Demo: Dropdown Examples
Move the mouse over the examples below:
Basic Dropdown
Create a dropdown box that appears when the user moves the mouse over an element.
<style>
.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);
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 use 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 CSS3 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:
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:
<style>
/* Style The Dropdown Button */
.dropbtn {
background-color: #4CAF50;
color
: white;
padding: 16px;
font-size
: 16px;
border: none;
cursor
: pointer;
}
/* The container <div> - needed to position the dropdown content */
.dropdown {
position
: relative;
display
: inline-block;
}
/* Dropdown Content (Hidden by Default) */
.dropdown-content {
display
: none;
position: absolute;
background-color
: #f9f9f9;
min-width: 160px;
box-shadow
: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
}
/* Links inside the dropdown */
.dropdown-content a {
color
: black;
padding
: 12px 16px;
text-decoration
: none;
display
: block;
}
/* Change color of dropdown links on hover */
.dropdown-content a:hover {background-color
: #f1f1f1}
/* Show the dropdown menu on hover */
.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
display
: block;
}
/* Change the background color of the dropdown button when the dropdown content is shown */
.dropdown:hover .dropbtn {
background-color
: #3e8e41;
}
</style>
<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
Example
How to add an image and other content inside the dropdown box.
Hover over the image: