In this article we will be playing with list elements to create amazing menus.

Most html menus are created using list because LI tag is the most appropiate tag for this, giving the developer posibility to play in many ways, achivieng nice effects. I won’t touch the vertical lists because it’s their default display. Instead, i will cover some of horizontal lists.

Basic list

The basic setup for a horizontal list is to set float to list elements:

<ul id="list1">
	<li><a href="#">Menu item 1</a></li>
	<li><a href="#">Menu item 2</a></li>
	<li><a href="#">Menu item 3</a></li>
	<li><a href="#">Menu item 4</a></li>
</ul>

#list1 li {
	float:left;
	list-style:none;
	margin-right:10px;
}

At this point we have a one level horizontal menu, created with list and you can see this on many (and i mean MANY) sites. Ofcourse, you can add some extra styles such as border, background (color or image) for links inside LI elements for getting even a nicer look. Demo here.

One level drop down menu (suckerfish)

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