Why is my dropdown menu not showing? - html

Question

So I've basically tried everything I could think off. I want to make a drop down menu from an image I'm using. The cursor does manage to become a pointer. I'm really lost to what I've done wrong.
This is the HTML I have right now:
<a>
<img class="dropbtn" id="profile" src="img/icons/Profiel.png" alt="Profiel" width="50px" heigt="50px">
<div id="myDropdown" class="dropdown-content">
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</div>
</img>
</a>
And here's the CSS:
/* Dropdown Button */
.dropbtn {
cursor: pointer;
background-color: none;
}
/* 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 (use JS to add this class to the .dropdown-content container when the user clicks on the dropdown button) */
.show {display:block;}

Answer 1

Use below code
$(".dropbtn").click(function() {
$("#myDropdown").toggleClass("show");
});
.dropbtn {
cursor: pointer;
background-color: none;
}
/* 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;
}
a:hover .dropdown-content {display:block}
/* Change color of dropdown links on hover */
.dropdown-content a:hover {background-color: #f1f1f1}
/* Show the dropdown menu (use JS to add this class to the .dropdown-content container when the user clicks on the dropdown button) */
.show {display:block;}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<a>
<img class="dropbtn" id="profile" src="img/icons/Profiel.png" alt="Profiel" width="50px" heigt="50px">
<div id="myDropdown" class="dropdown-content">
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
</div>
</a>

Answer 2

Are you open to using jQuery?
You can achieve what you want by simply adding:
$(".dropbtn").click(function() {
$("#myDropdown").toggleClass("open");
});
Codepen Demo
$(".dropbtn").click(function() {
$("#myDropdown").toggleClass("open");
});
/* Dropdown Button */
.dropbtn {
cursor: pointer;
background-color: none;
}
/* 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);
}
.dropdown-content.open {
display: block;
}
/* 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 (use JS to add this class to the .dropdown-content container when the user clicks on the dropdown button) */
.show {
display: block;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<a>
<img class="dropbtn" id="profile" src="http://placehold.it/350x350" alt="Profiel" width="50px" height="50px">
<div id="myDropdown" class="dropdown-content">
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
</div>
</img>
</a>

Answer 3

Have you made sure to change the dropdowns CSS to display: block; when the image is clicked?
If not, try this out (JavaScript):
var trigger = document.getElementById("profile"),
dropdown = document.getelementById("myDropdown");
trigger.onclick = function(){ // on image click
dropdown.classList.toggle("active"); // toggle dropdown display
});
CSS:
or jQuery (if you have it referenced within your website):
$("#profile").click(function(){ // on image click
$("#myDropdown").toggleClass("active"); // toggle dropdown display
});
Make sure (if you don't already know) to add the above to a script tag within your <head> or <body> tags, inside of your HTML document!
#myDropdown.active{ /* if #myDropdown has class "active" */
display: block; /* make the dropdown visible */
}
Hope this helps! :-)