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CSS Dropdowns

Create a hoverable dropdown with CSS.

Demo: Dropdown Examples

Move the mouse over the examples below:

Dropdown Text

Hello World!

Other:

Beautiful Cinque Terre

Basic Dropdown
Create a dropdown box that appears when the user moves the mouse over an element.

Example

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

.dropdown-content {
display: none;
position: absolute;
background-color: #f9f9f9;

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min-width: 160px;
box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
padding: 12px 16px;
z-index: 1;
}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
display: block;
}
</style>

<div class="dropdown">
<span>Mouse over me</span>
<div class="dropdown-content">
<p>Hello World!</p>
</div>
</div>

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Example Explained
HTML) Use any element to open the dropdown content, e.g. a <span>, or a
<button> element.

Use a container element (like <div>) to create the dropdown content and add
whatever you want inside of it.

Wrap a <div> element around the elements to position the dropdown content
correctly with CSS.

CSS) The .dropdown class uses position:relative, which is needed when we want the
dropdown content to be placed right below the dropdown button (using
position:absolute).

The .dropdown-content class holds the actual dropdown content. It is hidden by

default, and will be displayed on hover (see below). Note the min-width is set to
160px. Feel free to change this. Tip: If you want the width of the dropdown content to
be as wide as the dropdown button, set the width to 100% (and overflow:auto to
enable scroll on small screens).

Instead of using a border, we have used the CSS box-shadow property to make the
dropdown menu look like a "card".

The :hover selector is used to show the dropdown menu when the user moves the
mouse over the dropdown button.

Dropdown Menu
Create a dropdown menu that allows the user to choose an option from a list:

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This example is similar to the previous one, except that we add links inside the
dropdown box and style them to fit a styled dropdown button:

Example

<style>

.dropbtn {
background-color: #4CAF50;
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: #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;
}

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

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

.dropdown:hover .dropbtn {
background-color: #3e8e41;
}
</style>

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<div class="dropdown">
<button class="dropbtn">Dropdown</button>
<div class="dropdown-content">
<a href="#">Link 1</a>
<a href="#">Link 2</a>
<a href="#">Link 3</a>
</div>
</div>

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Right-aligned Dropdown Content

If you want the dropdown menu to go from right to left, instead of left to right, add
right: 0;

More Examples
Dropdown Image

How to add an image and other content inside the dropdown box.

Hover over the image:

Beautiful Cinque Terre

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Dropdown Navbar

How to add a dropdown menu inside a navigation bar.

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