Responsive Drop-Down in HTML
When you create a responsive dropdown menu in HTML, it often uses a combination of HTML, CSS, and sometimes JavaScript
HTML
Basics nav-bar syntax with drop-down
<div class="navbar">
<a href="#">Home</a>
<a href="#">About</a>
<div class="dropdown">
<button class="dropbtn">Services</button>
<div class="dropdown-content">
<a href="#">Web Design</a>
<a href="#">Graphic Design</a>
<a href="#">SEO</a>
</div>
</div>
<a href="#">Contact</a>
</div>Example-
Here is the complete example of how to apply the CSS properties for creating the responsive drop-down using HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.5.2/css/all.min.css" />
<title>Responsive Dropdown Menu</title>
<style>
/* Basic styling */
body {
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
/* Navbar styling */
.navbar {
background-color: #333;
overflow: hidden;
display: flex;
justify-content: end;
flex-wrap: wrap;
}
/* Navbar links */
.navbar a {
float: left;
display: block;
color: #f2f2f2;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 20px;
text-decoration: none;
}
/* Dropdown container */
.dropdown {
float: left;
overflow: hidden;
}
/* Dropdown button */
.dropdown .dropbtn {
font-size: 16px;
border: none;
outline: none;
color: white;
padding: 14px 20px;
background-color: inherit;
margin: 0;
}
/* Dropdown content */
.dropdown-content {
display: none;
position: absolute;
background-color: #333;
min-width: 160px;
z-index: 1;
}
/* Dropdown links */
.dropdown-content a {
float: none;
color: white;
padding: 12px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
text-align: left;
}
/* Show dropdown content on hover */
.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
display: block;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="navbar">
<a href="#">Home</a>
<a href="#">About</a>
<div class="dropdown">
<button class="dropbtn">Services <i class="fa-solid fa-angle-down"></i></button>
<div class="dropdown-content">
<a href="#">Web Design</a>
<a href="#">Graphic Design</a> <a href="#">SEO</a> <a href="#">Digital Marketing</a> </div> </div> <a href="#">Contact</a> </div> </body> </html>In the above Example-
The navbar class is created using the <div> element of a class navbar.
Each menu item is a hyperlink (<a> tag) in the navbar.
The dropdown menu is created using the class dropdown content using a combination of button (<button> tag) and nested <div>.
CSS is used to style the navbar, links, dropdown button, and dropdown content.
The footer is hidden by default (display: none) and is displayed by hovering over the dropdown button (:hover).
Output-
Also, Read: How to create a scroll bar using CSS
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