Simple Dropdown Menu with Pure CSS

In this tutorial we will see how to create a Simple Dropdown Menu with Pure CSS. Simple HTML and CSS is used for this purpose and complete code is given.

HTML Code

Take a look at the HTML code given below.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="">
<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<title>Dropdown Menu using HTML and CSS</title>
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
</head>
<body>
<details class="dropdown">
    <summary role="button">
      <a class="button">Menu</a>
    </summary>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Dashboard</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Settings</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Logout</a></li>
    </ul>
</details>    
</body>
</html>

CSS Code

CSS code is given below.

<style>
body {
      background-color: #444;
      text-align: center;
      font-family: monospace;
}
a.button {
      display: inline-block;
      padding: 10px 30px; 
      border-radius: 50px;
      box-sizing: border-box;
      border: none;
      background: #22438C;
      color: #ddd;
      font-size: 20px;
      cursor: pointer;
      position: relative;
}
.dropdown {
      position: absolute;
      padding: 0;
      margin-right: 1em;
      border: none;
}
.dropdown summary {
      list-style: none;
      list-style-type: none;
}
.dropdown summary:focus a.button {
      border: 2px solid #ddd;
}
.dropdown summary:focus {
      outline: none;
}
.dropdown ul {
      position: absolute;
      margin: 20px 0 0 0;
      padding: 0;
      width: 120px;
      left: 50%;
      margin-left: calc(120px / 2  * -1);
      box-sizing: border-box;
      z-index: 2;
      background: #ddd;
      border-radius: 6px;
      list-style: none;
}
.dropdown ul li {
      padding: 0;
      margin: 0;
}
.dropdown ul li a:link, .dropdown ul li a:visited {
      display: inline-block;
      padding: 10px 0.8rem;
      width: 100%;
      box-sizing: border-box;
      color: #000;
      text-decoration: none;
}
.dropdown ul li a:hover {
      background-color: #22438C;
      color: #ddd;
}
.dropdown ul::before {
      content: ' ';
      position: absolute;
      width: 0;
      height: 0;
      top: -10px;
      left: 50%;
      margin-left: -10px;
      border-style: solid;
      border-width: 0 10px 10px 10px;
      border-color: transparent transparent #ddd transparent;
}
.dropdown > summary::before {
      display: none;
}
.dropdown[open] > summary::before {
        content: ' ';
        display: block;
        position: fixed;
        top: 0;
        right: 0;
        left: 0;
        bottom: 0;
        z-index: 1;
}
</style>           

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