Download Demo
Step 1: Building the Navigation Bar
Let’s begin with a basic menu, built with an unordered list and some basic CSS styling.- <ul id="menu">
- <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Services</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Portfolio</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
- </ul>
Creating the Menu Container
We’ll now apply some basic CSS styling. For the menu container, we define a fixed width that we center by setting the left and right margins to “auto”.- #menu {
- list-style:none;
- width:940px;
- margin:30px auto 0px auto;
- height:43px;
- padding:0px 20px 0px 20px;
- }
For rounded corners, the syntax will be :
- -moz-border-radius: 10px
- -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
- border-radius: 10px;
- background: #014464;
- background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #0272a7, #013953);
- background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#0272a7), to(#013953));
We can now add a darker border and polish the design with a “fake” inset border created with the “box-shadow” feature. The syntax is the same for all compatible browsers: the first value is the horizontal offset, the second one is the vertical offset, the third one is the blur radius (a small value makes it sharper; it will be 1 pixel in our example). We set all offsets to 0 so the blur value will create a uniform light border :
- -moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 1px #edf9ff;
- -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 1px #edf9ff;
- box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 1px #edf9ff;
- #menu {
- list-style:none;
- width:940px;
- margin:30px auto 0px auto;
- height:43px;
- padding:0px 20px 0px 20px;
- /* Rounded Corners */
- -moz-border-radius: 10px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
- border-radius: 10px;
- /* Background color and gradients */
- background: #014464;
- background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #0272a7, #013953);
- background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#0272a7), to(#013953));
- /* Borders */
- border: 1px solid #002232;
- -moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 1px #edf9ff;
- -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 1px #edf9ff;
- box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 1px #edf9ff;
- }
Styling Menu Items
We will begin with all menu items aligned to the left and space them with a margin-right (the padding will be necessary for the hover state) :- #menu li {
- float:left;
- display:block;
- text-align:center;
- position:relative;
- padding: 4px 10px 4px 10px;
- margin-right:30px;
- margin-top:7px;
- border:none;
- }
The fallback color will be a light grey (#F4F4F4) and the gradient will be applied from the top (#F4F4F4) to the bottom (#EEEEEE). Rounded corners will be applied only on top corners as we’ll have the drop down sticking right under the menu items.
- background: #F4F4F4;
- background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #F4F4F4, #EEEEEE);
- background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#F4F4F4), to(#EEEEEE));
- border: 1px solid #777777;
- padding: 4px 9px 4px 9px;
- -moz-border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;
- border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;
- #menu li:hover {
- border: 1px solid #777777;
- padding: 4px 9px 4px 9px;
- /* Background color and gradients */
- background: #F4F4F4;
- background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #F4F4F4, #EEEEEE);
- background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#F4F4F4), to(#EEEEEE));
- /* Rounded corners */
- -moz-border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;
- border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;
- }
- text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;
- #menu li a {
- font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
- font-size:14px;
- color: #EEEEEE;
- display:block;
- outline:0;
- text-decoration:none;
- text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;
- }
- #menu li:hover a {
- color:#161616;
- text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #FFFFFF;
- }
- #menu li .drop {
- padding-right:21px;
- background:url("img/drop.png") no-repeat rightright 8px;
- }
- #menu li:hover .drop {
- background:url("img/drop.png") no-repeat rightright 7px;
- }
- <ul id="menu">
- <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
- <li><a href="#" class="drop">About</a></li>
- <li><a href="#" class="drop">Services</a></li>
- <li><a href="#" class="drop">Portfolio</a></li>
- <li><a href="#" class="drop">Contact</a></li>
- </ul>
- #menu {
- list-style:none;
- width:940px;
- margin:30px auto 0px auto;
- height:43px;
- padding:0px 20px 0px 20px;
- /* Rounded Corners */
- -moz-border-radius: 10px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
- border-radius: 10px;
- /* Background color and gradients */
- background: #014464;
- background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #0272a7, #013953);
- background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#0272a7), to(#013953));
- /* Borders */
- border: 1px solid #002232;
- -moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 1px #edf9ff;
- -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 1px #edf9ff;
- box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 1px #edf9ff;
- }
- #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 color and gradients */
- background: #F4F4F4;
- background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #F4F4F4, #EEEEEE);
- background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#F4F4F4), to(#EEEEEE));
- /* Rounded corners */
- -moz-border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;
- border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;
- }
- #menu li a {
- font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
- font-size:14px;
- color: #EEEEEE;
- display:block;
- outline:0;
- text-decoration:none;
- text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;
- }
- #menu li:hover a {
- color:#161616;
- text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #FFFFFF;
- }
- #menu li .drop {
- padding-right:21px;
- background:url("img/drop.png") no-repeat rightright 8px;
- }
- #menu li:hover .drop {
- background:url("img/drop.png") no-repeat rightright 7px;
- }
Step 2: Coding the Drop Down
A “classic” drop down menu usually contains lists nested within parent list items and looks like:- <ul id="menu">
- <li><a href="#">Item 1</a><
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#">Subitem 1</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Subitem 2</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Subitem 3</a></li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li><a href="#">Item 2</a><
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#">Subitem 1</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Subitem 2</a></li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
General Structure
For our Mega Menu, instead of nested lists, we’ll simply use standard DIVs, which will work like any nested list :- <ul id="menu">
- <li><a href="#">Item 1</a>
- <div>
- Drop down Content
- <div>
- </li>
- <li><a href="#">Item 2</a>
- <div>
- Drop down Content
- <div>
- </li>
- </ul>
Drop Down Containers
Containers with different sizes will hold the entire drop down content. I’ve chosen the tag names according to the number of columns they will contain.To hide the drop downs, we’ll use absolute positioning with a negative left margin :
- position:absolute;
- left:-999em;
- background:#F4F4F4;
- background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #EEEEEE, #BBBBBB);
- background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#EEEEEE), to(#BBBBBB));
- -moz-border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 5px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 5px;
- border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 5px;
- .dropdown_1column,
- .dropdown_2columns,
- .dropdown_3columns,
- .dropdown_4columns,
- .dropdown_5columns {
- margin:4px auto;
- position:absolute;
- left:-999em; /* Hides the drop down */
- text-align:left;
- padding:10px 5px 10px 5px;
- border:1px solid #777777;
- border-top:none;
- /* Gradient background */
- background:#F4F4F4;
- background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #EEEEEE, #BBBBBB);
- background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#EEEEEE), to(#BBBBBB));
- /* Rounded Corners */
- -moz-border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 5px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 5px;
- border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 5px;
- }
In order to have a perfect drop down container, we need to specify the width for each one :
- .dropdown_1column {width: 140px;}
- .dropdown_2columns {width: 280px;}
- .dropdown_3columns {width: 420px;}
- .dropdown_4columns {width: 560px;}
- .dropdown_5columns {width: 700px;}
- #menu li:hover .dropdown_1column,
- #menu li:hover .dropdown_2columns,
- #menu li:hover .dropdown_3columns,
- #menu li:hover .dropdown_4columns,
- #menu li:hover .dropdown_5columns {
- left:-1px;top:auto;
- }
Using the Drop Down Containers
Our classes are ready to be included in our menu. We’ll use each one of them starting from the 5-column, layout to the single column drop down- <ul id="menu">
- <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
- <li><a href="#" class="drop">5 Columns</a>
- <div class="dropdown_5columns">
- <p>5 Columns content</p>
- </div>
- </li>
- <li><a href="#" class="drop">4 Columns</a>
- <div class="dropdown_4columns">
- <p>4 Columns content</p>
- </div>
- </li>
- <li><a href="#" class="drop">3 Columns</a>
- <div class="dropdown_3columns">
- <p>3 Columns content</p>
- </div>
- </li>
- <li><a href="#" class="drop">2 Columns</a>
- <div class="dropdown_2columns">
- <p>2 Columns content</p>
- </div>
- </li>
- <li><a href="#" class="drop">1 Column</a>
- <div class="dropdown_1column">
- <p>1 Column content</p>
- </div>
- </li>
- </ul>
Step 3: Creating the Drop Down Container Columns
Now that we have the containers ready, we’ll create columns of increasing sizes, following the principles of the 960 grid system.- .col_1,
- .col_2,
- .col_3,
- .col_4,
- .col_5 {
- display:inline;
- float: left;
- position: relative;
- margin-left: 5px;
- margin-right: 5px;
- }
- .col_1 {width:130px;}
- .col_2 {width:270px;}
- .col_3 {width:410px;}
- .col_4 {width:550px;}
- .col_5 {width:690px;}
Using Columns
Here is an example of a drop down containing several columns. In this example, we have different combinations using all kinds of columns :- <ul id="menu">
- <li><a href="#" class="drop">5 Columns</a>
- <div class="dropdown_5columns">
- <div class="col_5">
- <p>This is a 5 Columns content</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <p>This is a 1 Column content</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <p>This is a 1 Column content</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <p>This is a 1 Column content</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <p>This is a 1 Column content</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <p>This is a 1 Column content</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_4">
- <p>This is a 4 Columns content</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <p>This is a 1 Column content</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_3">
- <p>This is a 3 Columns content</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_2">
- <p>This is a 2 Columns content</p>
- </div>
- </div>
- </li>
- </ul>
Step 4: Aligning to the Right
Now, let’s see how we can align our menu and the drop down content to the right edge of the navigation bar; not only the menu item, but the drop down container should also be changed.To accomplish this, we’ll add a new class called
.menu_right
to the parent list item, so we reset the right margin and float it to the right :- #menu .menu_right {
- float:rightright;
- margin-right:0px;
- }
- #menu li .align_right {
- /* Rounded Corners */
- -moz-border-radius: 5px 0px 5px 5px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 5px 0px 5px 5px;
- border-radius: 5px 0px 5px 5px;
- }
- #menu li:hover .align_right {
- left:auto;
- rightright:-1px;
- top:auto;
- }
- <li class="menu_right"><a href="#" class="drop">Right</a>
- <div class="dropdown_1column align_right">
- <div class="col_1">
- <p>This is a 1 Column content</p>
- </div>
- </div>
- </li>
Step 5: Adding and Styling Content
Now that we have the whole structure ready, we can add as much content as we want: text, lists, images, etc.General Stylings
Let’s begin with some basic styling for paragraphs and headings :- #menu p, #menu h2, #menu h3, #menu ul li {
- font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
- line-height:21px;
- font-size:12px;
- text-align:left;
- text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #FFFFFF;
- }
- #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 p {
- line-height:18px;
- margin:0 0 10px 0;
- }
- .strong {
- font-weight:bold;
- }
- .italic {
- font-style:italic;
- }
- #menu li:hover div a {
- font-size:12px;
- color:#015b86;
- }
- #menu li:hover div a:hover {
- color:#029feb;
- }
Lists Stylings
Let’s revamp our lists; we have to reset some styling such as the background color or the borders which are used in the navigation bar :- #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;
- }
Styling Images
- .imgshadow {
- background:#FFFFFF;
- padding:4px;
- border:1px solid #777777;
- margin-top:5px;
- -moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 5px #666666;
- -webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 5px #666666;
- box-shadow:0px 0px 5px #666666;
- }
- .img_left {
- width:auto;
- float:left;
- margin:5px 15px 5px 5px;
- }
Text Boxes
To highlight some content, here is an example of a dark box with rounded corners and a subtle inset shadow :- #menu li .black_box {
- background-color:#333333;
- color: #eeeeee;
- text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;
- padding:4px 6px 4px 6px;
- /* Rounded Corners */
- -moz-border-radius: 5px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
- border-radius: 5px;
- /* Shadow */
- -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0 0 3px #000000;
- -moz-box-shadow:inset 0 0 3px #000000;
- box-shadow:inset 0 0 3px #000000;
- }
Restylings Lists
And to finish, here’s another way to style your lists using, again, some CSS3 :- #menu li .greybox li {
- background:#F4F4F4;
- border:1px solid #bbbbbb;
- margin:0px 0px 4px 0px;
- padding:4px 6px 4px 6px;
- width:116px;
- /* Rounded Corners */
- -moz-border-radius: 5px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
- border-radius: 5px;
- }
- #menu li .greybox li:hover {
- background:#ffffff;
- border:1px solid #aaaaaa;
- padding:4px 6px 4px 6px;
- margin:0px 0px 4px 0px;
- }
Step 6: Handling Browser Compatibility and IE6
All browsers handle hover on non-anchor tags . . . except Internet Explorer 6; so our Mega Menu is still not working with this old browser. We can fix this problem thanks to a behavior file that will add this functionality. You can find it here, and use conditional comments to target IE6 only; more explanations can be found via this article from CSS-Tricks.To target IE6, we’ll use the following code :
- <!--[if IE 6]>
- <style>
- body {behavior: url("csshover3.htc");}
- </style>
- <![endif]-->
- Convert them to GIF or PNG-8 format
- Use a script
- Set a background color other than the default grey with TweakPNG for example
Final Example
HTML Part
- <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
- <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
- <head>
- <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
- <link rel="stylesheet" href="menu.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
- <title>Mega Drop Down Menu</title>
- <!--[if IE 6]>
- <style>
- body {behavior: url("csshover3.htc");}
- #menu li .drop {background:url("img/drop.gif") no-repeat right 8px;
- </style>
- <![endif]-->
- </head>
- <body>
- <ul id="menu">
- <li><a href="#" class="drop">Home</a><!-- Begin Home Item -->
- <div class="dropdown_2columns"><!-- Begin 2 columns container -->
- <div class="col_2">
- <h2>Welcome !</h2>
- </div>
- <div class="col_2">
- <p>Hi and welcome here ! This is a showcase of the possibilities of this awesome Mega Drop Down Menu.</p>
- <p>This item comes with a large range of prepared typographic stylings such as headings, lists, etc.</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_2">
- <h2>Cross Browser Support</h2>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <img src="img/browsers.png" width="125" height="48" alt="" />
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <p>This mega menu has been tested in all major browsers.</p>
- </div>
- </div><!-- End 2 columns container -->
- </li><!-- End Home Item -->
- <li><a href="#" class="drop">5 Columns</a><!-- Begin 5 columns Item -->
- <div class="dropdown_5columns"><!-- Begin 5 columns container -->
- <div class="col_5">
- <h2>This is an example of a large container with 5 columns</h2>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <p class="black_box">This is a dark grey box text. Fusce in metus at enim porta lacinia vitae a arcu. Sed sed lacus nulla mollis porta quis.</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <p>Phasellus vitae sapien ac leo mollis porta quis sit amet nisi. Mauris hendrerit, metus cursus accumsan tincidunt.</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <p class="italic">This is a sample of an italic text. Consequat scelerisque. Fusce sed lectus at arcu mollis accumsan at nec nisi porta quis sit amet.</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <p>Curabitur euismod gravida ante nec commodo. Nunc dolor nulla, semper in ultricies vitae, vulputate porttitor neque.</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <p class="strong">This is a sample of a bold text. Aliquam sodales nisi nec felis hendrerit ac eleifend lectus feugiat scelerisque.</p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_5">
- <h2>Here is some content with side images</h2>
- </div>
- <div class="col_3">
- <img src="img/01.jpg" width="70" height="70" class="img_left imgshadow" alt="" />
- <p>Maecenas eget eros lorem, nec pellentesque lacus. Aenean dui orci, rhoncus sit amet tristique eu, tristique sed odio. Praesent ut interdum elit. Sed in sem mauris. Aenean a commodo mi. Praesent augue lacus.<a href="#">Read more...</a></p>
- <img src="img/02.jpg" width="70" height="70" class="img_left imgshadow" alt="" />
- <p>Aliquam elementum felis quis felis consequat scelerisque. Fusce sed lectus at arcu mollis accumsan at nec nisi. Aliquam pretium mollis fringilla. Nunc in leo urna, eget varius metus. Aliquam sodales nisi.<a href="#">Read more...</a></p>
- </div>
- <div class="col_2">
- <p class="black_box">This is a black box, you can use it to highligh some content. Sed sed lacus nulla, et lacinia risus. Phasellus vitae sapien ac leo mollis porta quis sit amet nisi. Mauris hendrerit, metus cursus accumsan tincidunt.Quisque vestibulum nisi non nunc blandit placerat. Mauris facilisis, risus ut lobortis posuere, diam lacus congue lorem, ut condimentum ligula est vel orci. Donec interdum lacus at velit varius gravida. Nulla ipsum risus.</p>
- </div>
- </div><!-- End 5 columns container -->
- </li><!-- End 5 columns Item -->
- <li><a href="#" class="drop">4 Columns</a><!-- Begin 4 columns Item -->
- <div class="dropdown_4columns"><!-- Begin 4 columns container -->
- <div class="col_4">
- <h2>This is a heading title</h2>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <h3>Some Links</h3>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#">ThemeForest</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">GraphicRiver</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">ActiveDen</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">VideoHive</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">3DOcean</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <h3>Useful Links</h3>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#">NetTuts</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">VectorTuts</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">PsdTuts</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">PhotoTuts</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">ActiveTuts</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <h3>Other Stuff</h3>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#">FreelanceSwitch</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Creattica</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">WorkAwesome</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Mac Apps</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Web Apps</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <h3>Misc</h3>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#">Design</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Logo</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Flash</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Illustration</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">More...</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </div><!-- End 4 columns container -->
- </li><!-- End 4 columns Item -->
- <li class="menu_right"><a href="#" class="drop">1 Column</a>
- <div class="dropdown_1column align_right">
- <div class="col_1">
- <ul class="simple">
- <li><a href="#">FreelanceSwitch</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Creattica</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">WorkAwesome</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Mac Apps</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Web Apps</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">NetTuts</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">VectorTuts</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">PsdTuts</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">PhotoTuts</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">ActiveTuts</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Design</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Logo</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Flash</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Illustration</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">More...</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </div>
- </li>
- <li class="menu_right"><a href="#" class="drop">3 columns</a><!-- Begin 3 columns Item -->
- <div class="dropdown_3columns align_right"><!-- Begin 3 columns container -->
- <div class="col_3">
- <h2>Lists in Boxes</h2>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <ul class="greybox">
- <li><a href="#">FreelanceSwitch</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Creattica</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">WorkAwesome</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Mac Apps</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Web Apps</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <ul class="greybox">
- <li><a href="#">ThemeForest</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">GraphicRiver</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">ActiveDen</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">VideoHive</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">3DOcean</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- <div class="col_1">
- <ul class="greybox">
- <li><a href="#">Design</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Logo</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Flash</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">Illustration</a></li>
- <li><a href="#">More...</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- <div class="col_3">
- <h2>Here are some image examples</h2>
- </div>
- <div class="col_3">
- <img src="img/02.jpg" width="70" height="70" class="img_left imgshadow" alt="" />
- <p>Maecenas eget eros lorem, nec pellentesque lacus. Aenean dui orci, rhoncus sit amet tristique eu, tristique sed odio. Praesent ut interdum elit. Maecenas imperdiet, nibh vitae rutrum vulputate, lorem sem condimentum.<a href="#">Read more...</a></p>
- <img src="img/01.jpg" width="70" height="70" class="img_left imgshadow" alt="" />
- <p>Aliquam elementum felis quis felis consequat scelerisque. Fusce sed lectus at arcu mollis accumsan at nec nisi. Aliquam pretium mollis fringilla. Vestibulum tempor facilisis malesuada. <a href="#">Read more...</a></p>
- </div>
- </div><!-- End 3 columns container -->
- </li><!-- End 3 columns Item -->
- </ul>
- </body>
- </html>
CSS Part
- body, ul, li {
- font-size:14px;
- font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
- line-height:21px;
- text-align:left;
- }
- /* Navigation Bar */
- #menu {
- list-style:none;
- width:940px;
- margin:30px auto 0px auto;
- height:43px;
- padding:0px 20px 0px 20px;
- /* Rounded Corners */
- -moz-border-radius: 10px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
- border-radius: 10px;
- /* Background color and gradients */
- background: #014464;
- background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #0272a7, #013953);
- background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#0272a7), to(#013953));
- /* Borders */
- border: 1px solid #002232;
- -moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 1px #edf9ff;
- -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 1px #edf9ff;
- box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 1px #edf9ff;
- }
- #menu li {
- float:left;
- 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 color and gradients */
- background: #F4F4F4;
- background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #F4F4F4, #EEEEEE);
- background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#F4F4F4), to(#EEEEEE));
- /* Rounded corners */
- -moz-border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;
- border-radius: 5px 5px 0px 0px;
- }
- #menu li a {
- font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
- font-size:14px;
- color: #EEEEEE;
- display:block;
- outline:0;
- text-decoration:none;
- text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;
- }
- #menu li:hover a {
- color:#161616;
- text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #FFFFFF;
- }
- #menu li .drop {
- padding-right:21px;
- background:url("img/drop.png") no-repeat rightright 8px;
- }
- #menu li:hover .drop {
- background:url("img/drop.png") no-repeat rightright 7px;
- }
- /* Drop Down */
- .dropdown_1column,
- .dropdown_2columns,
- .dropdown_3columns,
- .dropdown_4columns,
- .dropdown_5columns {
- 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;
- /* Gradient background */
- background:#F4F4F4;
- background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #EEEEEE, #BBBBBB);
- background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#EEEEEE), to(#BBBBBB));
- /* Rounded Corners */
- -moz-border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 5px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 5px;
- border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 5px;
- }
- .dropdown_1column {width: 140px;}
- .dropdown_2columns {width: 280px;}
- .dropdown_3columns {width: 420px;}
- .dropdown_4columns {width: 560px;}
- .dropdown_5columns {width: 700px;}
- #menu li:hover .dropdown_1column,
- #menu li:hover .dropdown_2columns,
- #menu li:hover .dropdown_3columns,
- #menu li:hover .dropdown_4columns,
- #menu li:hover .dropdown_5columns {
- left:-1px;
- top:auto;
- }
- /* Columns */
- .col_1,
- .col_2,
- .col_3,
- .col_4,
- .col_5 {
- display:inline;
- float: left;
- position: relative;
- margin-left: 5px;
- margin-right: 5px;
- }
- .col_1 {width:130px;}
- .col_2 {width:270px;}
- .col_3 {width:410px;}
- .col_4 {width:550px;}
- .col_5 {width:690px;}
- /* Right alignment */
- #menu .menu_right {
- float:rightright;
- margin-right:0px;
- }
- #menu li .align_right {
- /* Rounded Corners */
- -moz-border-radius: 5px 0px 5px 5px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 5px 0px 5px 5px;
- border-radius: 5px 0px 5px 5px;
- }
- #menu li:hover .align_right {
- left:auto;
- rightright:-1px;
- top:auto;
- }
- /* Drop Down Content Stylings */
- #menu p, #menu h2, #menu h3, #menu ul li {
- font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
- line-height:21px;
- font-size:12px;
- text-align:left;
- text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #FFFFFF;
- }
- #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 p {
- line-height:18px;
- margin:0 0 10px 0;
- }
- #menu li:hover div a {
- font-size:12px;
- color:#015b86;
- }
- #menu li:hover div a:hover {
- color:#029feb;
- }
- .strong {
- font-weight:bold;
- }
- .italic {
- font-style:italic;
- }
- .imgshadow {
- background:#FFFFFF;
- padding:4px;
- border:1px solid #777777;
- margin-top:5px;
- -moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 5px #666666;
- -webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 5px #666666;
- box-shadow:0px 0px 5px #666666;
- }
- .img_left { /* Image sticks to the left */
- width:auto;
- float:left;
- margin:5px 15px 5px 5px;
- }
- #menu li .black_box {
- background-color:#333333;
- color: #eeeeee;
- text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;
- padding:4px 6px 4px 6px;
- /* Rounded Corners */
- -moz-border-radius: 5px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
- border-radius: 5px;
- /* Shadow */
- -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0 0 3px #000000;
- -moz-box-shadow:inset 0 0 3px #000000;
- box-shadow:inset 0 0 3px #000000;
- }
- #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;
- }
- #menu li .greybox li {
- background:#F4F4F4;
- border:1px solid #bbbbbb;
- margin:0px 0px 4px 0px;
- padding:4px 6px 4px 6px;
- width:116px;
- /* Rounded Corners */
- -moz-border-radius: 5px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
- border-radius: 5px;
- }
- #menu li .greybox li:hover {
- background:#ffffff;
- border:1px solid #aaaaaa;
- padding:4px 6px 4px 6px;
- margin:0px 0px 4px 0px;
- }
Interesting and Relevant Links
- Designing Drop-Down Menus: Examples and Best Practices
- Mega Drop-Down Menu, Enjoy It Responsibly!
- Mega Menus: the Next Web Design Trend
- Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well
- 25 Examples of Mega Menus in Web Design
- Mega Drop-Down Menus (46 examples)
No comments:
Post a Comment