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CSS

Posted by Daniel Leeman
Daniel Leeman
8,894 Points

Z-index and positioning for dropdown CSS menu

I am trying to create a CSS-hover drop-down menu.

I was able to use z-index on the logo to have it appear outside of its parent div, but I am struggling to do the same with the drop-down menu.

I have turned off the hover property so it is easier to see what is going on - nested under "About" is a submenu that creates a scrollbar within the navigation div, rather than displaying on top of it.

.dropdown_1column { position:absolute; left:-1px; top: auto; z-index: 1000; }

I've also tried relative positioning, but then it pushes the main level li up above the others.

http://leeman.site44.com/delvalle/test.html

1 Answer

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

Hi Daniel Leeman,

Perhaps you'll find this short video on creating a CSS Dropdown helpful. :)