Css border to :hover element

Question

I'm new to css. I want to make a replica of the menu (excluding the sub-menu part) on this page: http://www.ibta-arabia.com/

This is my progress so far: https://jsfiddle.net/yny2u85j/

This is my code for the css:

.menu {
    margin: 0;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

.topnav {
    overflow: hidden;
    background-color: #2C4059;
}

.topnav a {
    float: left;
    color: white;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 14px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 17px;
}

.topnav a:hover {
    background-color: #D90D29;
    color: white;
}

.topnav a.active {
    background-color: #4CAF50;
    color: white;
}

I'm unable to show a red line when the mouse is hovered on the menu and put separators among the menu content as on the website I linked.

Can anyone help me tweak my css code to look more the menu on the other website?

Answer 1

Here you can just use css pseudo elements to show the border on top: Here is you updated fiddle code: https://jsfiddle.net/yny2u85j/11/ and also remove border property to anchor.

 .menu { margin: 0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } .topnav { overflow: hidden; background-color: #2C4059; } .topnav a { float: left; color: white; text-align: center; padding: 14px 16px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 17px; position: relative; } .topnav a:before { content: ''; width: 100%; opacity: 0; transition: all ease .3s; background: #D90D29; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; height: 3px; } .topnav a:hover:before { transition: all ease .3s; opacity: 1; } .topnav a.active { background-color: #4CAF50; color: white; } 

 <div class="menu"> <div class="topnav"> <a href="#">&nbsp;</a> <a href="http://www.ibta-arabia.com/"><strong>Home</strong></a> <a href="http://www.ibta-arabia.com/contact-us/"><strong>Contact Us</strong></a> </div> </div> 

Answer 2

在.topnav a中添加border-top：2px纯透明，然后在.topnav a：hover和.topnav a：active中添加border-top-color：＃D90D29

Answer 3

Check updated code with simple border style

 .menu { margin: 0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } .topnav { overflow: hidden; background-color: #2C4059; } .topnav a { float: left; color: white; text-align: center; padding: 14px 16px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 17px; border-top: 4px solid transparent; border-bottom: 4px solid transparent; } .topnav a:hover { /*background-color: #D90D29; color: white; */ border-top: 4px solid #d90d29; } .topnav a.active { background-color: #4CAF50; color: white; } 

 <div class="menu"> <div class="topnav"> <a href="#">&nbsp;</a> <a href="http://www.ibta-arabia.com/"><strong>Home</strong></a> <a href="http://www.ibta-arabia.com/contact-us/"><strong>Contact Us</strong></a> </div> </div>