HTML
<div id="nav">
<ul id="navlist">
<li id="active"><a href="#" class="current">Item one</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Item two</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Item three</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Item four</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Item five</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
CSS
#nav{ width: 160px; }
#nav ul
{
margin-left: 0;
padding-left: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
#nav a
{
display: block;
padding: 3px;
width: 150px;
background-color: #036;
border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
}
#nav a:link, #navlist a:visited
{
color: #EEE;
text-decoration: none;
}
#nav a:hover
{
background-color: #FFF;
color: #999;
}
#nav a.current
{
background-color: #FFF;
color: #000;
}
Tested on IE6 and above , and all Major browsers ..