Drop down nav menu off when decreasing browser size - html

Question

I'm working at making a responsive site and on this site I have a drop down menu. When I bring the size down to 900px I keep the menu, but it gets pressed all the way to the left side of my browser. I gave it a little left padding just so it would be off the wall till it hits 600px at which point it goes into a list-block view and I hide drop down box. Basically I need to find a way to keep the drop down menu between 600px and 900px so that it will still show up under the respective places they're supposed to. Including a screen shot to show what's happening.
Edit: I made a fiddle
And now my code
HTML5
<nav>
<nav class="nav-wrapper">
<ul>
<li>Home
</li>
<li>Appliances
</li>
<li>Electronics
<ul>
<li>Computers</li>
<li>Game Systems</li>
<li>Televisions</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Furniture
<ul>
<li>Bedroom</li>
<li>Dining Room</li>
<li>Living Room</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Location
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</nav>
CSS3
/*Default CSS*/
.main-header nav ul ul {
display: none;
}
.main-header nav ul li:hover > ul {
display: block;
}
.main-header nav ul {
background: #efefef;
background: linear-gradient(top, #efefef 0%, #bbbbbb 100%);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #efefef 0%, #bbbbbb 100%);
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #efefef 0%, #bbbbbb 100%);
box-shadow: 0px 0px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
padding: 0 20px;
border-radius: 10px;
list-style: none;
position: relative;
display: inline-table;
}
.main-header nav ul:after {
content:"";
clear: both;
display: block;
}
.main-header nav ul li {
float: left;
}
.main-header nav ul li:hover {
background: #4b545f;
background: linear-gradient(top, #4f5964 0%, #5f6975 40%);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #4f5964 0%, #5f6975 40%);
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #4f5964 0%, #5f6975 40%);
}
.main-header nav ul li:hover a {
color: #fff;
}
.main-header nav ul li a {
display: block;
padding: 25px 40px;
color: #757575;
text-decoration: none;
}
.main-header nav ul ul {
background: #5f6975;
border-radius: 0px;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
}
.main-header nav ul ul li {
float: none;
border-top: 1px solid #6b727c;
border-bottom: 1px solid #575f6a;
position: relative;
}
.main-header nav ul ul li a {
padding: 15px 40px;
color: #fff;
}
.main-header nav ul ul li a:hover {
background: #4b545f;
}
/*Between 600px and 900px*/
.main-header nav ul {
position: relative;
margin: 0 auto;
left: 10%;
}
.main-header nav ul ul {
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
}
As you can see I haven't messed with a lot of it, I think the work I need should be with just these two lines. If anyone can help me it would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

The absolute positioned dropdown needs to be inside of a relative positioned container
.main-header nav ul li {
float: left;
position: relative;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/UhEk4/2/
Obviously there are more work to be done to adjust the positions but you should be able to take it from here