div in li menu item

by igorbeuermann

HTML

<ul>
	<li id="led-li">
		<div class="transition-effect-div"></div>
		<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="">
			<p>Product 1</p>
		</a>
	</li>
	<li id="fci-li">
		<div class="transition-effect-div"></div>
		<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="">
			<p>Product 2</p>
		</a>
	</li>
	<li id="fcn-li">
		<div class="transition-effect-div"></div>
		<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="">
			<p>Product 3</p>
		</a>
	</li>
</ul>

CSS

:root {
    --menu-item-width: 50%; 
}

ul li {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    list-style: none;
    color: #000;
    margin: 0;
    height: 2em;
    width: var(--menu-item-width);
}

li::before {
    content: '';
    border-top: 1px dotted #969696;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0em;
    width: var(--menu-item-width);
}

li:last-of-type::after {
    content: '';
    border-top: 1px dotted #969696;
    position: absolute;
    top: 2em;
    width: var(--menu-item-width);
}

.transition-effect-div {
    position: absolute;
    background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #007934, white);
    height: calc(100% - 1px);
    top: 1px;
    width: 0;
    left: 0%;
    -webkit-transition: width 0.5s ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: width 0.5s ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: width 0.5s ease-in-out;
    transition: width 0.5s ease-in-out;
}

li:hover .transition-effect-div,
li:active .transition-effect-div { width: var(--menu-item-width); }

a {
    position: relative;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000;
    top: 0;
    display: block;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 400;
    width: 100%;
}

p {
    position: absolute;
    display: inline-block;
    justify-content: center;
    top: 0.25em;
    left: calc(var(--menu-item-width) / 3);
    text-align: center;
    margin: 0.2em 0 0em 0.25em;
    font-family: Akrobat, Graphik, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 0.875em;
}