Index: src/main/java/info/magnolia/cms/taglibs/util/SimpleNavigationTag.java
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--- src/main/java/info/magnolia/cms/taglibs/util/SimpleNavigationTag.java	(revision 19163)
+++ src/main/java/info/magnolia/cms/taglibs/util/SimpleNavigationTag.java	(working copy)
@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@
     private static final String CSS_LI_OPEN = "open"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
     /**
+     * Css class added to first li in ul.
+     */
+    private static final String CSS_LI_FIRST = "first"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+    /**
+     * Css class added to last li in ul.
+     */
+    private static final String CSS_LI_LAST = "last"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+    /**
      * Page property: navigation title.
      */
     private static final String NODEDATA_NAVIGATIONTITLE = "navTitle"; //$NON-NLS-1$
@@ -221,6 +231,11 @@
 
     private String contentFilter = "";
 
+	/**
+	 * Flag to set if the first and last li in each ul should be marked with a special css class
+	 */
+	private boolean markFirstAndLastElement = false;
+	
     /**
      * The start level for navigation, defaults to 0.
      * @jsp.attribute required="false" rtexprvalue="true" type="int"
@@ -323,6 +338,15 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * If set to true, a "first" or "last" css class will be added to the list of css classes of the 
+     * first and the last li in each ul.
+     */
+    public void setMarkFirstAndLastElement(boolean flag) {
+    System.out.println("setMarkFirstAndLastElement(): "+flag);
+    	markFirstAndLastElement = flag;
+    }
+    
+    /**
      * @see javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag#doEndTag()
      */
     public int doEndTag() throws JspException {
@@ -404,7 +428,6 @@
         if (children.size() == 0) {
             return;
         }
-
         out.print("<ul class=\"level"); //$NON-NLS-1$
         out.print(page.getLevel());
         if (style != null && page.getLevel() == startLevel) {
@@ -413,27 +436,36 @@
         }
         out.print("\">"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 
+        ArrayList visibleChildren = new ArrayList(children);
         Iterator it = children.iterator();
+        Content child;
         while (it.hasNext()) {
-            Content child = (Content) it.next();
+            child = (Content) it.next();
 
             if (expandAll.equalsIgnoreCase(EXPAND_NONE) || expandAll.equalsIgnoreCase(EXPAND_SHOW)) {
                 if (child
                     .getNodeData(StringUtils.defaultString(this.hideInNav, DEFAULT_HIDEINNAV_NODEDATA))
                     .getBoolean()) {
+                    visibleChildren.remove(child);
                     continue;
                 }
                 // use a filter
                 if (filter != null) {
                     if (!filter.accept(child)) {
+                        visibleChildren.remove(child);
                         continue;
                     }
                 }
 
             }
+        }
+        
+        it = visibleChildren.iterator();
+        boolean isFirst = true;
+        while (it.hasNext()) {
+            child = (Content) it.next();
+            List cssClasses = new ArrayList(4);
 
-            List cssClasses = new ArrayList(3);
-
             NodeData nodeData = I18nContentSupportFactory.getI18nSupport().getNodeData(child, NODEDATA_NAVIGATIONTITLE);
             String title = nodeData.getString(StringUtils.EMPTY);
 
@@ -486,6 +518,15 @@
                 cssClasses.add(child.getNodeData(classProperty).getString(StringUtils.EMPTY));
             }
 
+            if (markFirstAndLastElement && isFirst) {
+                cssClasses.add(CSS_LI_FIRST);
+                isFirst = false;
+            }
+
+            if (markFirstAndLastElement && !it.hasNext()) {
+                cssClasses.add(CSS_LI_LAST);
+            }
+
             StringBuffer css = new StringBuffer(cssClasses.size() * 10);
             Iterator iterator = cssClasses.iterator();
             while (iterator.hasNext()) {
Index: src/main/resources/META-INF/cms-util-taglib.tld
===================================================================
--- src/main/resources/META-INF/cms-util-taglib.tld	(revision 19163)
+++ src/main/resources/META-INF/cms-util-taglib.tld	(working copy)
@@ -326,6 +326,13 @@
       <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
       <type>boolean</type>
     </attribute>
+    <attribute>
+      <description>If set to true, the first and last element of each level will be marked with the css classes "first" and "last"</description>
+      <name>markFirstAndLastElement</name>
+      <required>false</required>
+      <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
+      <type>boolean</type>
+    </attribute>
     <example>
       <![CDATA[
             <cmsu:simpleNavigation startLevel="3" style="mystyle"/>