
A flyout menu over Flash object.; It could have been this simple » 01-09-2006
How simple a fly out menu could have been.; It could have been this simple mkII » 02-09-2006
How simple a dropdown/fly out menu could have been.; Validating drop-down menu
The second version of the drop-down/flyout menu.; Validating drop-line menu
A drop-down horizontal menu using only CSS.; Validating drop-line menu v2 » 11-10-2006
Another drop-down horizontal menu using only CSS.; Doors drop-line menu » 13-01-2007
A sliding doors drop-down horizontal menu.; Doors drop-line menu two » 26-01-2007
Another doors drop-down horizontal menu.; Doors drop-line menu three » 26-01-2007
One last doors drop-down horizontal menu.; Simple dropline menu » 18-07-2007
A very simple drop line menu.; Professional drop line menu » 07-09-2007
A professional drop line menu using centered sliding doors.; Professional drop line menus » 26-09-2007
A set of 4 professional drop line menus.; Professional dropline/dropdown hybrid » 09-12-2007
Professional dropline/dropdown menu.; Professional dropline/dropdown/flyout hybrid » 12-02-2008
Professional dropline/dropdown/flyout menu.; Professional left/right dropline menu » 09-12-2007
A dropline menu split into two halves; Professional drop tab menu » 12-09-2007
A professional drop tab menu using centered sliding doors.; Basic drop-down menu
The basic single level drop-down .; Cross-browser pull-up menu
Based on the drop-down/flyout this one pulls-up.; A simplified pull-up » 03-09-2006
A simplified pull-up menu with 2 fly-outs.; Artists drop-down menu
A drop-down with associated text.; An image dropdown menu » 28-01-2008
A menu using images in place of text.; Flyout graphic menu
A single level fly-out using images.; Flyout transparent menu
A fly-out single line with transparency.; A 5 level flyout » 21-08-2007
An improved 5 level flyout with a difference.; Flyout/dropdown menu
A fly-out line with drop-down.; Ultimate dropdown menu
The final drop-down/fly-out menu.; Ultimate menu v2 » 27-07-2006
One more improvement on the previous menu; An improved drop menu » 20-10-2006
A further improvement to the drop-down menu; A drop menu with overlap » 25-10-2006
A small change to the drop-down menu to include overlapping of the sub menus; A drop menu with overrun » 30-12-2006
A drop down menu with overlap and overrun; A tab menu with overrun » 09-03-2007
A tab drop down menu with overlap and overrun; A six level menu with overrun » 22-03-2007
A simple drop down menu with overlap and overrun; The previous menu centered » 29-04-2007
Centering the simple drop down menu with overlap and overrun; Variation on a drop-down
A single level drop-down menu with transparency.; Drop-down examples
A series of 'web ready' menus using drop-down techniques.; A drop lists menu » 04-05-2007
A menu with drop lists; A paged menu » 10-06-2007
A menu to select page information; Another paged menu » 11-06-2007
Another menu to select page information; Drop-down scrolling » 05-03-2007
A dropdown menu with scrolling.; Drop-down scrolls menu » 23-05-2007
A dropdown 'scrolls' menu.; Zig-zag menu » 26-07-2007
A drop down zig-zag menu.; Lozenge menu » 26-07-2007
A drop down lozenge shaped menu.; Shutter menu » 03-08-2007
A drop down 'shutter' menu.; Professional drop-down » 28-08-2007
A drop-down menu using top level images.; Professional drop-down #2 » 02-10-2007
Drop-down menu using top level text.; Professional drop-down #3 » 04-10-2007
Drop-down menu using top level text.; Professional drop-down #4 » 06-10-2007
Variable width drop down.; Professional drop-down #5 » 13-10-2007
Image drop down.; Professional drop-down #6 » 24-11-2007
Drop-down menu with dividers and section headings.; Professional drop-down #7 » 24-01-2008
Drop-down menu with current drop line.; Professional drop-down #8 » 24-01-2008
A fix for the IE6 select box bug using an iframe shim.; Professional drop-down #9 3D series » 02-03-2008
A series of dropdown menus with a 3D appearance.; Professional drop-down #10 3D series » 04-03-2008
The second in the series of dropdown menus with a 3D appearance.; Professional drop-down #11 3D series » 16-03-2008
The third in the series of dropdown menus with a 3D appearance with full png transparency.; Professional image drop-down » 04-09-2007
A drop-down menu using sliding doors and text.; Skeleton drop-down menu » 09-11-2007
A skeleton menu with variable width drop-down and flyout sub levels.; Skeleton drop-down menu #2 » 01-12-2007
A second skeleton menu with variable width drop-down and flyout sub levels.; Iframe select box fix » 13-05-2008
An easy fix for the IE6 select box bug, where dropdown menus appear behind the form select boxes.; Fly-out examples
A series of 'web ready' menus using fly-out techniques.; Slide and Fly menu » 27-12-2007
A vertical slide with flyout sub menus.; Vertical slide menu
A vertical push-down menu using just CSS.

Menus - Basic Text Only: Visited menu
How to use :visited to show where you have been.; Menu one
A simple change of border style on :hover.; Menu two
A border style to look like a button.; Menu three
A neon glow menu.; Menu four
A right border change on :hover.; Menu five
Text movement on :hover.; Menu six
Border art to indicate the link on :hover.; Menu seven
Additional link text on :hover.; Menu nine
A shadow added on :hover.; Menu ten
Indented text on :hover.; Menu eleven
45 degree slant using border art.; Menu twelve
Image rollover effect.; Menu fourteen
A border art pointer on :hover.; C1sissy's menu
Both horizontal and vertical links; A 45° slant menu » 07-02-2007
A tab menu with sloping edges.; A centered top pointer » 18-04-2007
A menu with a top pointer indicator.; A tab highlight menu » 19-04-2007
A menu with a tab highlight and shaded base.; Two point gradient menu » 25-04-2007
A menu with two points and gradient background.; Professional horizontal series » 23-08-2007
A series of professional horizontal menus; A hexagonal menu » 29-07-2007
A hexagonal shaped menu with transparent borders.
Menus - Tutorial: Button menu tutorial
How to style a list of links.; :hover craft tutorial » 17-09-2006
Working with :hover on links and lists
Menus - Tabbed: Menu eight
Chamfered corners on your link boxes.; Menu thirteen
Chamfered corners using border art.; Fitted doors
Using three images to allow resizing of text.; Fitted doors NO images
As above but using border art.; Fitted tabs NO images » 22-08-2006
As above but fully radiused.; Tab menu with pointer
A horizontal list with an indicating pointer.; Centering a 'float left' menu
Centering float left menus of known and unknown widths.; Horizontal non floating
Horizantal lists without using floats.; A hidden tab menu
A hidden menu using a single tab to reveal.; Hidden tab menu take two » 05-01-2007
A follow on from the previous menu.; Sliding doors » 06-01-2007
100% clickable sliding doors tabs.; Centered sliding doors » 02-02-2007
100% clickable sliding doors - centered; Centering float:left; menus » 10-04-2007
How to get those float left menus to center on the page; Mini tabbed pages » 09-02-2007
A set of six mini tabbed pages; Ovelapping tab menu » 13-02-2007
A simple overlapping tab menu; Ovelapping tabs type 2 » 16-02-2007
Another overlapping tabs; Ovelapping tabs type 3 » 17-02-2007
Overlapping tabs using png; Ovelapping gif tabs » 18-02-2007
Overlapping tabs using gif; Vertical gif tabs » 19-02-2007
Vertical tabs using gif; Vertical gif tabs v2 » 23-02-2007
Vertical tabs v2 using gif; Side tabs » 25-03-2007
Side tabs with semi-transparent flyouts; Pull tabs » 19-10-2007
Pull down tabs menu
Menus - Button: Menu fifteen
A three state menu using a single background image.; ULTIMATE buttons
A realistic button menu using border art.; Definition list v2
Definition list buttons using border art.; Rocker switch style
Definition list racker buttons using border art.; MS buttons menu » 17-05-2007
A buttons menu similar to MS buttons; Shrink-wrap buttons » 27-05-2007
Shrink-wrapping buttons; Shrink-wrap buttons menu » 29-05-2007
Shrink-wrapped buttons menu; A neon menu » 20-05-2007
A neon tube menu; Another neon menu » 25-05-2007
Another neon tube menu

Menus - Definition List: Definition list menu
Styling a definition list with curved corners.; A drop-down definition list » 03-11-2006
Using definition lists to make a drop-down menu.; Another drop-down definition list » 04-11-2006
Styling all the links on a drop-down list.; A final drop-down definition list » 05-11-2006
Combines a drop-down with snazzy borders.; One last drop-down definition list » 16-11-2006
One final version with wider drop down.; Variable width drop-down definition list » 30-11-2006
A variable width drop down definition list menu.; An opaque drop-down definition list » 18-12-2006
An opaque drop down definition list menu.; A flyout definition list » 07-11-2006
A flyout version of the drop-down definition list style; A sliding definition list » 28-12-2006
A vertical slide version of the drop-down definition list
Menus - No Flicker: Flicker free :hover
Using text image replacement without flicker.; Flicker free mk2
Another method of image replacement without flicker; Flicker free mk3
A final method of image replacement without flicker.
Menus - Curved Border: Snazzy menu
A resizeable tab menu without images.; More snazzy menus
Two more tab menus using border art.
Menus - Sliding: Sliding tabs menu
A vertical sliding menu system with images and text.; horizontal sliding menu
A horizontal version of the above menu.; a vertical sliding sub-menu
Using page jumping to navigate.
Menus - For Fun: Coded list of spies
A fun menu using jumbled letters.; Horizontal vertical menu
Vertical links placed horizontally.; An unordered list with link images
Links with pop-up images and link lines.
Menus - No active/focus Border: Non-rectangular links
Links in a cross shape.; Jigsaw links
Links in the shape of jigsaw pieces.; Circular links
Links in a circular shape.; Letter links
Links styled to look like letters.; Olympic links
Interlocking links.; Basic dotted line replacement tutorial
How to remove the ative/focus dotted lines.
Menus - Magnifying: Enlarging unordered list
Link enlargement on :hover.; Enlarging unordered list mk.II » 05-08-2007
Link enlargement with shadow.; Magnifier menu
A graduated text magnifier on :hover using images.; Image magnifier menu
Enlarging link images on :hover.; Exploding menu
Exploding images into four identical images on :hover.; Magnifier text menu
As the first menu in this group, but using only text.
Menus - Experimental: Experimental menu #1 » 10-08-2007
An experimental drop down menu #1; Experimental menu #2 » 10-08-2007
An experimental drop down menu #2; Experimental menu #3 » 10-08-2007
An experimental drop down menu #3; Experimental menu #4 » 14-08-2007
An experimental drop down menu #4; Experimental menu #5 » 15-08-2007
An experimental drop down menu #5; Experimental menu #6 » 17-08-2007
An experimental drop down menu #6; Experimental menu #7 » 18-08-2007
An experimental drop down menu #7; Experimental menu #8 » 15-10-2007
An experimental click menu; Experimental menu #9 » 16-10-2007
Tree Frog click/hover menu; Experimental menu #10 » 20-10-2007
Tree Frogs take two

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The above is an index of all my navigation menus which range from the very simple to the more advanced.

PLEASE NOTE
Most of the early menus do not use lists. If you need to consider accessibility then they can easily be converted to 'definition lists' which I think are more suitable and easier to work with than unordered lists.

These menus all work in the latest versions of the most popular browsers but cannot be guaranteed to work in older browser version or some of the lesser known browsers. I am unable to test on Mac browsers so if you want to use any of my menu ideas on a Mac then you should check that it works on your particular platform / browser combination.

I have received feedback from Mac owners on many of these menus so it is always worth checking the comments on each page to see if there are any known problems.

Copyright

Most of my demonstrations can be used without asking for permission. However, some will require email approval first. Just check each page for the copyright requirements before use.