CSS3 navigation demo

A demo navbar built with CSS3, no images. Falls back to flat colours for older browsers.

by RenaissanceDesign

HTML

<div id="navigation">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="#">Item 1</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item 2</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item 3</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item 4</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item 5</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

CSS

#navigation {
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 14px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    background-color: #194289;
    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(bottom, #194289 38%, #4A72B8 69%, #7A98CF 99%);
    background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(bottom, #194289 38%, #4A72B8 69%, #7A98CF 99%);
    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(bottom, #194289 38%, #4A72B8 69%, #7A98CF 99%);
    background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(bottom, #194289 38%, #4A72B8 69%, #7A98CF 99%);
    background-image: -webkit-gradient(
        linear,
        left bottom,
        left top,
        color-stop(0.38, #194289),
        color-stop(0.69, #4A72B8),
        color-stop(0.99, #7A98CF)
    );
    background-image: linear-gradient(bottom, #194289 38%, #4A72B8 69%, #7A98CF 99%);
    margin: 10px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
    -moz-border-radius: 10px;
    border-radius: 10px;
    padding: 3px;
    float: left;
}
    
#navigation ul {
    overflow: hidden;
    border: 1px solid rgba(6, 38, 92, 0.2);
    -webkit-border-radius: 8px;
    -moz-border-radius: 8px;
    border-radius: 8px;

    
}

#navigation li {
    float: left;
    border-left: 1px solid rgba(6, 38, 92, 0.2);
}

#navigation li:last-child {
    border-right: 1px solid rgba(6, 38, 92, 0.2);
}
        

#navigation li a {
    padding: 5px 20px;
    display: block;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #fff;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(6, 38, 92, 0.4);
    background: transparent;
    -webkit-transition: background 1000ms linear;
-moz-transition: background 1000ms linear;
-o-transition: background 1000ms linear;
transition: background 1000ms linear;   
}

#navigation li a:hover {
background-color: #f59d05;
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(245,157,5) 35%, rgb(250,220,47) 68%);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(245,157,5) 35%, rgb(250,220,47) 68%);
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(245,157,5) 35%, rgb(250,220,47) 68%);
background-image:...