One of the challenges that faces any site designer involves using the UL tag to its best advantage. In drupal the challenge is complicated by the frequent appearance of several classes which are pre-styled by drupal.

In drupal 5.x, the following classes are found in modules/system/system.css. The default $links array that appears in nodes uses the "links" class, as do any arrays which pass through the theme('links') function.

Note that the left and right padding applied to <li> can be a source of mystification when you're trying to align $links in a node.

In the current theme, ul.links appear as follows:

ul.links

• the first item
• the second item
• the third item

ul.links.inline

• the first item
• the second item
• the third item