Learn to create a very simple CSS
dropdown menu with solely HTML and CSS. This is a very useful and small
dropdown menu without the use of javascript
UPDATE! I have updated the Dropdown code click here.
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ul {
font-family:
Arial, Verdana;
font-size:
14px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style:
none;
}
ul li {
display: block;
position: relative;
float: left;
}
li ul {
display: none;
}
ul li a {
display: block;
text-decoration:
none;
color: #ffffff;
border-top:
1px solid #ffffff;
padding: 5px
15px 5px 15px;
background:
#1e7c9a;
margin-left:
1px;
white-space:
nowrap;
}
ul li a:hover {
background: #3b3b3b;
}
li:hover ul {
display: block;
position: absolute;
}
li:hover li {
float: none;
font-size:
11px;
}
li:hover a { background: #3b3b3b; }
li:hover li a:hover {
background:
#1e7c9a;
}
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Next is the HTML code. It is
structured as nested lists so that even displaying the HTML source code without
any CSS style will render it with a useful structure.
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<ul id="menu">
<li><a
href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a
href="#">About Us</a>
<ul>
<li><a
href="#">The Team</a></li>
<li><a
href="#">History</a></li>
<li><a
href="#">Vision</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a
href="#">Products</a>
<ul>
<li><a
href="#">Cozy Couch</a></li>
<li><a
href="#">Great Table</a></li>
<li><a
href="#">Small Chair</a></li>
<li><a
href="#">Shiny Shelf</a></li>
<li><a
href="#">Invisible Nothing</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a
href="#">Contact</a>
<ul>
<li><a
href="#">Online</a></li>
<li><a
href="#">Right Here</a></li>
<li><a
href="#">Somewhere Else</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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That is it, very simple and easy to
customize! Click below for a live demo…