Can I change the width of the menu to line up with the end of my header/content?

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Can I change the width of the menu to line up with the end of my header/content?

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Started 1 year ago by crashprojects
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crashprojects
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See here:

http://samh.crashprojects.com

Driving me nuts!

Posted 1 year ago #
helgatheviking
Moderator

??

use http://getfirebug.com to solve almost all css problems

Posted 1 year ago #
crashprojects
Member

I do use firebug. I know what the elements are and where they are. I understand that the menu expands to accomodate it's content. I just don't know how to make that menu extend further than that so that everything lines up. I changed the colors back at:

http://samh.crashprojects.com

to illustrate what's happening.

Posted 1 year ago #
helgatheviking
Moderator

ok, well that's good. you'd be surprised at the number of people who try to solve CSS issues w/o it.

i didn't and still don't understand what you want to line up with what. maybe explain again or sometimes i pic is worth a thousand words.

Posted 1 year ago #
crashprojects
Member

Sorry, the link I have up keeps changing bc I'm working with it right now so I'm sure if you went to it it was confusing.

Here's a link to a screenshot I took of the issue. The issue I'm talking about is pointed out in red.

http://crashprojects.com/menu

Thanks.

Posted 1 year ago #
helgatheviking
Moderator
why don't you assign the background color to the UL element then instead of to the individual links?
```
.sf-menu {
width: 100%
background: #D6DFFF;
}
```
Posted 1 year ago #
ScottNix
Member
The easy way to fix this would be to add to the #access instead of .menu.
```
#access { width: 940px; margin: 0 auto; }
```
Posted 1 year ago #
ScottNix
Member

I am too slow :(

Posted 1 year ago #
proto
Member

Haha!

Helgatheviking and ScottNix you are brilliant, good work!

Posted 1 year ago #
crashprojects
Member

Helga, you're awesome! I could kick myself right now; I knew it was going to be something easy I should have thought of myself! FYI I learned everything I needed to know to style the menu in the first place from your thematic menus demystified post. I have it bookmarked and refer to it all the time! Thanks for everything!

Scott, thanks for the reply. I actually tried that yesterday and it didn't work. The menu was still cut off at the end.

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