Reference this fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/exGnZ/
Hi, I'm trying to reproduce a table of contents with an unordered list and leader dots. Unfortunately, when there's a long line of content, the formatting breaks down. Does anyone know how to get Chapter 2 in the image below to appear on the same line as the dots?
Here's the code I've got at the moment: http://jsfiddle.net/exGnZ/
I'm also pasting it here:
<div>
<ul id="toc">
<li><span>Introduction</span> <a href="#">Chapter 1</a></li>
<li><span> Storm clouds looming Storm clouds looming Storm clouds looming Storm clouds looming Storm clouds looming</span> <a href="#">Chapter 2</a></li>
<li><span>Sun breaks</span> <a href="#">Chapter 3</a></li>
<li><span>Lost and confused</span> <a href="#">Chapter 4</a></li>
<li><span>The pot of gold</span> <a href="#">Chapter 5</a></li>
<li><span>Nom nom nom</span> <a href="#">Chapter 6</a></li>
</ul></div>
And the CSS:
div {padding:10px;}
#toc {
list-style: none;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
#toc li {
background: url(http://5thirtyone.com/sandbox/share/toc/dot.gif) repeat-x bottom left;
overflow: hidden;
padding-bottom: 2px;
}
#toc a,
#toc span {
display: inline-block;
background: #fff;
position: relative;
bottom: -4px;
}
#toc a {
float: right;
padding: 0 0 3px 2px;
}
#toc span {
float: left;
padding: 0 2px 3px 0;
}
You cannot make CSS do HTML work. What you can do, however, is styling your unordered list so that it will be represented as table. I would just ask you: Why do you want to use ul/li instead of a standard table? Because if the data you have in that list is tabular data, you SHOULD use a table.
Use the <ul> tag together with the <li> tag to create unordered lists. Tip: Use CSS to style lists. Tip: For ordered lists, use the <ol> tag.
To create unordered list in HTML, use the <ul> tag. The unordered list starts with the <ul> tag. The list item starts with the <li> tag and will be marked as disc, square, circle, etc. The default is bullets, which is small black circles.
There are three types of lists in HTML: Unordered list or Bulleted list (ul) Ordered list or Numbered list (ol) Description list or Definition list (dl)
How about this: http://jsfiddle.net/exGnZ/40/
Best I could manage in the time I had.
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