> can you put the border onto the links themselves? If so then you can change
> the border colour with a:hover.
>
> perhaps:
>
> a.dropLinks {
> border-left: 5px solid #eaeaea;
> }
>
> a.dropLinks:hover {
> border-left: 5px solid #ffffff;
> }
Of course you can. Eric Meyer discusses this:
http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/talks/2003/commug/commug.html
and you can see it in action here:
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/vertical09.htm
by just clicking. :)
HTH,
Hershel