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Horizontal-Menu-w-Arrows.markdown

Horizontal Menu w Arrows

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License.

index.html

<ul>
  <li class="selected"><a href="#">Menu Item 1</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
  <li><a href="#">Menu Item 2</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
  <li><a href="#">Menu Item 3</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
  <li><a href="#">Menu Item 4</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
  <li><a href="#">Menu Item 5</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
</ul>

<ul>
  <li><a href="#">Menu Item 1</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
  <li class="selected"><a href="#">Menu Item 2</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
  <li><a href="#">Menu Item 3</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
  <li><a href="#">Menu Item 4</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
  <li><a href="#">Menu Item 5</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
</ul>

<ul>
  <li><a href="#">Menu Item 1</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
  <li><a href="#">Menu Item 2</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
  <li><a href="#">Menu Item 3</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
  <li><a href="#">Menu Item 4</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
  <li class="selected"><a href="#">Menu Item 5</a><span class="indicator">
      <span class="padding"></span>
      <span class="left"></span>
      <span class="right"></span>
    </span></li>
</ul>

style.scss

@import "compass";
@import "compass";

body {
  text-align: center;
}

ul {
  list-style-type: none;
  margin: 20px 0 0 0;
  display: block;
  
  li {
    display: inline-block;
    
     a {
       display: block;
       padding: 20px;
       background-color: #ccf;
     }
    
    .indicator {
      display: block;
      width: 100%;
      position: relative;
    }
    
    .indicator .left,
    .indicator .right {
      top: 0;
      position: relative;
      display: block;
      width: 50%;
      bottom: -10px;
      box-sizing: border-box;
    }
    
    .indicator .left {
      float: left;
      left: 0;
      border-top: red solid 10px;
      border-right: transparent solid 10px;
    }
    
    .indicator .right {
      float: right;
      right: 0;
      border-top: red solid 10px;
      border-left: transparent solid 10px;
    }
  }
}

/* Extras */

ul li:first-child .padding {
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  background-color: red;
  height: 10px;
  width: 1600px;
  left: -1600px;
}

ul li:last-child .padding {
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  background-color: red;
  height: 10px;
  width: 1600px;
  right: -1600px;
}

/* Behavior */

.indicator {
  @include pie-clearfix; 
  background-color: red;
}

li.selected .indicator {
    background-color: transparent;
}

ul:hover li {
  &.selected .indicator {
    background-color: red;
  }
  &:hover .indicator {
    background-color: transparent;
  }
}