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CSS

Posted by troy beckett
troy beckett
12,035 Points

Drop down menu

Hi I'm pretty proficient now in all the simple things in css and html however I now want to learn more advanced things.

What I really want to master at the moment is drop down menus. They will be on pretty much every site I make so I would really like to get good a them.

Does anyone have any idea on where I should look to learn more about drop down menus or is it trial and error.

Robert Richey
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points

This was a useful tutorial. It doesn't show you the body styles, so I created my own.

body {
    background-color: #89a;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    font-family: sans-serif;
    font-weight: bold;
}

3 Answers

pietro capriata
pietro capriata
18,066 Points
pietro capriata
pietro capriata
18,066 Points

simple... <ul><li>first element </li> <li>second element </li> <li>third element <ul><li>first subelement</li></ul></li>

li ul { display:none;} li ul:hover { display:block;}

Robert Richey
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points

This works when hover is on the li, not on the ul (there is no ul to hover because it is not being displayed).

li ul { display: none; }

li:hover > ul { display: block; }
pietro capriata
pietro capriata
18,066 Points
pietro capriata
pietro capriata
18,066 Points

Oh sorry I have done a mistake ;-)

Guil Hernandez
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Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher
Guil Hernandez
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher

Hi troy beckett,

The 2nd half of this tips video shows you how to build an HTML/CSS dropdown menu. :)

troy beckett
troy beckett
12,035 Points

I just want to say I think its great that people that actually run the website and are experts in the field take the time to read my posts and comment. I really appreciate it.