Here's a simple menu structure:
<ul id="menu">
<li><a href="javascript:;">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:;">Test</a></li>
</ul>
I want the <a>
to be stretched so that it fills the entire <li>
. I tried using something like width: 100%; height: 100%
but that had no effect. How do I stretch the anchor tag correctly?
I used this code to fill the width and height 100%
HTML
CSS
Just changing the display property to block didn't work for me. I removed the padding of li and set the same padding for a.
If your
<li>
s had to have a specific height then your<a>
s would only stretch to the<li>
's width and not the height anymore. One way I solve this is to use CSSdisplay:block
and add paddings to my<a>
s OR wrap the<a>
s around the<li>
sJust style the A with a
display:block;
:The "a" tag is an inline level element. No inline level element may have its width set. Why? Because inline level elements are meant to represent flowing text which could in theory wrap from one line to the next. In those sorts of cases, it doesn't make sense to supply the width of the element, because you don't necessarily know if it's going to wrap or not. In order to set its width, you must change its display property to
block
, orinline-block
:If memory serves, you can set the width on certain inline level elements in IE6, though. But that's because IE6 implements CSS incorrectly and wants to confuse you.
You should try to avoid using a class on every tag so your content remains easy to maintain.