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A simple image drop down menu

24th November 2009

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Information

I have had many requests recently for a single level dropdown menu that uses images in place of text for the top level and the sub levels so I thought that I would demonstrate a very simple method of doing this.

The above menu uses just six images and is very simple to produce. The top level is just one background image held in the containing div and each of the sub menus is also just one image placed in the containing ul. Each link is then mapped on top of the corresponding image and has a rollover state where an arrow is added as a background image in each link.

Tested in IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Opera, Safari(PC) and Google Chrome

The images used are as follows

The top level list (reduced in size to fit this page width)

The 'Products' sub menu

The 'Services' sub menu

The 'Outlets' sub menu

The 'Terms' sub menu

The rollover arrow

I will be producing a more complex version shortly which will use individual images for each link with rollover.




Copyright

Because of all the time and effort spent in producing this demonstration I would ask that you respect my copyright.

1. If you are using this on a personal web site then please retain the copyright comment in the stylesheet.
A donation to the 'Support CSSplay' fund is now required for this demonstration.

2. If you are using this on a commercial web site, or as a paying job for a client, then please email me asking for permission - stu{at}cssplay.co.uk and again a donation to the 'Support CSSplay' fund is required.

3. If you are having problems integrating any of my demonstrations into your website then I now offer a service to fault find and correct any errors that you may have introduced. Please email me for more information.

Terms and Conditions

This menu can be used subject to the following terms and conditions.

  1. If you wish to use this menu in your website(s) please email me stu{at}cssplay.co.uk seeking permission.
  2. You may NOT place this menu on another site for others to download.
  3. You may NOT redistrubute or resell this menu.
  4. Users agree not to remove or edit the credit notice within the stylesheet, or claim that this menu is their own.


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