HTMl CSS Dropdown Nav

Question

I have a navigation menu that works well and looks good.

The HTML for the menu is:

<div id="menubar">
    <div id="welcome">
        <h1><a href="#">Cedars Hair <span>Academy</span></a></h1>
    </div><!--close welcome-->
    <div id="menu_items">
        <ul id="menu">
            <li class="current"><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
            <li><a href="index.html">The Salon</a></li>
            <li><a href="index.html">Testimonials</a></li>
            <li><a href="index.html">Courses</a></li>
            <li><a href="index.html">The Staff</a></li>
            <li><a href="index.html">Contact Us</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div><!--close menu-->
</div><!--close menubar-->  

But I want to change it so it is something like:

<li><a href="#">The Salon</a>
    <ul>
        <li><a href="#">Hair Cut</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>

So under the salon, a drop down menu would come up with 'Hair Cut'.

I know this is possible with CSS, but the problem is I have a lot of CSS with the divs shown above (menubar, welcome, menu_items etc). Do you know the most simplest way to make a simple dropdown?

Answer 1

The simplest way in a nutshell:

https://jsfiddle.net/svArtist/2jd9uvx0/

1. hide lists inside other lists

2. upon hovering list elements, show the child lists

 ul ul { display:none; display:absolute; bottom:-100%; } li{ position:relative; } li:hover>ul { display:table; } 

 <ul> <li><a href="#">The Salon</a> <ul> <li><a href="#">Hair Cut</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> 

Answer 2

Why don't you use Jquery UI? https://jqueryui.com/menu/

<script>
  $(function() {
    $( "#menu" ).menu();
  });
  </script>

Answer 3

Added the sub menu using li:hover

Here is the fiddle - https://jsfiddle.net/gkdj6y5x/