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CSS

Posted by Stephanie Green
Stephanie Green
3,525 Points

Nav Drop Down menu

Trying to get my sub-menu to drop down and show when hovering over parent ul:

html:

<div>

<ul>

<li id="nav">

    <a href="#">Menu</a>

                    <ul>

            <li>

                <a href="#">Home</a>

            </li>

            <li>

                <a href="#">About</a>

            </li>

            <li>

                <a href="#">Work</a>

            </li>

            <li>

                <a href="#">Process</a>

            </li>

            <li>

                <a href="#">Achievements</a>

            </li>

            <li>

                <a href="#">Contact</a>

            </li>

            </ul>

    </li>


    </ul>

</div>

css:

nav {

font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

float: left;

padding-left: 50px;

padding-top: 0px;

margin-top: 15px;

margin-left: -40px;

position: relative;

z-index: 2;

list-style:none;

text-decoration:none;

color: #333;

}

ul li a {

text-decoration:none;

color: #333;

}

ul li ul {

float: left;

padding-left: 50px;

padding-top: 40px;

margin-top: 15px;

margin-left: -40px;

position: relative;

list-style: none;

display:block;

z-index: 2;

visibility: hidden;

text-decoration: none;

color: #333;

background-color: #fff;

}

ul li ul: active {

visibility: visible;

}

2 Answers

Adam Moore
Adam Moore
21,956 Points

Check out below:

<style>

    #nav{
        font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
        float: left;
        padding-left: 50px;
        padding-top: 0px;
        margin-top: 15px;
        margin-left: -40px;
        position: relative;
        z-index: 2;
        list-style:none;
        text-decoration:none;
        color: #333;
    }

    ul li a{
        text-decoration:none;
        color: #333;
    }

    ul li ul{
        float: left;
        padding-left: 50px;
        padding-top: 40px;
        margin-top: 15px;
        margin-left: -40px;
        position: relative;
        list-style: none;
        display:block;
        z-index: 2;
        visibility: hidden;
        text-decoration: none;
        color: #333;
        background-color: #fff;
    }

    #nav:hover ul{
        visibility: visible;
    }

</style>

<div>  
    <ul>
        <li id="nav"><a href="#">Menu</a>
            <ul>
                <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Work</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Process</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Achievements</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
            </ul>
        </li>
    </ul>
</div>

All I did was change your nav to match the ID that you had set, which would be #nav. If it were simply a <nav> element, you wouldn't need the # prefix. Also, I changed your ul li ul: active to #nav:hover ul, which says: "When the element with the ID nav (#nav) is hovered over (:hover, with no space between #nav and :hover), do the following CSS code to its child, which is ul." Does that make sense?

Stephanie Green
Stephanie Green
3,525 Points
Stephanie Green
Stephanie Green
3,525 Points

YOU ARE AMAZING! THANK YOU!

Adam Moore
Adam Moore
21,956 Points

Sure thing! :) Glad I could help!