Make whole as link with proper HTML

Question

I know this has been up a lot of times before, but I couldn\'t find any solution in my specific case.

I\'ve got a navigation bar and I want the whole

Answer 1

• Get rid of the <div>s.
• Set the <a> tags to have display: block
• Move the padding from the <li> to the <a>.
• The <li>s will need to be either floated or display: inline-block

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/8yQ57/

Answer 2

I myself just had this problem.

The answer couldn't be simpler:

<li class="menuitem"><a href="index.php"><div class="menulink">Lnk1</div></a></li>
Wrong:
.menuitem {
    list-style-type:        none;
    display:                 inline;
    margin-left:            5px;
    margin-right:            5px;
    font-family:            Georgia;
    font-size:                11px;
    background-color:        #c0dbf1;
    border:                 1px solid black;
    padding:                10px 20px 10px 20px;
}

Correct
.menuitem a {
    list-style-type:        none;
    display:                 block;
    margin-left:            5px;
    margin-right:            5px;
    font-family:            Georgia;
    font-size:                11px;
    background-color:        #c0dbf1;
    border:                 1px solid black;
    padding:                10px 20px 10px 20px;
}

in other words, you want to apply the css that the LI's had to the A element. Making sure that the A is a block line element

Answer 3

a sir you use jquery ? if yes, you can try it :

$("li").click(function(){
   $(this).find('a').click();
});

or you could use it too as css:

li{
  position:relative;
}
li a {
  position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;
}

Choose one ... Good luck

Answer 4

You should make the a elements display:block or display:inline-block.

Answer 5

Move the <a> tags so that they wrap the <li> tags. According to this answer, anchor tags must contain inline elements, and it looks like your <li>'s are inline, so this should be valid.

Answer 6

Just use "display block" for link.

ul {
  display: block;
  list-style-type: none;
}

li {
  display: inline-block; /* or block with float left */
  /* margin HERE! */
}

li a {
  display: block;
  /* padding and border HERE! */
}

Here's the example http://jsfiddle.net/TWFwA/ :)