Lists as Navigation

Nested list styled as "clamshell" navigation.

Example 6.10 - Nested lists for 'clamshell' navigation - Example 6.10 (Without Styles)

 <nav id="navclam">
   <ul>
     <li>
       <a href="http://big12sports.collegesports.com/">Big XII       </a>
       <ul>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.baylor.edu/">Baylor           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.iastate.edu/">Iowa State           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.ku.edu/">Kansas           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.ksu.edu/">Kansas State           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.ou.edu/">Oklahoma           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.okstate.edu/">Oklahoma State           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.tcu.edu/">Texas Christian           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/">Texas           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.ttu.edu/">Texas Tech           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.wvu.edu/">West Virginia           </a>
         </li>       </ul>
     </li>
     <li>
       <a href="http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/">Ivy League       </a>
       <ul class="collapse">
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.brown.edu/">Brown           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/">Columbia           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.cornell.edu/">Cornell           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/">Dartmouth           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.harvard.edu/">Harvard           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.upenn.edu/">Penn           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/">Princeton           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.yale.edu/">Yale           </a>
         </li>       </ul>
     </li>
     <li>
       <a href="http://www.pac-12.com/">Pac 12       </a>
       <ul class="collapse">
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.arizona.edu/">Arizona           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.asu.edu/">Arizona State           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/">California           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.cu.edu/">Colorado           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.uoregon.edu/">Oregon           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.oregonstate.edu/">Oregon State           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/">Stanford           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.ucla.edu/">UCLA           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.usc.edu/">USC           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.utah.edu/">Utah           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.washington.edu/">Washington           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="http://www.wsu.edu/">Washington State           </a>
         </li>       </ul>
     </li>   </ul> </nav> 

In head element:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="example10.css"/>

In example10.css

#navclam {
  font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 1.2em;
  width: 10em;
  border-right: 1px solid #333;
  margin-bottom: 1em;
  background-color: #ddd;
  color: #900;
}
#navclam ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
#navclam ul li {
  margin: 0;
  border-top: 1px none #333;
}
#navclam ul li a {
  display: block;
  background-color: #ccc;
  border-top: 1px none #333;
  border-right: 1px solid #333;
  border-bottom: thin dotted #333;
  border-left: 5px solid #333;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 5px 2px 5px 0.5em;
}
#navclam a:link {
  color: #900;
}
#navclam a:visited {
  color: #900;
}
#navclam a:hover {
  color: #fff;
  background-color: #900;
  border-top: 1px outset #333;
  border-right: 1px outset #333;
  border-bottom: 1px outset #333;
  border-left: 5px outset #333;
}
#navclam a:active {
  color: #fff;
  background-color: #900;
  border-top: 1px inset #333;
  border-right: 1px inset #333;
  border-bottom: 1px inset #333;
  border-left: 5px inset #333;
}
#navclam ul ul {
  list-style: none;
}
#navclam ul ul a {
  padding-left: 1.5em;
  font-size: 90%;
  font-weight: normal;
}
#navclam ul.collapse {
  display: none;
}
 

lists as navigation

Default styling of nested list:
lists as navigation