How TO - Responsive Navbar with Dropdown
Learn how to create a responsive navigation bar with dropdown.
Responsive Topnav with Dropdown
Create A Responsive Topnav with Dropdown
Step 1) Add HTML:
Example
<div class="topnav" id="myTopnav">
<a href="#home"
class="active">Home</a>
<a href="#news">News</a>
<a href="#contact">Contact</a>
<div class="dropdown">
<button class="dropbtn">Dropdown
<i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i>
</button>
<div class="dropdown-content">
<a href="#">Link 1</a>
<a href="#">Link
2</a>
<a href="#">Link 3</a>
</div>
</div>
<a href="#about">About</a>
<a
href="javascript:void(0);" class="icon" onclick="myFunction()">☰</a>
</div>
Step 2) Add CSS:
Example
/* Add a black background color to the top navigation */
.topnav {
background-color: #333;
overflow: hidden;
}
/* Style the
links inside the navigation bar */
.topnav a {
float: left;
display: block;
color: #f2f2f2;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 17px;
}
/* Add an active class to highlight the current page */
.active {
background-color: #4CAF50;
color: white;
}
/* Hide the
link that should open and close the topnav on small screens */
.topnav
.icon {
display: none;
}
/* Dropdown container - needed to
position the dropdown content */
.dropdown {
float:
left;
overflow: hidden;
}
/* Style the
dropdown button to fit inside the topnav */
.dropdown .dropbtn {
font-size: 17px;
border: none;
outline: none;
color: white;
padding: 14px 16px;
background-color: inherit;
font-family: inherit;
margin: 0;
}
/* Style
the dropdown content (hidden by default) */
.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;
}
/* Style the links inside the dropdown */
.dropdown-content a {
float: none;
color: black;
padding: 12px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
text-align: left;
}
/* Add a dark background on topnav links and the
dropdown button on hover */
.topnav a:hover, .dropdown:hover .dropbtn {
background-color: #555;
color: white;
}
/* Add
a grey background to dropdown links on hover */
.dropdown-content a:hover {
background-color: #ddd;
color: black;
}
/* Show the dropdown menu when the user moves the
mouse over the dropdown button */
.dropdown:hover
.dropdown-content {
display: block;
}
/* When the screen is less than 600 pixels wide, hide all links, except
for the first one ("Home"). Show the link that
contains should open and close the topnav (.icon) */
@media screen and
(max-width: 600px) {
.topnav a:not(:first-child), .dropdown .dropbtn
{
display: none;
}
.topnav a.icon {
float: right;
display: block;
}
}
/* The "responsive" class is added to the topnav with JavaScript when the
user clicks on the icon. This class makes the topnav look good on small
screens (display the links vertically instead of horizontally) */
@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
.topnav.responsive {position: relative;}
.topnav.responsive a.icon {
position: absolute;
right: 0;
top: 0;
}
.topnav.responsive a {
float: none;
display: block;
text-align: left;
}
.topnav.responsive
.dropdown {float: none;}
.topnav.responsive .dropdown-content
{position: relative;}
.topnav.responsive .dropdown .dropbtn {
display: block;
width: 100%;
text-align: left;
}
}
Step 3) Add JavaScript:
Example
/* Toggle between adding and removing the "responsive" class to topnav when
the user clicks on the icon */
function myFunction() {
var x = document.getElementById("myTopnav");
if (x.className
=== "topnav") {
x.className += "
responsive";
} else {
x.className = "topnav";
}
}
Try it Yourself »
Tip: Go to our CSS Dropdowns Tutorial to learn more about dropdowns.
Tip: Go to our Clickable Dropdowns to learn more about clickable dropdowns
Tip: Go to our CSS Navbar Tutorial to learn more about navbars.
Tip: Go to our Side Navigation Tutorial to learn about how to create closable side navigations.