Dropdown Menu Html / CSS

Mohammed Imtiyaz Jan 2, 2015

This article will explain you how to create a Dropdown Menu in Html and CSS using Html <div> tags. We will start with designing a container using a <div> tag. The <div> tag will contain id of navigation. A navigation menu always requires standard Html as a basic tool for menu designing. To design the menu we will use a <div>, <ul> an <li> tags. In this example I have created two different menus. One for English Interface (ltr) and another for Arabic Interface (rtl). These menus can be used in ASP.Net Bilingual Web Applications

Dropdown Menu Html / CSS

CSS

/* Main menu style */
.nav, .nav ul{
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    font-size: 13px;
    font-family: Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial;
    /* text-shadow:2px 2px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.3);*/
}
.nav{
    position: relative;
}
.nav ul{
    height: 0;
    left: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: absolute;
    top: 42px;
}
.nav li{
    float: left;
    position: relative;
}
.nav li a{
    background-color: #00688B;
    border: 1px solid transparent;
    color: #FFF;
    display: block;
    line-height: 20px;
    padding: 10px 20px;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.nav li:hover > a{
    background: #FF6103;
    color: #FFF;
}
.nav li:hover ul.subs{
    height: auto;
    width: 130px;
}
.nav ul li{
    width: 100%;
}
.nav ul li a{
    background-color: #00688B;
    border-top: 1px solid #ffffff;
    color: #fff;
    line-height: 1px;
    padding: 5px 20px;
}
.nav li:hover ul li a{
    line-height: 22px;
}

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body dir="ltr">
    <ul class="nav">
        <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Products</a>
            <ul class="subs">
                <li><a href="#">Product 1</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Product 2</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Product 3</a></li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li><a href="#">Client</a>
            <ul class="subs">
                <li><a href="#">Client 1</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Client 2</a></li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
    </ul>
</body>
</html>