[thelist] a CSS Question

[Hershel Robinson]

> 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