Dropdown menu content CSS padding - css

Question

Hey i have my drop down menu here:
https://i.gyazo.com/642cdb023365cd8e7e086d53551fc385.png
I am having trouble getting the drop down text closer together i tried putting padding on content a {} but it doesn't seem to work
I included the html mark up as well along with the other styles I used for my nav bar.
nav {
padding-left: 5px
}
nav .main-nav {
height: 80px;
width: 100%;
margin-top: 64px;
background: url(../images/navHeader.png) no-repeat top;
position: relative
}
nav .main-nav ul {
width: 360px;
height: 80px;
margin-top: 2px;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none
}
nav .main-nav ul a,
nav .main-nav ul li {
display: inline-block;
width: 115px;
line-height: 80px;
height: 80px
}
nav .main-nav ul a {
text-align: center;
font-weight: 750;
font-size: 15px;
color: #84827d;
text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;
text-transform: uppercase;
-webkit-transition: all .2s ease-in-out;
transition: all .2s ease-in-out
}
nav .main-nav ul a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
color: #7289da
}
nav .main-nav li .dropdown {
}
nav .main-nav .dropdown-content {
position: absolute;
display: none;
float: left;
z-index: 10;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 3px 5px 0 #999;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 3px 5px 0 #999;
box-shadow: 0 3px 5px 0 #999;
border: 1px solid #CCC;
background: #3A4FC5;
color: #656161;
opacity: .8;
min-width: 10%;
top: 60px;
}
nav .main-nav .dropdown-content a {
color: black;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
text-align: center;
}
nav .main-nav .dropdown-content a:hover {
background-color: #3A4FC5
}
nav .main-nav .dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
display: inline-block;
}
<nav>
<div class="main-nav">
<ul class="left">
<li class="dropdown">Home
<div class="dropdown-content">
Third
Third Link
Third Link 3
</div>
</li>
<li>Gods</li>
<li>Goddesses</li>
</ul>
<div class="play-now"></div>
<ul class="right">
<li>Heroes</li>
<li>Myths</li>
<li>Beasts</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>

Answer 1

This was problem with your code:
nav.main-nav ul a,
nav.main-nav ul li {
display: inline-block;
width: 115px;
line-height: 80px;
height: 80px;
}
You set line-height and height to be fixed size.
If you remove heightand set, for example, line-height: 2em; it should be much better.
nav.main-nav ul a,
nav.main-nav ul li {
display: inline-block;
width: 115px;
line-height: 2em;
}

Answer 2

Change height and line-height in tis rule:
nav .main-nav ul a,
nav .main-nav ul li {
display: inline-block;
width: 115px;
line-height: 8px;
height: 80px
}
That will solve your problem - I changed it to 30 px in the snippet below:
nav {
padding-left: 5px
}
nav .main-nav {
height: 80px;
width: 100%;
margin-top: 64px;
background: url(../images/navHeader.png) no-repeat top;
position: relative
}
nav .main-nav ul {
width: 360px;
height: 80px;
margin-top: 2px;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none
}
nav .main-nav ul a,
nav .main-nav ul li {
display: inline-block;
width: 115px;
line-height: 30px;
height: 30px
}
nav .main-nav ul a {
text-align: center;
font-weight: 750;
font-size: 15px;
color: #84827d;
text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000;
text-transform: uppercase;
-webkit-transition: all .2s ease-in-out;
transition: all .2s ease-in-out
}
nav .main-nav ul a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
color: #7289da
}
nav .main-nav li .dropdown {}
nav .main-nav .dropdown-content {
position: absolute;
display: none;
float: left;
z-index: 10;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 3px 5px 0 #999;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 3px 5px 0 #999;
box-shadow: 0 3px 5px 0 #999;
border: 1px solid #CCC;
background: #3A4FC5;
color: #656161;
opacity: .8;
min-width: 10%;
top: 60px;
}
nav .main-nav .dropdown-content a {
color: black;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
text-align: center;
}
nav .main-nav .dropdown-content a:hover {
background-color: #3A4FC5
}
nav .main-nav .dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
display: inline-block;
}
<nav>
<div class="main-nav">
<ul class="left">
<li class="dropdown">Home
<div class="dropdown-content">
Third
Third Link
Third Link 3
</div>
</li>
<li>Gods</li>
<li>Goddesses</li>
</ul>
<div class="play-now"></div>
<ul class="right">
<li>Heroes</li>
<li>Myths</li>
<li>Beasts</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>

Answer 3

Your dropdown anchors inherit properties from the following rule:
nav .main-nav ul a,
nav .main-nav ul li {
display: inline-block;
width: 115px;
line-height: 80px;
height: 80px
}
You can provide a more specific rule below like this:
nav .main-nav .dropdown-content a {
/* Set your height and line-height to whatever you want it to be to make the space between your items smaller */
height: 40px;
line-height: 40px
}
An easier way to manage this however would be set the height and line-height to their initial values and use padding:
nav .main-nav .dropdown-content a {
height: auto;
line-height: initial;
padding: 5px 0;
}