Code Snippet
Expanding Boxes Navigation
From the v8 design of CSS-Tricks.
nav {
background: #444;
border-bottom: 8px solid #E6E2DF;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
width: 100%;
}
nav:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
left: 0;
bottom: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 2px;
background: white;
}
nav ul {
background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,
#444 0%,
#444 50%,
#41d05f 100%);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top,
color-stop(0%,#444),
color-stop(50%,#444),
color-stop(50%,#41d05f),
color-stop(100%,#41d05f));
list-style: none;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 0 0 0 20px;
width: 810px;
}
nav li {
display: inline;
}
nav a {
color: white;
display: block;
float: left;
font-family: "myriad-pro-1","myriad-pro-2", HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, Sans-Serif;
font-size: 22px;
padding: 12px 0;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: center;
width: 19%;
-webkit-transition: width 0.12s ease;
-moz-transition: width 0.12s ease;
-o-transition: width 0.12s ease;
transition: width 0.12s ease;
}
nav a:hover {
color: white;
}
nav a:hover span {
border-bottom: 2px solid white;
}
nav .a-home {
background: #ff8400;
z-index: 100;
position: relative;
}
nav .a-forums {
background: #e42b2b;
}
nav .a-videos {
background: #a800ff;
}
nav .a-downloads {
background: #49a7f3;
}
nav .a-snippets {
background: #41d05f;
}
.home nav {
border-bottom-color: #ff8400;
}
.forums nav {
border-bottom-color: #e42b2b;
}
.videos nav {
border-bottom-color: #a800ff;
}
.downloads nav {
border-bottom-color: #49a7f3;
}
.snippets nav {
border-bottom-color: #41d05f;
}
nav li:hover a {
width: 24%;
}
nav ul:hover .active {
width: 19%;
}
nav ul:hover .active:hover {
width: 24%;
}
nav li a.active {
width: 24%;
}