Dropdown Menu in CSS

Dropdown Menu in CSS.

Basic Dropdown [HTML – CSS]

<html>
<head>
<style>

.dropbtn {
    background-color: red;
    color: white;
    padding: 16px;
    font-size: 16px;
    border: none;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.dropdown {
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
}

.dropdown-content {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    background-color: lightgrey;
    min-width: 160px;
    box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
    z-index: 1;
}

.dropdown-content a {
    color: purple;
    padding: 12px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
}

.dropdown-content a:hover {background-color: red}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
    display: block;
}

.dropdown:hover .dropbtn {
    background-color: brown;
}

</style>
</head>
<body>


<img src="logo.jpg"/>

<h2>Dropdown Menu:</h2>

<p>Move the mouse over the button to open the dropdown menu.</p>

<div class="dropdown">

  <button class="dropbtn">Dropdown</button>

  <div class="dropdown-content">

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  </div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

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Dropdown Navbar CSS [HTML – CSS]

<html>
<head>
<style>
ul {
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    background-color: #333;
}
li {
    float: left;
}
li a, .dropbtn {
    display: inline-block;
    color: white;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 14px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
}
li a:hover, .dropdown:hover .dropbtn {
    background-color: red;
}
li.dropdown {
    display: inline-block;
}
.dropdown-content {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    background-color: #f9f9f9;
    min-width: 160px;
    box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
    z-index: 1;
}

.dropdown-content a {
    color: black;
    padding: 12px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
    text-align: left;
}

.dropdown-content a:hover {background-color: #f1f1f1}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
    display: block;
}

</style>
</head>
<body>


<img src="logo.jpg"/>

<h2>Dropdown Menu:</h2>

<ul>
  <li><a href="#home">Welcome</a></li>
  <li><a href="#news">About us</a></li>
  <li class="dropdown">
    <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="dropbtn">Languages</a>
    <div class="dropdown-content">

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  </li>
</ul>
<h3>Dropdown Menu inside a Navigation Bar:</h3>
<p>Hover over the<b>"Dropdown"</b> link to see the dropdown menu...</p>
</body>
</html>

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Right-aligned Dropdown Content [HTML – CSS]

<html>
<head>
<style>
.dropbtn {
    background-color: red;
    color: white;
    padding: 16px;
    font-size: 16px;
    border: none;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.dropdown {
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
}

.dropdown-content {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    background-color: lightblue;
    min-width: 160px;
    box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
    z-index: 1;
}

.dropdown-content a {
    color: black;
    padding: 12px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
}

.dropdown-content a:hover {background-color: grey;}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
    display: block;
}

.dropdown:hover .dropbtn {
    background-color: red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h2>Aligned Dropdown Content:</h2>

<p>Determine whether the dropdown content should go from left to right or right to left with the left and right properties....</p>

<div class="dropdown" style="float:left;">
  <button class="dropbtn">Left</button>
  <div class="dropdown-content" style="left:0;">
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  </div>
</div>

<div class="dropdown" style="float:right;">
  <button class="dropbtn">Right</button>
  <div class="dropdown-content">
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  </div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

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Basic Dropdown [HTML – CSS]

Dropdown Navbar CSS [HTML – CSS]

Right-aligned Dropdown Content [HTML – CSS]

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