Html always can be simplified using css and javascript.
Sliding doors css example.
The smaller left side image sits on in front of the right side image creating the seamless illusion of a single tab.
Sliding doors is a pretty old technique.
This is clever way to use the animation in such a way that the menu look good and is responsive at the same time.
I tested all the examples example 1 10 and i found a problem with japanese character environment.
You can use it in many cases such as if you want to box some content inside a fancy looking pattern that you can do with plain css or to display buttons.
In part ii he pushes the technique even further with rollovers a fix for ie win s css bugs and lots more.
In sliding doors of css part i douglas bowman introduced a new technique for creating visually stunning interface elements with simple text based semantic markup.
This example adds all final style changes.
The concept of the sliding door is to use a background image for the buttons in a navigation menu.
Here are the screenshots of how you will build flexible width buttons using the sliding doors technique.
I am using a span within a link in the list to hold a part of the image.
It had its time on the web but it s probably not the smartest way to go these days.
We have border radius now and gradient backgrounds and all that which unlock most of what we were trying to achieve back in the day of sliding doors.
The menu transparent which allows the user to know where they are in the website.
If i reduce browser s width it start character wrap within a tab further reducing window width a tab itself wraps.
Sliding menu in the example below is mostly done with the help of css.
This example adds the short left side background image to the anchor elements and an appropriate amount of padding to push the text away from the edges.
This button combines the wonderful sprite technique with the sliding doors technique to make a beautiful button that not only loads in a snap but also looks great and scales to your text.
The sliding door is a great article and definitely i want to use on my pages.
The link itself will hold another part of it.
As a result from the simplification this is the html for a single item.
Hey this is even cooler.
This does not occur in alphabet characters.
Make normal tab text a brown color.
Please be aware that in this tutorial we are using float left and clear both in css to create the multi column and rows.
Before we start head over and see what we are going to achieve from this tutorial.
Bold all tab text.
Hey this is so cool.
Change text color for the link hover state.
Make current tab text a dark gray color.
The sliding doors technique isn t limited to tab navigations.