Robert Birming

Inline menu

A horizontal menu strip with centered links and a subtle dot separator. Works well for tags, archive years, or any short list of navigation links.1

Preview

How to use

Wrap your list in a container using the inline-menu class.

Markup

<div class="inline-menu">

- [About](/about/)
- [Photos](/photos/)
- [Writing](/writing/)

</div>

Styles

/* Inline menu | robertbirming.com */
.inline-menu ul {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 0.7rem;
  padding-block: 0.75rem;
  padding-inline: 0;
  list-style: none;
  font-size: var(--font-small);
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--muted);
  background: var(--surface);
  border-block: 1px solid var(--border);
}

.inline-menu a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

.inline-menu a:visited {
  color: var(--link);
}

@media (hover: hover) {
  .inline-menu a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
    text-decoration-thickness: 1px;
    text-underline-offset: 0.2em;
  }
}

.inline-menu li:not(:last-child)::after {
  content: "·";
  margin-inline-start: 0.8rem;
  opacity: 0.7;
  pointer-events: none;
}

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Happy blogging, dot by dot.

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