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Michael Williamson
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Michael Williamson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 23,903 Points
Posted by Michael Williamson
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Michael Williamson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 23,903 Points

creating a drop down menu jquery

drop down menu overlaps the div below, trying to get a drop down menu to push down div the same length as the drop down menu. 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1">
    <title>Practice</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header class="main-header">
      <div class="logo">
      <h1>Header 1</h1>
        </div>
<!--
      <div class="menu-bar">Menu<button class="ui-btn ui-shadow ui-corner-all ui-btn-icon-left ui-icon-bars"></button>
      </div>
-->
      <nav id="main-nav">
        <span class="toggle">Menu
        </span>
        <a href="#" class="ui-btn ui-corner-all ui-icon-bars ui-btn-icon-left"></a>
          <ul id="nav">
            <li><a href="">exp</a></li>
            <li><a href="">exp</a></li>
            <li><a href="">exp</a></li>
            <li><a href="">exp</a></li>
            <li><a href="">exp</a></li>
            <li><a href="">exp</a></li>
            <li><a href="">exp</a></li>
            <li><a href="">exp</a></li>
            <li><a href="">exp</a></li>
            <li><a href="">exp</a></li>
            <li><a href="">exp</a></li>
          </ul>
      </nav>
<!--
      <ul>
        <li>SOCIAL</li>
      </ul>
-->
    </header>
    <div class="wrapper">
      <section> 
        <p class="center">
          <span>
            Example Text  <br>
            Example Text!

          </span>
         </p>
        <div class="image">
        </div>
      </section>

    </div>
    <footer class="footer">
      </footer>
    <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.0.min.js"></script>
  <script src="main.js"></script>

  </body>
</html>

* {
  border: 1px solid red; 
}

/*   Header Styling  */ 


.main-header {
  color: white;
  background-color: black;
  padding: 20px 30px 30px 30px; 
  height: 100px;
  font-family: sans-serif;


/*  z-index: 100;*/


}

body {
  margin: 0; 
  background-image: url("../sannyfran.jpg");
  height: 700px; 
  background-repeat: no-repeat; 
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center; 
  background-attachment: fixed;
}

.main-header h1 {
  font-weight: normal; 

  letter-spacing: .2em; 
  font-size: 1.1em; 
  text-transform: uppercase; 

  text-align: center; 
}

#main-nav {
  margin: 20px 0 0 ; 
  border-top: 1px solid grey;
  border-bottom: 1px solid grey; 
   width: 100%; 
  background-color: black; 

}

#nav.js {
  display: none; 
}


.center {
  color: white; 
  text-align: center; 
  margin: 50px 0 0; 
}

.image {
  height: 250px; 
  width: 250px;
  background-color: lightgrey; 
  margin: 0 auto; 
  top: 50px; 
}
/*
.logo {
  margin: 0 10px; 
  left: 0;
}
*/



ul {
  list-style: none;   
  padding-left: 0px; 
  font-size: 19.2px; 
  display: block; 

}

li {
  padding: 20px 30px 30px 30px; 


}

.nav-ul a {
  text-decoration: none; 
  color: white;
  background-color:  black; 
  width: 100%; 
}


/***********************
 body styling
***********************/

.wrapper {
/*  height: 100%; */

}

/***********************
footer styling
***********************/

.footer {
/*  height: 100%; */
  width: 100%; 
  background-color: black; 
}

$("#nav").addClass("js");

$("#nav").addClass("js").before('<div id="menu">ā˜°</div>');

$("#menu").click(function(){
    $("#nav").toggle();
});

1 Answer

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

Hi Michael.

Everything is correct with the exception that you are giving your nav a specific height. Changing height to auto will fix your problem. jsFiddle Demo

I hope this helps.