Creating a dropdown menu using CSS and HTML - html

Question

I am trying to make a navigation bar with a four columns submenus. I coded most of things, but when I creating the submenu I found the problem.
This is my HTML:
<div id="navigation">
<ul>
<li class="current">
Home
</li>
<li class="sub-menu">
Our Products
<div class="subnav product">
<div class="content">
<div class="col">
<ul>
<li class="one">
Main Menu Item
</li>
<li class="one">
Main Menu Item
</li>
<li class="one">
Main Menu Item
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="col">
<ul>
<li class="two">
<img src="" />
Promoting Peace in the Niger Delta
</li>
<li class="three">
<img src="" />
Promoting Peace in the Niger Delta
</li>
<li class="four">
<img src="" />
Promoting Peace in the Niger Delta
</li>
<li class="five">
<img src="" />
Promoting Peace in the Niger Delta
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="">
Service Maintenance
</li>
<li class="sub-menu">
Frequently Ask Questions
<li class="sub-menu">
Our Products
<div class="subnav product">
<div class="content">
<div class="col">
<ul>
<li class="one">
Main Sub Item
</li>
<li class="one">
Main Sub Item
</li>
<li class="one">
Main Sub Item
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
Hope somebody will help me out.
Thank you.

Answer 1

The problem is the container width is defined at 300px
#navigation ul li > div.product {
width: 300px;
}
And its child elements are taking up 100% of that space. So you need to make sure they have room to float left.
#navigation div.col {
float: left;
height:200px;
width: 25%;
}
Hopefully that helps with your question.
Fiddle

Answer 2

Check this http://jsfiddle.net/qtvVK/11/embedded/result/.
I made some changes to your markup and used display:inline-block; instead of floating elements
Relevant CSS syles
/* Dropdown styles */
#navigation ul > li > ul.sub-menu {
display: none;
position:absolute;
padding:10px 0;
background:#fff;
border: 1px solid #DDDCDC;
top: 24px;
z-index: 1;
}
/* Show dropdown when hover */
#navigation ul > li:hover > ul.sub-menu {
display:block;
}
.row {
width:auto;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.col {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: top;
padding: 0 10px;
}

Answer 3

i suggest using jQuery.
it has simple function called slideDown().
Here is a link to a good tutorial.
You should do like so: First hide your menu when script starts:
$("#idOfDropDownMenu").hide();
And command to drop menu down when mouse enters button and slide up when it leaves it:
$("#idOfButton").hover(function(){ //function that fires when mouse enters
$("#idOfDropDownMenu").slideDown();
}, function() { //function that fires when mouse leaves
$("#idOfDropDownMenu").slideUp();
}
Instead of using IDs you can use any CSS selector.
I hope this helps with your question.

Answer 4

css
ul li ul
{
display: none;
position: fixed;
margin-left: 191px;
margin-top: -37px;
}
ul li:hover ul
{
display: block;
}
ul li a:hover
{
color: #fff;
background: #939393;
border-radius:20px;
}
ul li a
{
display: block;
padding: 10px 10px;
color: #333;
background: #f2f2f2;
text-decoration: none;
}
ul
{
background: #f2f2f2;
list-style:none;
padding-left: 1px;
width: 194px;
text-align: center;
}
html
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>
About
<ul>
<li>About Me
<li>About Site
</ul>
</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>