CREATE A SIMPLE CSS DROPDOWN MENU

Learn to create a very simple CSS dropdown menu with solely HTML and CSS. This is a very useful and small dropdown menu without the use of javascript!

Let me start with the CSS code, edit the colors and sizes to suit your websites needs:

ul {
font-family: Arial, Verdana;
font-size: 14px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
ul li {
display: block;
position: relative;
float: left;
}
li ul {
display: none;
}
ul li a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #ffffff;
border-top: 1px solid #ffffff;
padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px;
background: #1e7c9a;
margin-left: 1px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
ul li a:hover {
background: #3b3b3b;
}
li:hover ul {
display: block;
position: absolute;
}
li:hover li {
float: none;
font-size: 11px;
}
li:hover a { background: #3b3b3b; }
li:hover li a:hover {
background: #1e7c9a;
}

Next is the HTML code. It is structured as nested lists so that even displaying the HTML source code without any CSS style will render it with a useful structure.

<ul id="menu">
<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About Us</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">The Team</a></li>
<li><a href="#">History</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Vision</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Products</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Cozy Couch</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Great Table</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Small Chair</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Shiny Shelf</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Invisible Nothing</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Contact</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Online</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Right Here</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Somewhere Else</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

That is it, very simple and easy to customize! Click below for a live demo…
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