Stu Nicholls | CSSplay

Information

Another change of border style on hover to give the effect of a button press.

This is a quick and easy method of creating a button, but if you want something a bit more lifelike then see the ultimate button menu.

CASCADING STYLE SHEET

#menu a, #menu a:visited {
  position:relative;
  text-decoration:none; 
  text-align:center; 
  background-color:#9ab; 
  color:#fff; 
  display:block; 
  width:10em; 
  border:2px solid #fff;
  border-color:#def #678 #345 #cde;
  padding:0.25em;
  margin:0.5em auto;
  }

#menu a:hover {
  top:2px;
  left:2px;
  color:#fff;
  border-color:#345 #cde #def #678;
  }

XHTML

<div id="menu">
  <a href="#nogo">Item 1</a>
  <a href="#nogo">Item 2</a>
  <a href="#nogo">Item 3</a>
  <a href="#nogo">Item 4</a>
  <a href="#nogo">Item 5</a>
</div>

Copyright

You may use this method on your personal 'non-profit' web site without seeking my permission. A link back to CSSplay is always appreciated.

Commercial usage is also permitted without seeking approval, but I would ask that a donation is considered to support my work on CSSPlay.

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