Gap Under Drop-down Menu - css

Question

I have a drop-down menu on a site that I have been working on I and I need to get rid of this gap above the drop-down menu. It is quite bothersome.
Figure A
So, in an attempt to fix it, I changed the li line-height from 50px to 47px and got this:
Figure B
Almost what I want, but not quite. The problem? The li is higher causing the little animation I have under the li to no longer touch the image.
Then, I tried giving the li a relative position. But now, the drop-down is the same width as the 'Patient Info' link.
Figure C
Here is my jsfiddle link if you would like to fiddle around with it. There is no rush. Thank you!
Code:
body {
font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif;
max-width: 2500px;
margin: 0 auto 30px auto;
}
#import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Sans+Pro');
h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6 {
font-weight: normal;
}
img#profile {
width: 100%;
max-width: 64px;
border-radius: 100%;
}
.header,
.menu,
.hero,
.slider,
.img-display {
-webkit-touch-callout: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
}
::selection {
background: #11b5e4;
color: white;
}
::-moz-selection {
background: #11b5e4;
color: white;
}
/* HEADER & MENU STYLE START */
.header {
height: 100px;
padding: 15px 10px 10px 10px;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
.header h1 {
margin: 0px 25px 0px 25px;
}
.header img {
height: 100%;
pointer-events: none;
}
.header a i {
font-size: 30px;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;
color: black;
transition: .15s color;
}
.header a i:hover {
color: #11b5e4;
}
.menu-wrapper {
height: 50px;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
}
.menu li {
display: inline-block;
line-height: 50px;
}
.menu li a {
display: inline-block;
font-size: 23px;
margin: 0px 10px;
transition: .2s cubic-bezier(.5, 3, .5, .5) background;
color: black;
background: linear-gradient(#11b5e4, #11b5e4) 50% 100%/100% 0px no-repeat;
text-decoration: none;
}
.menu li a:hover {
background: linear-gradient(#11b5e4, #11b5e4) 50% 100%/100% 5px no-repeat;
}
.menu-wrapper #toggle-menu {
display: none;
}
/* FOR STACK OVERFLOW */
.menu li ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
display: none;
background: white;
}
ul li a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #ffffff;
padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px;
}
li:hover ul {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
position: absolute;
}
/* END OF FOR STACK OVERFLOW */
#media only screen and (max-width: 1000px) {
.menu {
opacity: 0;
position: relative;
top: 50px;
transition: .25s opacity;
pointer-events: none;
}
.menu-wrapper #toggle-menu:checked~.menu {
opacity: 1;
pointer-events: all;
}
.menu li {
display: block;
text-align: center;
background-color: white;
padding: 0px 15px;
}
.menu-wrapper label {
align-self: center;
width: 32px;
height: 32px;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 0;
margin: auto;
}
.menu-wrapper label:hover {
cursor: pointer;
}
.menu-wrapper label#open-menu {
transition: opacity .5s, transform .3s;
background: url(http://ianspence.us/stack/menu-open-icon.png) center center/cover no-repeat;
}
.menu-wrapper label#close-menu {
transition: opacity .5s, transform .3s;
background: url(http://ianspence.us/stack/menu-close-icon.png) center center/cover no-repeat;
opacity: 0;
}
.menu-wrapper #toggle-menu:checked~label#open-menu {
opacity: 0;
transform: rotate(360deg);
}
.menu-wrapper #toggle-menu:checked~label#close-menu {
opacity: 1;
transform: rotate(360deg);
}
}
#media only screen and (max-width: 750px) {
.header {
height: 75px;
}
.header h1 {
margin: 0px 5px;
font-size: 20px;
}
.header a i {
font-size: 20px;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;
}
}
/* HEADER & MENU STYLE END */
/* HERO START */
.hero {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
height: calc(150px + 20vw);
width: 100%;
}
.hero h1 {
text-align: center;
font-size: 35px;
padding: 8px;
margin: 15px;
background: rgba(17, 181, 228, .75);
border-radius: 10px;
color: white;
font-weight: bolder;
}
.hero.a {
align-items: flex-end;
background: url(http://ianspence.us/stack/hero.a.jpg) center/cover no-repeat;
}
.hero.b {
align-items: flex-end;
background: url(media/hero.b.jpeg) center/cover no-repeat;
}
#media only screen and (max-width: 900px) {
.hero.a,
.hero.b {
height: 300px;
}
.hero.a h1,
.hero.b h1 {
font-size: 26px;
}
}
#media only screen and (max-width: 400px) {
.hero.a,
.hero.b {
height: 250px;
}
.hero.a h1,
.hero.b h1 {
font-size: 16px;
}
}
/* HERO END */
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>#pfcainc | Home</title>
<link rel='shortcut icon' href='http://ianspence.us/stack/icon.png'>
<link rel='stylesheet' href='style.css'>
<link rel='stylesheet' href='media/fontawesome/css/fontawesome-all.css'>
<meta name='description' content=''>
<meta name='keywords' content=''>
<meta name='robots' content='index, follow'>
<meta name='revisit-after' content='3 days'>
<meta name='viewport' content='initial-scale=1'>
</head>
<body>
<div class='header'>
<img src='http://ianspence.us/stack/icon.png'>
<h1>Panhandle Family Care Associates</h1>
<a href='https://facebook.com/panhandlefamilycareassociates/'><i class='fab fa-facebook-square'></i></a>
<a href='https://twitter.com/pfcainc'><i class='fab fa-twitter'></i></a>
</div>
<div class='menu-wrapper'>
<input type='checkbox' id='toggle-menu'>
<label for='toggle-menu' id='open-menu'></label>
<label for='toggle-menu' id='close-menu'></label>
<!--Start Menu Display-->
<div class='menu'>
<li><a href='=./'>Home</a></li>
<li><a href='services'>Services</a></li>
<li><a href='physicians'>Physicians</a></li>
<li>Patient Info
<ul>
<li><a href='patient-forms'>Patient Forms</a></li>
<li><a href='patient-education'>Patient Education</a></li>
<li><a href='http://myhealthrecord.com'>Patient Portal</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href='office-info'>Office Info</a></li>
</div>
<!--End Menu Display-->
</div>
<div class='hero a'>
<h1>Treating your family like ours since 2002</h1>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Notes:
In jsfiddle, make sure you increase the width of the preview so that the
full menu is there, not the hamburger menu.
I am trying to avoid Javascript completely.

Answer 1

margin-top: -3px for submenu seems to fix the issue across all (major) browsers, however I'd recommend fix from my Codepen, with flex and defined height for li elements.
Fast & simple
HTML:
<ul class="submenu">
<li><a href='patient-forms'>Patient Forms</a></li>
<li><a href='patient-education'>Patient Education</a></li>
<li><a href='http://myhealthrecord.com'>Patient Portal</a></li>
</ul>
CSS:
.submenu {
margin-top: -3px !important;
}
More clean approach
Codepen