Dropdown Menu Bar on Hover using Pure HTML and CSS

Dropdown Menu Bar on Hover

Author

• TechieBundle
• March 12, 2023

Live Demo

• Demo

Code

You can check the code used in the demo below which you can also use in your projects.

HTML

<div class="dropdown-wrapper">
  <div class="nav navigation-wrapper">
    <ul class="nav-list">
      <li class="nav-link">
        Home
      </li>
      <li class="nav-link">
        About
      </li>
      <li class="nav-link">
        <ul class="nav-sub-list">
          <li class="nav-dropdown-menu">
            <span class="nav-title">Portfolio</span>
            <ul class="dropdown-menu">
              <li>Zomato</li>
              <li>Swiggy</li>
              <li>UberEats</li>
              <li>Food Panda</li>
            </ul>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li class="nav-link">Blog</li>
      <li class="nav-link">Contact</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>

CSS

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Nunito:wght@200;400;500;600;700;900&display=swap");

html,
body {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: #1f8775;
  margin-top: 2em;
}
li {
  list-style-type: none;
}
.navigation-wrapper > ul {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 4em;
}
.navigation-wrapper > ul > li {
  color: #ffffff;
  font-size: 2em;
  list-style: none;
  cursor: pointer;
  position: relative;
  font-family: "Nunito", sans serif;
  font-weight: 500;
}
.navigation-wrapper > ul > li:hover::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  height: 0;
  width: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #fcfcfc;
  animation: border-move 0.5s linear;
  animation-fill-mode: forwards;
}
@keyframes border-move {
  100% {
    width: 100%;
  }
}
.nav-sub-list {
  padding: 0;
}
.nav-dropdown-menu {
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  cursor: pointer;
}
.dropdown-menu {
  min-width: 100%;
  padding: 15px 0;
  position: absolute;
  background: #fefefe;
  z-index: 100;
  transition: 0.35s;
  border-radius: 16px;
  top: 1.3em;
  width: 200px;
}
.nav-dropdown-menu:not(:hover) > .dropdown-menu {
  padding: 0;
  z-index: 9;
  background: none;
}
.dropdown-menu > * {
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 10px 15px;
  white-space: nowrap;
  font-size: 21px;
  color: #323232;
  text-align: left;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #eeeeee;
}

.dropdown-menu > *:hover {
  background: rgba(31, 135, 117, 0.34);
}

.nav-dropdown-menu:not(:hover) > .dropdown-menu > * {
  visibility: hidden;
  height: 0;
  padding-top: 0;
  padding-bottom: 0;
  margin: 0;
  color: rgba(25, 25, 25, 0);
  z-index: 9;
}

Technologies Used

• HTML / CSS

About the code

Compatible browsers:- Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari

Responsive:- No

Dependencies: – N/A

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