Dropdown menu working differently in Firefox - html

I have a dropdown menu which works exactly as expected in Chrome.
The dropdown list is with position absolute, and the parent with position relative. However, it seems to render differently in Firefox. The dropped menu appears to be relative to the ul element rather than the li element
This dropdown is activated using javascript, adding a display:block on click
Any ideas why?
I did not use a table.
Fiddle
http://jsfiddle.net/eyJ8e/1/
HTML
<div id="menubar">
<div class="container">
<ul class="menu-container title" style="float:left;">
<li>NEW
</li>
<li class="dropdown"> <a class="click-dropdown" href="#">MEN</a><span class="caret"></span>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" style="display:block"> <li>Jeans</li>
<li>Pants</li>
<li>Shirts</li>
<li>Shorts</li>
<li>Tees</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
CSS
body
{
width: 100%;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
font-family: Calibri, Candara, Segoe, "Segoe UI", Optima, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 10pt;
/* background-color: #f0f0f0; */
}
.title{
/*font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;*/
text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-family: SourceSans Pro Bold;
}
.container{
width:1024px;
margin:0 auto;
}
a, a:active, a:visited
{
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
outline: none;
}
a:hover
{
text-decoration: none;
}
#menubar {
width:100%;
min-width:1000px;
height:75px;
background-color:#000;
line-height: 75px;
color:white;
}
#menubar .brand{
display: block;
height:75px;
width: 120px;
margin-right:30px;
margin-top:3px;
float:left;
color:white!important;
}
#menubar .menu-container{
list-style:none;
margin:0px;
}
#menubar .menu-container li:first{
border-left: 1px solid grey;
}
#menubar .menu-container li{
position:relative;
display:inline;
padding:0px 15px;
font-size: 14px;
text-transform: uppercase;
border-right: 1px solid grey;
height:75px;
}
#menubar .menu-container > li.shopping-bag-wrapper:hover{
text-decoration: none;
}
#menubar .menu-container li.shopping-bag-wrapper{
border-right:none;
padding-right:0px;
}
#menubar .authentication-fb-form{
display:inline;
}
#menubar .menu-container li a{
color: white!important;
}
#menubar .menu-container li:last-child{
border:none;
}
#menubar .menu-container .dropdown ul.dropdown-menu > li:hover{
background-color:#555555;
}
#menubar .menu-container ul.dropdown-menu{
border:none;
position:absolute;
z-index:1000;
background-color:black;
display:none;
margin-top:-20px;
}
#menubar .menu-container .dropdown-menu li{
display:block;
min-width:150px;
max-width: 250px;
height:auto;
}
#menubar .menu-container .dropdown-menu a{
display:block;
line-height:25px;
padding: 5px 0px;
height:auto;
border: 2px solid white;
border-bottom:0px;
}
#menubar .menu-container .dropdown-menu a:last-child{
border: 2px solid white;
}
ul{
list-style: none;
margin:0px;
padding:0px;
}
.inline-block{
display: inline-block;
}
.pull-right{
float:right!important;
}
.caret{
display: inline-block;
width: 0;
height: 0;
margin-left: 2px;
vertical-align: middle;
border-top: 4px solid;
border-right: 4px solid transparent;
border-left: 4px solid transparent;
}

There are a couple of issues here. Firstly, you are nesting <li>'s within <a>'s which is invalid. You need to fix this:
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li>Jeans</li>
<li>Pants</li>
<li>Shirts</li>
<li>Shorts</li>
<li>Tees</li>
</ul>
secondly, you arent actually giving your nested <ul> a left position which FF seems to need:
#menubar .menu-container ul.dropdown-menu{
left: 0;
}
You will then also need to move your border from the <a> to the <li> to keep the styling that you had before making these changes.
DEMO

just put left:0 in #menubar
.menu-container ul.dropdown-menu{left:0}
refer http://jsfiddle.net/aashi/eyJ8e/8/

For a drop down menu you may check this demo link :
The html part:
<ul class="menubar">
<li>NEW</li>
<li>MENU
<ul class="dropmenu">
<li>JEANS</li>
<li>PANTS</li>
<li>SHIRTS</li>
<li>SHORTS</li>
<li>TEES</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
the CSS part:
*{ margin:0; padding:0;}
ul.menubar{
margin:0 auto;
width:100%;
background:#000;
height:40px;
display:block;
}
ul.menubar li{
list-style-type:none;
display:inline-block;
float:left;
position:relative;
}
ul.menubar li a{
display:block;
text-decoration:none;
color:#fff;
padding:10px;
}
ul.menubar li ul.dropmenu{
position:absolute;
width:120px;
padding:10px 10px 10px 0;
display:none;
}
ul.menubar li:hover ul.dropmenu{
display:block;
top:30px;
}
ul.menubar li:hover ul.dropmenu li{
background:#222;
width:100%;
}
ul.menubar li:hover ul.dropmenu li a:hover{
background:#333;
}
Here is the JS fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/ameysawant/LPdqV/1/

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Bootstrap and my CSS clashed

I'm doing my project for web development and my friend was assigned to do the nav bar. But after i completed my website and pasted his nav bar codes into my codes. It clashed with my bootstrap and thus not displaying correctly. I tried searching for solutions like pasting the link ref after the bootstrap but still up to no avail.
I'll put the CSS code and HTML code here. I'm guessing the classes clashed?
<nav class="navbar">
<ul>
<li><a class="donation" border= href="#donate">DONATE</a></li>
<li class="dropdown">
EVENTS
<div id="specificdays" class="dropdown-content">
World Environment Day
World Ocean Day
World Clean Up Day
World Day to combat Desertification and Drought
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown">
PROJECTS
<div class="dropdown-content">
Reward System
Comic Strips & Posters
Make A Pledge
Why a Greenboy
Donate to a cause
</div>
</li>
<li><a id="maintopic" href="#about">ABOUT</a></li>
<li id="logo"><img src="eugene.png" class="logo"></li>
</ul>
</nav>
/CSS/
*{
margin-top:0;
margin-left:0;
margin-right:0;
}
#mainpage{
width:100%;
height:650px;
}
#logo{
float:left;
}
ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
nav{
position:sticky;
top:0;
z-index:1;
}
li {
float: right;
text-align:center;
padding-right:40px;
padding-top:10px;
display:block;
}
li a, .dropbtn {
display: inline-block;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
font-family:quicksand;
margin-top:5px;
margin-right:-10px;
}
#maintopic{
letter-spacing: 4px;
font-size:13px;
}
.donation{
border:1;
border-size:1px;
letter-spacing: 4px;
font-size:13px;
border-color:#333;
border-style:solid;
cursor:pointer;
border-color:white;
padding:10px 10px 10px 10px;
}
.donation:hover{
background-color:#fff;
color:#333;
}
#maintopic:hover{
border-bottom:2px solid #fff;
}
li .dropdown {
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);
z-index: 1;
}
.dropdown-content a {
color: black;
padding: 12px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
display:block;
text-align: left;
width:128px;
}
#specificdays a{
width:200px;
}
#specificdays a:hover{
width:190px;
}
.dropdown-content a:hover {
background-color: #333;
color:#ddd ;
}
.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
display:block;
}
.navbar{
padding:3px;
text-align:center;
color: black;
font-family: sans-serif;
background-color: #333;
}
.logo{
width:140px;
height:60px;
cursor: pointer;
margin-top:-25px;
margin-bottom:-10px;
}
Just rename your class with any unique name which will not be in Bootstrap.For that you can add your website name with class or anything
<nav class="your-theme-navbar">
<ul>
<li><a class="donation" border= href="#donate">DONATE</a></li>
<li class="your-theme-dropdown">
EVENTS
<div id="specificdays" class="your-theme-dropdown-content">
World Environment Day
World Ocean Day
World Clean Up Day
World Day to combat Desertification and Drought
</div>
</li>
<li class="your-theme-dropdown">
PROJECTS
<div class="your-theme-dropdown-content">
Reward System
Comic Strips & Posters
Make A Pledge
Why a Greenboy
Donate to a cause
</div>
</li>
<li><a id="maintopic" href="#about">ABOUT</a></li>
<li id="logo"><img src="eugene.png" class="your-theme-logo"></li>
</ul>
and change these classes in CSS also
*{
margin-top:0;
margin-left:0;
margin-right:0;
}
#mainpage{
width:100%;
height:650px;
}
#logo{
float:left;
}
ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
nav{
position:sticky;
top:0;
z-index:1;
}
li {
float: right;
text-align:center;
padding-right:40px;
padding-top:10px;
display:block;
}
li a, .dropbtn {
display: inline-block;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
font-family:quicksand;
margin-top:5px;
margin-right:-10px;
}
#maintopic{
letter-spacing: 4px;
font-size:13px;
}
.donation{
border:1;
border-size:1px;
letter-spacing: 4px;
font-size:13px;
border-color:#333;
border-style:solid;
cursor:pointer;
border-color:white;
padding:10px 10px 10px 10px;
}
.donation:hover{
background-color:#fff;
color:#333;
}
#maintopic:hover{
border-bottom:2px solid #fff;
}
li .your-theme-dropdown {
display: inline-block;
}
.your-theme-dropdown-content {
display: none;
position: absolute;
background-color: #f9f9f9;
min-width: 160px;
box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
z-index: 1;
}
.your-theme-dropdown-content a {
color: black;
padding: 12px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
display:block;
text-align: left;
width:128px;
}
#specificdays a{
width:200px;
}
#specificdays a:hover{
width:190px;
}
.your-theme-dropdown-content a:hover {
background-color: #333;
color:#ddd ;
}
.your-theme-dropdown:hover .your-theme-dropdown-content {
display:block;
}
.your-theme-navbar{
padding:3px;
text-align:center;
color: black;
font-family: sans-serif;
background-color: #333;
}
.your-theme-logo{
width:140px;
height:60px;
cursor: pointer;
margin-top:-25px;
margin-bottom:-10px;
}
Change the name of your defined classes, for example .navbar class in your css file is already included in css file of bootstrap.
If you want use some css of bootstrap and some custom css then just write new class nearby navbar class and target all navbar css with that new class
example
*{
margin-top:0;
margin-left:0;
margin-right:0;
}
#mainpage{
width:100%;
height:650px;
}
#logo{
float:left;
}
ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
nav.custom-navbar{
position:sticky;
top:0;
z-index:1;
}
.custom-navbar ul li {
float: right;
text-align:center;
padding-right:40px;
padding-top:10px;
display:block;
}
.custom-navbar ul li a,.custom-navbar ul li a.dropbtn {
display: inline-block;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
font-family:quicksand;
margin-top:5px;
margin-right:-10px;
}
#maintopic{
letter-spacing: 4px;
font-size:13px;
}
.donation{
border:1;
border-size:1px;
letter-spacing: 4px;
font-size:13px;
border-color:#333;
border-style:solid;
cursor:pointer;
border-color:white;
padding:10px 10px 10px 10px;
}
.donation:hover{
background-color:#fff;
color:#333;
}
#maintopic:hover{
border-bottom:2px solid #fff;
}
.custom-navbar ul li .dropdown {
display: inline-block;
}
.custom-navbar ul li .dropdown .dropdown-content {
display: none;
position: absolute;
background-color: #f9f9f9;
min-width: 160px;
box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
z-index: 1;
}
.custom-navbar ul li .dropdown .dropdown-content a {
color: black;
padding: 12px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
display:block;
text-align: left;
width:128px;
}
#specificdays a{
width:200px;
}
#specificdays a:hover{
width:190px;
}
.custom-navbar ul li .dropdown .dropdown-content a:hover {
background-color: #333;
color:#ddd ;
}
.custom-navbar ul li .dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
display:block;
}
.custom-navbar.navbar{
padding:3px;
text-align:center;
color: black;
font-family: sans-serif;
background-color: #333;
}
.logo{
width:140px;
height:60px;
cursor: pointer;
margin-top:-25px;
margin-bottom:-10px;
}
<nav class="navbar custom-navbar">
<ul>
<li><a class="donation" border= href="#donate">DONATE</a></li>
<li class="dropdown">
EVENTS
<div id="specificdays" class="dropdown-content">
World Environment Day
World Ocean Day
World Clean Up Day
World Day to combat Desertification and Drought
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown">
PROJECTS
<div class="dropdown-content">
Reward System
Comic Strips & Posters
Make A Pledge
Why a Greenboy
Donate to a cause
</div>
</li>
<li><a id="maintopic" href="#about">ABOUT</a></li>
<li id="logo"><img src="eugene.png" class="logo"></li>
</ul>
</nav>

HTML Horizontal Nav Centre

I'm fairly new to CSS/HTML and am trying to make a horizontal nav with a dropdown menu. I have made the nav but I am having trouble getting it centred on the page.
#NavigationTop ul{
list-style: none;
position:relative;
margin:0 auto;
padding-right: 1px;
width: 1075px;
}
#NavigationTop ul a{
color:#ffffff;
text-decoration:none;
font-weight:700;
font-size:15px;
padding:0 15px;
font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
line-height: 50px;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
#NavigationTop ul li{
background-color: #343434;
width: 215px;
height: 50px;
position:relative;
float: left;
margin:0 auto;
text-align: center;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
}
#NavigationTop ul li:hover{
background-color: lightseagreen;
}
#NavigationTop ul li a:visited{
color: #ffffff
}
#NavigationTop ul ul{
display:none;
position:absolute;
top:100%;
left:0;
padding:0;
margin: 0;
}
#NavigationTop ul ul li{
float:none;
width:215px;
border-bottom: 1px solid;
}
#NavigationTop ul li:hover > ul{
display: block;
}
<nav id="NavigationTop">
<div id="main-nav">
<ul>
<li>HOME</li>
<li>BIOGRAPHY</li>
<li>DISCOGRAPHY</li>
<li>MEDIA
<ul>
<li>Audio
<li>Video
<li>Photos
</ul>
</li>
<li>CONTACT</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
I'm sure there are many errors, but what could I do to make it centred? Also is it possible to have the nav hide the overflow from the main ul and still show the drop-down menu? Thank you.
Change only this:
#NavigationTop ul {
list-style: none;
position: relative;
margin: 0 auto;
padding-right: 1px;
display: inline-block;
}
div#main-nav {
text-align: center;
}
Whenever you want to make a div center or any html element. you need a container( eg. div or ul or any other) and place the html element inside that container and give specific width to that container with property margin: 0 auto .
By specifying width, your content will not spread across the viewport(brower screen) and when you specify Margin, in shorthand notion( 0 auto ) means 0 will hold the margin for Top & Bottom while auto will hold Left & Right automatically by browser.
Then whatever you will place that container, you can use Floating easily so that your design looks perfect.
Remove the width from #NavigationTop ul
Add specific width till your menu not breaking then add that on #main-nav
#main-nav{
width: 1120px; //in your design case i found it this in px.
margin: 0 auto;
}
#NavigationTop ul{
list-style: none;
position:relative;
margin:0 auto;
padding-right: 1px;
}
#main-nav{
width: 1120px; //in your design case i found it this in px.
margin: 0 auto;
}
#NavigationTop ul{
list-style: none;
position:relative;
margin:0 auto;
padding-right: 1px;
}
#NavigationTop ul a{
color:#ffffff;
text-decoration:none;
font-weight:700;
font-size:15px;
padding:0 15px;
font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
line-height: 50px;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
#NavigationTop ul li{
background-color: #343434;
width: 215px;
height: 50px;
position:relative;
float: left;
margin:0 auto;
text-align: center;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
}
#NavigationTop ul li:hover{
background-color: lightseagreen;
}
#NavigationTop ul li a:visited{
color: #ffffff
}
#NavigationTop ul ul{
display:none;
position:absolute;
top:100%;
left:0;
padding:0;
margin: 0;
}
#NavigationTop ul ul li{
float:none;
width:215px;
border-bottom: 1px solid;
}
#NavigationTop ul li:hover > ul{
display: block;
}
<nav id="NavigationTop">
<div id="main-nav">
<ul>
<li>HOME</li>
<li>BIOGRAPHY</li>
<li>DISCOGRAPHY</li>
<li>MEDIA
<ul>
<li>Audio
<li>Video
<li>Photos
</ul></li>
<li>CONTACT</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
you can try this one https://jsfiddle.net/mnd1b51y/1/
#NavigationTop ul li { position: relative;}
#NavigationTop ul li:hover > ul {
left: 0;
max-width: 210px;
position: absolute;
top: 51px;
}
In #NavigationTop ul class remove padding-left:0 because by default ul takes padding and the default seems to be padding-left:40px for ul.
#NavigationTop ul{
list-style: none;
position:relative;
margin:0 auto;
padding-right: 1px;
width: 1075px;
overflow:auto;
padding-left:0;
}
#NavigationTop ul a{
color:#ffffff;
text-decoration:none;
font-weight:700;
font-size:15px;
padding:0 15px;
font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
line-height: 50px;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
#NavigationTop ul li{
background-color: #343434;
width: 215px;
height: 50px;
position:relative;
float: left;
margin:0 auto;
text-align: center;
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
}
#NavigationTop ul li:hover{
background-color: lightseagreen;
}
#NavigationTop ul li a:visited{
color: #ffffff
}
#NavigationTop ul ul{
display:none;
position:absolute;
top:100%;
left:0;
padding:0;
margin: 0;
}
#NavigationTop ul ul li{
float:none;
width:215px;
border-bottom: 1px solid;
}
#NavigationTop ul li:hover > ul{
display: block;
}
<nav id="NavigationTop">
<div id="main-nav">
<ul>
<li>HOME</li>
<li>BIOGRAPHY</li>
<li>DISCOGRAPHY</li>
<li>MEDIA
<ul>
<li>Audio
<li>Video
<li>Photos
</ul>
</li>
<li>CONTACT</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>

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I'm trying to get a menu to appear when hovering over the image, but for some reason it's not appearing. (I'm making it mobile adaptive so the navigation links appear in a hover menu when the browser window is smaller)
Can someone help me figure out why the css rule 'ul.nav-menu:hover' hover isn't working?
#header-nav-menu{
display:hidden;
width:44px;
height:31px;
background:url(https://animalcorner.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/elephant-1-720x422.jpg) no-repeat;
margin-left:50px;
}
#header-nav-menu a:hover{
border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;
}
ul.nav-menu{
list-style-type:none;
margin-left: 50px;
font-size:20px;
font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight:100;
color:#373436;
padding:0;
margin:0 0 0 0;
text-decoration:none;
}
ul.nav-menu li{
display:inline-block;
margin-left:50px;
}
ul.nav-menu a:link{
color:#373436;
text-decoration:none;
}
ul.nav-menu a:visited{
color:#373436;
text-decoration:none;
}
ul.nav-menu a:hover{
color:#2778BA;
}
/* BELOW ADAPTS WITH SMALLER BROWSER WINDOW */
#media (max-width: 960px) {
ul.nav-menu, ul.nav-menu:active{
display:none;
z-index:999999999999999999999999999999999999;
position:absolute;
border:1px solid #f0f;
border-radius: 2px 0 2px 2px;
}
#header-nav-menu{
display:inline-block;
}
/* BELOW NOT WORKING */
ul.nav-menu:hover{
display:block;
}
}
<nav>
<ul class="nav-menu">
<li>Services</li>
<li>About</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</nav>
When you hover #header-nav-menu, you want the .nav-menu that comes after it to display. This will do it.
#header-nav-menu{
display:hidden;
width:44px;
height:31px;
background:url(https://animalcorner.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/elephant-1-720x422.jpg) no-repeat;
margin-left:50px;
}
#header-nav-menu a:hover{
border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;
}
ul.nav-menu{
list-style-type:none;
margin-left: 50px;
font-size:20px;
font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight:100;
color:#373436;
padding:0;
margin:0 0 0 0;
text-decoration:none;
}
ul.nav-menu li{
display:inline-block;
margin-left:50px;
}
ul.nav-menu a:link{
color:#373436;
text-decoration:none;
}
ul.nav-menu a:visited{
color:#373436;
text-decoration:none;
}
ul.nav-menu a:hover{
color:#2778BA;
}
/* BELOW ADAPTS WITH SMALLER BROWSER WINDOW */
#media (max-width: 960px) {
ul.nav-menu, ul.nav-menu:active{
display:none;
z-index:999999999999999999999999999999999999;
position:absolute;
border:1px solid #f0f;
border-radius: 2px 0 2px 2px;
}
#header-nav-menu{
display:inline-block;
}
/* BELOW NOT WORKING */
ul.nav-menu:hover{
display:block;
}
}
.wrap {
display: inline-block;
}
.wrap:hover .nav-menu {
display: block;
}
<nav>
<div class="wrap">
<ul class="nav-menu">
<li>Services</li>
<li>About</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
I would say you want to nav:hover ul { display: block; } so if your mouse is over the <nav> then the menu is visible. Then it's is better possible to click on a menu item.
#header-nav-menu{
display:hidden;
width:44px;
height:31px;
background:url(https://animalcorner.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/elephant-1-720x422.jpg) no-repeat;
margin-left:50px;
}
#header-nav-menu a:hover{
border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;
}
ul.nav-menu{
list-style-type:none;
margin-left: 50px;
font-size:20px;
font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight:100;
color:#373436;
padding:0;
margin:0 0 0 0;
text-decoration:none;
}
ul.nav-menu li{
display:inline-block;
margin-left:50px;
}
ul.nav-menu a:link{
color:#373436;
text-decoration:none;
}
ul.nav-menu a:visited{
color:#373436;
text-decoration:none;
}
ul.nav-menu a:hover{
color:#2778BA;
}
/* BELOW ADAPTS WITH SMALLER BROWSER WINDOW */
#media (max-width: 960px) {
ul.nav-menu, ul.nav-menu:active{
display:none;
z-index:999999999999999999999999999999999999;
position:absolute;
border:1px solid #f0f;
border-radius: 2px 0 2px 2px;
}
#header-nav-menu{
display:inline-block;
}
/* BELOW NOW WORKING */
nav:hover ul{
display:block;
}
<nav>
<ul class="nav-menu">
<li>Services</li>
<li>About</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</nav>

Dropdown menu width misbehaving

My menu item with a dropdown submenu expands each time I mouse over. Below is the HTML code for it.
<header id="header">
<div style="width:90%; margin:auto;">
<div id="logo">Inversion iDeas</div>
<nav id="nav">
<ul>
<li>welcome</span></li>
<li>Discover<br /><span class="desc">About Us</span>
<ul>
<li>Our Services</li>
<li>Content Marketing Strategy</li>
<li>Print & Digital Publishing</li>
<li>Direct Interactive Marketing</li>
<li>Social Media Marketing</li>
<li>Search Marketing</li>
<li>Video</li>
<li>Experiential Marketing Events</li>
<li>Current Media Ideas</li>
<li>Events</li>
<li>Web & Mobile</li>
<li>Leadership</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Experience<br /><span class="desc">media</span></li>
<li>Testimony<br /><span class="desc">Satisfied Clients</span></li>
<li>Reach Us<br /><span class="desc">contact us</span></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</div>
</header>
css
header {
width: 100%;
background:#000;
opacity:0.8;
height: 80px;
position: fixed;
margin-top: 30px;
z-index:999;
}
#logo a {
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
float: left;
font-size: 30px;
margin-top: 20px;
font-family:"century gothic";
font-weight: normal;
height:45px;
width:287px;
text-indent:-9999px;
background:url(../images/logo.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
}
#nav {
width: 800px;
position:fixed;
top:50px;
left:400px;
}
#nav ul{
list-style: none;
display: block;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#nav li{
float: left;
padding: 10px 20px 0 20px;
border-left:solid 1px #fff;
text-align:center;
height:40px;
display:block;
font-size:12px;
}
#nav li:first-child{
border-left:none;
}
#nav li a {
color: #fff; opacity:0.7; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
}
#nav li a.active { color: #94c600; opacity:1;}
#nav li a:hover { color: #94c600; opacity:1; width:100%;}
#nav li ul { display: none;}
#nav li:hover ul {display: block; position: relative; top:8px; left:-20px; width:160px; padding:0;}
#nav li:hover li {float: none; font-size:12px; background:rgba(0,0,0,0.8); border-left:none; text-align:left; }
#nav li:hover li a {font-size:12px; padding:0; margin:0;}
#nav li:hover li a:hover {color:#94c600;}
.desc{
font-size:12px;
color:#333;
display: block;
}
position: relative; on the parent. position: absolute; on the child.
JSfiddle (please include one the next time you post)
I added some positioning to your CSS
#nav li ul { display: none; position: relative;}
#nav li:hover ul {display: block; position: absolute; top:48px; left:168px; width:160px; padding:20px 0 0 0;}
#nav li:hover li {float: none; font-size:12px; background:rgba(0,0,0,0.8); border-left:none; text-align:left;}
See working live here
http://codepen.io/jhawes/pen/lyevj

Centering the horizontal menu in the center of the page

I can't seem to be able to center the horizontal #menu in the center of the page.
I have tried adding a container DIV, but I can't seem to be able to get it to work at all.
Here is my HTML markup:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#container {
margin:0 auto;
width: 100%;
}
#menu {
list-style:none;
width:940px;
height:43px;
background: #014464;
border: 1px solid #002232;
}
#menu ul, li {
font-size:14px;
font-family: Segoe UI;
line-height:21px;
text-align:left;
}
#menu li {
float:left;
display:block;
text-align:center;
position:relative;
padding: 4px 10px 4px 10px;
margin-right:30px;
margin-top:7px;
border:none;
}
#menu li:hover {
border: 1px solid #777777;
padding: 4px 9px 4px 9px;
background: #F4F4F4;
}
#menu li a {
color: #EEEEEE;
display:block;
outline:0;
text-decoration:none;
}
#menu li:hover a {
color:#161616;
}
.dropdown_column {
margin:4px auto;
float:left;
position:absolute;
left:-999em; /* Hides the drop down */
text-align:left;
padding:10px 5px 10px 5px;
border:1px solid #777777;
border-top:none;
background:#F4F4F4;
width: 560px;
}
#menu li:hover .dropdown_column {
left:-1px;
top:auto;
}
.sub_col { width:130px; }
.col { width:550px; }
.sub_col, .col {
display:inline;
float: left;
position: relative;
margin-left: 5px;
margin-right: 5px;
}
#menu .menu_right {
float:right;
margin-right:0px;
}
#menu li:hover .align_right {
left:auto;
right:-1px;
top:auto;
}
#menu ul li {
line-height:21px;
text-align:left;
}
#menu h2 {
font-size:21px;
font-weight:400;
letter-spacing:-1px;
margin:7px 0 14px 0;
padding-bottom:14px;
border-bottom:1px solid #666666;
}
#menu h3 {
font-size:14px;
margin:7px 0 14px 0;
padding-bottom:7px;
border-bottom:1px solid #888888;
}
#menu li:hover div a {
font-size:12px;
color:#015b86;
}
#menu li:hover div a:hover {
color:#FFF;
background: #014464;
}
#menu li ul {
list-style:none;
padding:0;
margin:0 0 12px 0;
}
#menu li ul li {
font-size:12px;
line-height:24px;
position:relative;
text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #ffffff;
padding:0;
margin:0;
float:none;
text-align: left;
width:130px;
}
#menu li ul li:hover {
background:none;
border:none;
padding:0;
margin:0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<ul id="menu">
<li>4 Columns<!-- Begin 4 columns Item -->
<div class="dropdown_column"><!-- Begin 4 columns container -->
<div class="col">
<h2>This is a heading title</h2>
</div>
<div class="sub_col">
<h3>Some Links</h3>
<ul>
<li>ThemeForest</li>
<li>GraphicRiver</li>
<li>ActiveDen</li>
<li>VideoHive</li>
<li>3DOcean</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="sub_col">
<h3>Useful Links</h3>
<ul>
<li>NetTuts</li>
<li>VectorTuts</li>
<li>PsdTuts</li>
<li>PhotoTuts</li>
<li>ActiveTuts</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="sub_col">
<h3>Other Stuff</h3>
<ul>
<li>FreelanceSwitch</li>
<li>Creattica</li>
<li>WorkAwesome</li>
<li>Mac Apps</li>
<li>Web Apps</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="sub_col">
<h3>Misc</h3>
<ul>
<li>Design</li>
<li>Logo</li>
<li>Flash</li>
<li>Illustration</li>
<li>More...</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div><!-- End 4 columns container -->
</li><!-- End 4 columns Item -->
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Add margin: 0 auto; to your #menu ul.
DEMO
Wrap the menu in div with style text-align: center