CSS Dropdowns

Create a hoverable dropdown with CSS.

Demo: Dropdown Examples

Move the mouse over the examples below:

Dropdown Text

Hello World!

Dropdown Menu

Link 1 Link 2 Link 3

Other:

Beautiful Trolltunga, Norway

Basic Dropdown

Create a dropdown box that appears when the user moves the mouse over an element.

Example Explained

HTML) Use any element to open the dropdown content, e.g. a <span>, or a <button> element.

Use a container element (like <div>) to create the dropdown content and add whatever you want inside of it.

Wrap a <div> element around the elements to position the dropdown content correctly with CSS.

CSS) The .dropdown class use position:relative, which is needed when we want the dropdown content to be placed right below the dropdown button (using position:absolute).

The .dropdown-content class holds the actual dropdown content. It is hidden by default, and will be displayed on hover (see below). Note the min-width is set to 160px. Feel free to change this. Tip: If you want the width of the dropdown content to be as wide as the dropdown button, set the width to 100% (and overflow:auto to enable scroll on small screens).

Instead of using a border, we have used the CSS3 box-shadow property to make the dropdown menu look like a "card".

The :hover selector is used to show the dropdown menu when the user moves the mouse over the dropdown button.

Dropdown Menu

Create a dropdown menu that allows the user to choose an option from a list:

This example is similar to the previous one, except that we add links inside the dropdown box and style them to fit a styled dropdown button:

Right-aligned Dropdown Content

If you want the dropdown menu to go from right to left, instead of left to right, add right: 0;

More Examples

Dropdown Image
This example demonstrates how to add an image and other content inside the dropdown box.

Dropdown Navbar
This example demonstrates how to add a dropdown menu inside a navigation bar.