Indented list

Borders and LI indents are used to make this list indent.



HTML

<div id="navcontainer">
<ul id="navlist">
<li id="active"><a href="#" id="current">Item one</a>
<ul id="subnavlist">
<li id="subactive"><a href="#" id="subcurrent">Subitem one</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Subitem two</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Subitem three</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Subitem four</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="#">Item two</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Item three</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Item four</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

CSS
#navcontainer { margin-left: 30px; }

#navcontainer ul
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
}

#navcontainer li { margin: 0; }

#navcontainer a
{
display: block;
color: #333;
background-color: transparent;
width: 140px;
padding: 2px 10px;
text-decoration: none;
border-top: 1px solid #aaa;
border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;
border-left: 1px solid #aaa;
font-size: 12px;
}

#navcontainer a:hover
{
background-color: #ddd;
color: #333;
border-right: 10px solid #aaa;
padding: 2px 1px 2px 10px;
}

#navcontainer ul ul
{
margin-left: 30px;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
}

#navcontainer li li a
{
display: block;
color: #333;
background-color: transparent;
width: 110px;
padding: 2px 10px;
margin: 0;
border-top: none;
border-bottom: none;
border-left: 1px solid #aaa;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 12px;
}


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