CSS Navigation Bar- Vertical Navbar | CSS for Beginners - Class 6 PDF Download

Vertical Navigation Bar

To build a vertical navigation bar, you can style the <a> elements inside the list, in addition to the code from the previous page:
Example

li a {

  display: block;

  width: 60px;

}

Example explained:

• display: block; - Displaying the links as block elements makes the whole link area clickable (not just the text), and it allows us to specify the width (and padding, margin, height, etc. if you want)
• width: 60px; - Block elements take up the full width available by default. We want to specify a 60 pixels width

You can also set the width of <ul>, and remove the width of <a>, as they will take up the full width available when displayed as block elements. This will produce the same result as our previous example:
Example

ul {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  width: 60px;

}

li a {

  display: block;

}

Vertical Navigation Bar Examples

ul {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  width: 200px;

  background-color: #f1f1f1;

}

li a {

  display: block;

  color: #000;

  padding: 8px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

}

/* Change the link color on hover */

li a:hover {

  background-color: #555;

  color: white;

}

Active/Current Navigation Link

Example

.active {

  background-color: #04AA6D;

  color: white;

}

Center Links & Add Borders

Example

ul {

  border: 1px solid #555;

}

li {

  text-align: center;

  border-bottom: 1px solid #555;

}

li:last-child {

  border-bottom: none;

}

Full-height Fixed Vertical Navbar

Example

ul {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  width: 25%;

  background-color: #f1f1f1;

  height: 100%; /* Full height */

  position: fixed; /* Make it stick, even on scroll */

  overflow: auto; /* Enable scrolling if the sidenav has too much content */

}

Note: This example might not work properly on mobile devices.