Why removing float:left affects dimensions of a li element?
The cod is simple:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
<title> Horizontal menu </title>
<style type="text/css">
*{ margin:0;
padding:0; }
.menu {
list-style-type:none;
margin:50px;
}
.menu li{
display:inline;
font-size:18px;
line-height:36px;
}
.menu li a {
float:left;
margin:0 7px 0 0;
text-align:center;
width:100px;
height:36px;
color:#008080;
text-decoration:none;
background:#ffe8ff;
border:1px solid red;
}
ul.menu li a:hover {
color:#c60000;
background:#a4ffff;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul class="menu">
<li><a href="#">About</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Servises</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Solutions</a></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>