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CSS

Posted by Frances Parkin
Frances Parkin
7,760 Points

Susy Navigation

I am trying to add some pipe (|) styling to my navigation.

My susy code is @include with-layout(6 inside, true){ @include span(1);

I have added &::before { content: " | "; }

but when I add &:first-child { &::before { content: " "; } }

it doesn't recognise that every instance of the navigation is not the first child - it sees all items in my html as first child. How do I fix this?

Also - any suggestions about how to make the pipe appear as a separator (ie in between susy navigation items) - I don't want to use a border-left because I want a subtle effect.

Thanks,

Victoria

1 Answer

Tim Knight
Tim Knight
28,888 Points
Tim Knight
Tim Knight
28,888 Points

Frances,

Why not give something like this a shot. It's not dependent on Susy, so just adjust it to your needs. Obviously my class name choice of pipe-separated is for demonstration purposes just to document the example, edit as appropriate.

.pipe-separated {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;

  li {
    display: inline;
    &::after { content: " | "; }
    &:last-child::after { content: ""; }
  }
}

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
  <ul class="pipe-separated" role="navigation">
    <li><a href="">Nav Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="">Nav Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="">Nav Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="">Nav Item</a></li>
    <li><a href="">Nav Item</a></li>
  </ul>
</body>
</html>