Doing it with style
Just a simple change of border style on hover.
#menu a, #menu a:visited {
font:normal 0.8em 'latomedium', arial, sans-serif;
text-align:center;
text-decoration:none;
color:#000;
display:block;
width:7em;
height:1.2em;
line-height:1.2em;
border:0.5em solid #fff;
}
#menu a:hover {
color:#fff;
background-color:#b2ab9b;
border-color:#dfd7ca #b2ab9b;
}
<div id="menu">
<a href="#nogo">Item 1</a>
<a href="#nogo">Item 2</a>
<a href="#nogo">Item 3</a>
<a href="#nogo">Item 4</a>
<a href="#nogo">Item 5</a>
</div>
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