ke2211975 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Below is the way showed on W3 tutorial, I curious what the difference to put CSS property: float in "li a" style but "li"? Why? <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title></title> <style> ul{ list-style-type: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; background-color: #333333 } li{ float: left; } li a{ display: block; padding:16px; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; text-align: center; float: block; } li a:hover{ background-color: #111111; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>nvigation menu</h1> <p>Use CCS to style the list horizonally, to create navigation menu</p> <ul> <li><a href="deafalt.asp" target="_self" >Home</a></li> <li><a href="deafalt.asp" target="_self">News</a></li> <li><a href="deafalt.asp" target="_self" >Contact</a></li> <li><a href="deafalt.asp" target="_self" >About</a></li> </ul> </body> </html> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funce Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 <li> elements are block level tags, which means they usually take up the full page width, forcing the next li element to go on the next line. By floating them, we can take them out of normal page flow, and put them next to each other. Putting the float in li means that we float the li. This is the reason why its horizontal. Styling li a is actually styling the links and not the container. The container (li) normally goes vertically Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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