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I am using ddlevelsmenu.js from dynamic drive to display menu items on mouseover. everything works fine. just i have one very long list which appears little bit odd. Can i split the list items into different columns? Below are my HTML codes followed by CSS codes:

<ul>
<li><a href="#" rel="stts">Indian States</a></li>
</ul>

The above codes will trigger the below list items on mouseover

 <ul id="stts" class="submenustyle">
  <li><a href="../../staates/ap/l">Andhra Pradesh</a></li>
  <li><a href="../../staates/arp/l">Arunachal Pradesh</a></li>
  <li><a href="../../staates/asm/l">Assam</a></li>
  <li><a href="../../staates/bih/l">Bihar</a></li>
  <li><a href="../../staates/chsg/l">Chattisgarh</a></li>
  <li><a href="../../staates/goa/l">Goa</a></li>
  <li><a href="../../staates/guj/l">Gujarat</a></li>
  <li><a href="../../staates/har/l">Haryana</a></li>
  <li><a href="../../staates/hp/l">Himachal pradesh</a></li>
  <li><a href="../../staates/jk/l">Jammu Kashmir</a></li>
  <li><a href="../../staates/jh/l">Jharkhand</a></li>
  <li><a href="../../staates/ka/l">Karnataka</a></li>
   <li><a href="../../staates/ke/l">Kerala</a></li>
   <li><a href="../../staates/mp/l">Madhya Pradesh</a></li>
   <li><a href="../../staates/mah/l">Maharashtra</a></li>
   <li><a href="../../staates/man/l">Manipur</a></li>
    <li><a href="../../staates/meg/l">Meghalaya</a></li>
    <li><a href="../../staates/miz/l">Mizoram</a></li>
    <li><a href="../../staates/nag/l">Nagaland</a></li>
    <li><a href="../../staates/odi/l">Odisha</a></li>
    <li><a href="../../staates/pun/l">Punjab</a></li>
    <li><a href="../../staates/raj/l">Rajasthan</a></li>
    <li><a href="../../staates/sri/l">Srinagar</a></li>
    <li><a href="../../staates/sik/l">Sikkim</a></li>
    <li><a href="../../staates/tn/l">Tamil Nadu</a></li>
    <li><a href="../../staates/tel/l">Telangana</a></li>
    <li><a href="../../staates/up/l">Uttar Pradesh</a></li>
    <li><a href="../../staates/utt/l">Uttaranchal</a></li>
    <li><a href="../../staates/wb/l">West Bengal</a></li>

</ul>

Below are the css codes

.ddsubmenustyle, .ddsubmenustyle div{ /*topmost and sub DIVs, respectively*/
font: normal 1.2vw;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
list-style-type: none;
background: white;
border: 1px solid black;
border-bottom-width: 0;
visibility: hidden;
z-index: 100;
}

.ddsubmenustyle ul{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
list-style-type: none;
border: 0px none;
}

.ddsubmenustyle li a{
display: block;
width: 180px; /*width of menu (not including side paddings)*/
color: white; 
background-color:#999999;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 4px 5px;
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
}
.ddsubmenustyle li a:hover{

background-color:#333333;  
}

* html .ddsubmenustyle li{ /*IE6 CSS hack*/
display: inline-block;
width: 180px; /*width of menu (include side paddings of LI A*/
}



/* ######### Neutral CSS  ######### */

.downarrowpointer{ /*CSS for "down" arrow image added to top menu items*/
padding-left: 4px;
border: 0;
}

.rightarrowpointer{ /*CSS for "right" arrow image added to drop down menu items*/
position: absolute;
padding-top: 3px;
left: 100px;
border: 0;
}

.ddiframeshim{
position: absolute;
z-index: 500;
background: transparent;
border-width: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
display: block;
}
user3225075
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2 Answers2

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this was already answered here: How to display an unordered list in two columns? by Gabriel. Following css should resolve your issue:

ul {
  columns: 2;
  -webkit-columns: 2;
  -moz-columns: 2;
}

I have created jsfiddle to test it and it works nicely. Have a look http://jsfiddle.net/tralala/jg0zycfw/1/.

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ondObno
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have you tried setting widths on the li?

ul{
   width:800px;
}

li{
  width: 40%;
  display: inline-block;

}
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