hiding text using “text-indent”

Question

I\'m trying to hide some text inside an

element using CSS by setting text-indent: -999px;.
For some reason this doesn\'t work when I set

Answer 1

Along with text-indent: -9999px try using display: block;. It solved for me.

Additionally, if you need the li elements to float horizontally (e.g. a horizontal menu), use float: left;.