Create a vertical navigation bar in HTML and CSS

Description

The following code shows how to create a vertical navigation bar.

Example


<HTML>
<head>
<style rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
#leftside ul.avmenu {<!--   w  w  w . j a v  a2 s  . co  m-->
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 0 18px;
  padding: 0;
  width: 150px;
}

#leftside ul.avmenu li {
  display: inline;
  padding: 0;
  width: 150px;
}

#leftside ul.avmenu li a {
  background: #f4f4f4;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #d8d8d8;
  border-left: 4px solid #ccc;
  border-right: 1px solid #d8d8d8;
  border-top: 1px solid #d8d8d8;
  color: #505050;
  float: left;
  font-size: 1em;
  font-weight: 700;
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  padding: 5px 1px 5px 5px;
  text-decoration: none;
  width: 138px;
}

#leftside ul.avmenu li a:hover,#leftside ul.avmenu li a.current {
  background: #eaeaea;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #b0b0b0;
  border-left: 4px solid #505050;
  border-right: 1px solid #b0b0b0;
  border-top: 1px solid #b0b0b0;
  color: #505050;
}

#leftside ul.avmenu ul {
  font-size: 0.9em;
  margin: 0 0 0 15px;
  padding: 0 0 5px 0;
  width: 133px;
}

#leftside ul.avmenu ul a {
  padding: 3px 1px 3px 5px;
  width: 123px;
}

#leftside ul.avmenu ul ul {
  font-size: 1em;
  width: 120px;
}

#leftside ul.avmenu ul ul a {
  width: 108px;
}
</style>

</head>
<body>
  <div id="leftside">
    <ul class="avmenu">
      <li><a href="">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="">Included styles</a></li>
      <li><a class="current" href="">2 columns</a></li>
      <li><a href="">3 columns</a></li>
      <li><a href="">Theme versions</a></li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

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