css dropdown menu shifts website - css

I have a dropdown menu on my website, and its acting buggy, the dropdown works, but it shifts my whole website when its hovered over.
code pen http://codepen.io/anon/pen/uaFDj
#nav {
}
#nav {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #585858;
border-radius: 3px;
height: 50px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding: 0;
}
#searchbar input[type=text] {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #fff;
border: 1px solid black;
height: 25px;
padding: 1px 1px 1px 5px;
width: 230px;
}
#searchbar input[type="submit"] {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #1abc9c;
border: 1px solid #12ab8d;
color: white;
cursor: pointer;
font-size: 14px;
padding: 4px 15px;
}
#searchbar { margin-right:10px; }
#nav ul {
list-style: none outside none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0 0 0 10px;
}
#nav ul li {
line-height:50px;
float:left;
}
#nav ul li a {
line-height:50px;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
font-weight:400;
text-decoration:none;
color:#FFF;
background-color:none repeat scroll 0 0 #585858;
display:block;
padding:0 20px;
}
#nav ul ul {
background: #5f6975; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0;
position: absolute; top: 100%;
}
#nav ul ul li {
float: none;
border-top: 1px solid #6b727c;
border-bottom: 1px solid #575f6a;
position: relative;
}
#nav ul ul li a {
padding: 15px 40px;
color: #fff;
}
#nav ul ul li a:hover {
background: #4b545f;
}
#nav ul li a:hover {
background-color:#333;
}
#nav ul li a.active {
background-color:#333;
}
#nav ul li active {
background-color:red;
}
li.active {
float: right !important;
}
li.active_messages {
float: right;
}
#nav ul>li:hover>ul {
top:initial;
}
my html
<div id="nav">
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>Categories
<ul>
<li>Photoshop</li>
<li>Illustrator</li>
<li>Web Design</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>About us</li>
<li>Profile</li>
<li>My Listings</li>
<li>Get Verified!</li>
<li>Log out</li>
<li class="active">
<div id="searchbar">
<form action="search.php" method="get">
<input type="text" hidden="" value="product/search" name="route">
<input type="text" required="" placeholder="Search..." name="search">
<input type="submit" value="Search">
</form>
</div></li>
</ul>
</div>
it only bugs when its in full screen without ay sidebar stroller. thanks for the upcoming help.
Thank you for the upcoming help and support from everyone.

Without even looking at your code I can tell you why. The width of the dropdown is moving some margin to the right causing the search bar and probably anything else underneath the dropdown to move right.
Just make a <ul> list-style-type: none; with <li> display: inline or block;
Also you're not setting a width to anything but the search bar, which might be another cause.
Try setting a width to your nav.

Hey now just define some css as like this
#nav ul li {
position:relative;
}
#nav ul > li ul{
display:none;
}
#nav ul li:hover ul{
display:block;
}

Give max width for #nav and width 100%
#nav{
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #585858;
border-radius: 3px;
height: 50px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
max-width: 858px;
padding: 0;
width: 100%;
}
so that it won't move anymore.

DEMO
why are you giving top:100%;
#nav ul ul {
background: #5f6975; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0;
position: absolute; display:none;
}
#nav ul>li:hover>ul {
display:block;
}
UPDATE : to keep a highlighted DEMO
#nav ul li:hover > a{
background-color:#333;
}

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Dropdown Menu shifted to the right

I have a dropdown menu that is working well except for one minor bug that I cannot solve.
The first dropdown menu item appears normally. However, the second dropdown menu item is shifted slightly to the right. I am guessing that the margin-right that I set to the link caused the dropdown menu to shift slightly to the right. If that is the case, what can I do to go around the problem?
It's a simple nav menu that sets the position of the dropmenu item to absolute, and is hidden by the parent element's overflow:hidden feature. On hover, the dropdown menu is brought into view with overflow:visible.
The live site is here -> nav menu
CSS
#mainMenu {
position: relative;
}
#mainMenu ul {
list-style: none;
float: right;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
#mainMenu ul li {
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
/*padding-right: 1.5em;*/
font-size: 1.2em;
zoom:1;
overflow: hidden;
}
#mainMenu>ul>li {
line-height: 2em;
}
#mainMenu ul li:hover {
overflow: visible;
}
#mainMenu ul li a {
float: left;
text-decoration: none;
color: black;
padding: 0 1em;
}
#mainMenu>ul>li:last-child a {
padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;
border-radius:4px;
background-color: #00b200;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
#mainMenu ul li a:hover{
text-decoration: none;
color: rgb(42, 160, 239);
}
#mainMenu ul ul{
position: absolute;
top: 2em;
left: 60%;
width: 10em;
margin-left: -3em;
height: auto;
border: solid #CCC;
border-width: 0 1px 1px;
}
#mainMenu ul ul:first-child{
padding-top: 2em;
}
#mainMenu ul ul li,
#mainMenu ul ul a {
display:block;
float:none;
border:0;
box-shadow:none;
text-align:center;
font-size: 1em;
padding: 0.4em;
text-align: left;
}
#mainMenu ul ul li:first-child {
border-top:1px solid rgb(72, 147, 196);
}
#mainMenu ul ul li {
border-top: 1px solid #e9e9e9;
}
#mainMenu a:active,
#mainMenu a:focus,
#mainMenu a:hover {
background:#F2F6FA;
color:#333;
}
HTML
<div id="nav-row">
<h1>
<a href="\">
Corporate Site
<span></span>
</a>
</h1>
<div id="mainMenu">
<ul>
<li>About
<ul>
<li class="company">Company Profile</li><li class="team">
The Team</li><li class="linsux">
Pricing Packages</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Services
<ul>
<li class="webDesign">Websites</li><li class="Emails">
Landing Pages</li><li class="Logos">
Logos</li>
</ul></li>
</li>
<li>Case Studies</li><li>
Blog</li><li>
Contact</li><li>
Free Web Analysis</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
It because you use to indent the submenu % of parent width which isn't the same. margin-left: -3em is a constant.
Use, for example:
left: -10px; /* I see the first submenu cca. 10px before the parent LI */
margin-left: 0;
Not sure why you indent by 60% and the move the submenu back using -3em.
try the following :
#mainMenu ul ul {
left: 39% !important;
}
Or
#mainMenu ul ul {
left: 0;
margin-left: 0;
}

css dropdown menu addition for navbar

I am trying to add the dropdown menu for my menu, but it doesnt seem to show when I hover over it. Thanks for the upcoming support.
This is my code in a jfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/nbh2e15y/2/
the css:
#nav {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #585858;
border-radius: 3px;
height: 50px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding: 0;
}
#searchbar input[type=text] {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #fff;
border: 1px solid black;
height: 25px;
padding: 1px 1px 1px 5px;
width: 230px;
}
#searchbar input[type="submit"] {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #1abc9c;
border: 1px solid #12ab8d;
color: white;
cursor: pointer;
font-size: 14px;
padding: 4px 15px;
}
#searchbar { margin-right:10px; }
#nav ul {
list-style: none outside none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0 0 0 10px;
}
#nav ul li {
line-height:50px;
float:left;
}
#nav ul li a {
line-height:50px;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
font-weight:400;
text-decoration:none;
color:#FFF;
background-color:none repeat scroll 0 0 #585858;
display:block;
padding:0 20px;
}
#nav ul ul {
background: #5f6975; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0;
position: absolute; top: 100%;
}
#nav ul ul li {
float: none;
border-top: 1px solid #6b727c;
border-bottom: 1px solid #575f6a;
position: relative;
}
#nav ul ul li a {
padding: 15px 40px;
color: #fff;
}
#nav ul ul li a:hover {
background: #4b545f;
}
#nav ul li a:hover {
background-color:#333;
}
#nav ul li a.active {
background-color:#333;
}
#nav ul li active {
background-color:red;
}
li.active {
float: right !important;
}
li.active_messages {
float: right;
}
and the html code:
<div id="nav">
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>Categories
<ul>
<li>Photoshop</li>
<li>Illustrator</li>
<li>Web Design</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>About us</li>
<li>Profile</li>
<li>My Listings</li>
<li>Get Verified!</li>
<li>Log out</li>
<li class="active">
<div id="searchbar">
<form action="search.php" method="get">
<input type="text" hidden="" value="product/search" name="route">
<input type="text" required="" placeholder="Search..." name="search">
<input type="submit" value="Search">
</form>
</div></li>
</ul>
</div>
If you add
#nav ul>li:hover>ul {
top:initial;
}
to your CSS, then when the li is moused over, the ul will be restored to its original view, so the dropdown will "appear".
When you do this, you'll notice some shifting. Your CSS is in need of some improvement for readability, but this shifting will be because something along the way is not taken out of the flow of the page, but that's another question.
Try this....
CSS code:
#nav {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #585858;
border-radius: 3px;
height: 50px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding: 0;
}
#searchbar input[type=text] {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #fff;
border: 1px solid black;
height: 25px;
padding: 1px 1px 1px 5px;
width: 230px;
}
#searchbar input[type="submit"] {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #1abc9c;
border: 1px solid #12ab8d;
color: white;
cursor: pointer;
font-size: 14px;
padding: 4px 15px;
}
#searchbar { margin-right:10px; }
#nav ul {
list-style: none outside none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0 0 0 10px;
}
#nav ul li {
line-height:50px;
float:left;
}
#nav ul li a {
line-height:50px;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
font-weight:400;
text-decoration:none;
color:#FFF;
background-color:none repeat scroll 0 0 #585858;
display:block;
padding:0 20px;
}
#nav ul ul {
background: #5f6975;
border-radius: 0px;
padding: 0;
display:none;
position: absolute;
}
#nav ul li:hover ul{
display:block;
position:absolute;
}
#nav ul ul li a {
color: #fff;
background: #5f6975;
}
#nav ul ul li a:hover {
background: #4b545f;
}
#nav ul li a:hover {
background-color:#333;
}
#nav ul li a.active {
background-color:#333;
}
#nav ul li active {
background-color:red;
}
li.active {
float: right !important;
}
li.active_messages {
float: right;
}

Css drop-down sub-menu not waiting for mouse

Problem: Why when i go with the mouse over "About" the sub-menu appears but if i try to go into any of it items it disappears?
Part of my style.css:
#menu {
padding: 0 45px 0 45px;
position: relative;
background: #209D9D url(images/img02.gif) repeat-x top left;
margin: 0 0 0 0;
height: 60px;
line-height: 60px;
width: 890px;
border-top: solid 1px #5AD7D7;
text-shadow: 0 1px 1px #007D7D;
}
#menu a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #ffffff;
font-size: 1.25em;
letter-spacing: -1px;
}
#menu a:hover{
color: #136F6F;
}
#menu ul {
list-style: none;
text-align: center;
}
#menu ul li {
padding: 0 20px 0 20px;
display: inline;
position: relative;
list-style: none;
}
#menu ul li.first {
padding-left: 0;
}
#menu ul li:hover ul{
visibility:visible;
}
#menu ul ul{
position: absolute;
top: 35px;
visibility: hidden;
}
#menu ul ul li{
position: relative;
float: left;
margin: 0;
padding:0;
}
#menu ul ul li a{
display: block;
text-decoration:none;
text-align: center;
height: 55px;
line-height: 55px;
width: 200px;
background-color: #209D9D;
color: white;
}
#wrapper {
position: relative;
width: 980px;
margin: 75px auto 0 auto;
background: #FFFFFF;
}
Part of my index.html:
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="menu">
<ul>
<li class="first current_page_item">Homepage</li>
<li>Blog</li>
<li>Papers</li>
<li>Projects</li>
<li>About
<ul>
<li>Me</li>
<li>Curriculum Vitae</li>
<li>Contact Me</li>
</ul>
</li>
<!-- <li class="last">Contact</li> -->
</ul>
<br class="clearfix" />
</div>
There is a gap between your menu and submenu, when your cursor goes over this gap, the submenu disappears, try changing "top: 35px;" in "#menu ul ul" to "top: 20px;"
Change padding of #menu ul li to padding: 20px;
Play around the values.
Live demo
EDIT
Instead of changing the li's padding, I had added below css:
#menu ul li a {
padding:20px 0;
}
#menu ul ul li a {
padding: 0;
}
Demo Here
Try it.

Menu sub item hover border

In the following example - Is it possible to retain the border on the top level navigation when hovering on the sub elements? I would like to retain the black border on 'About Us' when hovering on its sub items. Example: http://jsfiddle.net/6zKRC/2/
HTML
<div class="navigation">
<ul class="navigation fc">
<li>
Home
</li>
<li class="">
About
<ul>
<li>
Sub Navigation 1
</li>
<li>
Sub Navigation 2
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>​
CSS
.navigation ul {
font-family: Arial, Verdana;
font-size: 14px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
.navigation ul li {
display: block;
position: relative;
float: left;
}
.navigation li ul {
display: none;
}
.navigation ul li a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000;
font-weight:bold;
padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.navigation ul li a:hover {
background: #CCC;
color:black;
border:solid 1px black;
border-bottom:0;
}
.navigation li:hover ul {
display: block;
position: absolute;
border:solid 1px black;
border-top:0;
}
.navigation li:hover li {
float: none;
font-size: 11px;
}
.navigation li:hover a {
background: #CCC;
}
.navigation li:hover li a:hover {
background: #CCC;
border:0;
}
​
Hi i have made some changes in your css please check your updated css :-
CSS
.navigation ul {
font-family: Arial, Verdana;
font-size: 14px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
.navigation ul li {
display: block;
position: relative;
float: left;
}
.navigation li ul {
display: none;
}
.navigation ul li a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000;
font-weight:bold;
padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.navigation ul li:hover {
background: #CCC;
color:black;
border:solid 1px black;
border-bottom:0;
}
.navigation li:hover ul {
display: block;
position: absolute;
border:solid 1px black;
border-top:0;
left:-1px;
}
.navigation li:hover ul li {
float: none;
font-size: 11px;
background: #CCC;
}
.navigation li:hover li:hover {
background:#e6e6e6;
border:0;
}
HTML
<div class="navigation">
<ul class="navigation fc">
<li>
Home
</li>
<li class="">
About
<ul>
<li>
Sub Navigation 1
</li>
<li>
Sub Navigation 2
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>​
I hope you looking this one:- http://jsbin.com/uwemuy/5/edit
change in css as follow
.navigation li:hover a {
background: #CCC;
border:solid 1px black;
}
see http://jsfiddle.net/6zKRC/2/

CSS Menu Dropdowns are all appearing under the same (left most) parent item

I have tried moving the position:relative; setting around, but to my understanding it is where it is supposed to be... Please correct me, because my understanding is clearly wrong!
<ul id="menu">
<li>All Products
<ul>
<li>Stock Lanyards</li>
<li>Screen Printed Lanyards</li>
<li>Full Color Lanyards</li>
<li>Custom Cord Lanyards</li>
<li>Specialty Lanyards</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Reorders</li>
<li>Resources
<ul>
<li>FAQ</li>
<li>Art Requirements</li>
<li>Production Times</li>
<li>About Us</li>
<li>Contact Us</li>
<li>Request A Sample</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Blog</li>
</ul>
css....
ul#menu {
margin:0px;
padding-top:20px;
position:absolute;
right:0px;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:14px;
}
ul#menu li {
display:inline;
padding-left:8px;
}
ul#menu a{
color:#8ba693;
text-decoration:none;
padding:5px;
}
ul#menu a:hover, a:active{
/* text-shadow: 0 0 0.9em #ccc;
text-decoration:underline; */
background-color:#000;
}
/* -- DROPDOWN MENU STYLES -- */
#menu ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
#menu ul li {
display: block;
position: relative;
left:0;
top:100%;
}
#menu li ul { display: none;
position: absolute;
z-index:1000;
margin:5px 0 0 0px;
top:100%;
left:0;
}
#menu ul li a {
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 7px 15px 6px 10px;
margin: 0px 0 0 0;
white-space: nowrap;
border-top: 1px solid #8ba693;
border-left: 1px solid #8ba693;
border-right: 1px solid #8ba693;
}
#menu ul li a:hover { background: #000; }
#menu li:hover > ul {
display: block;
}
#menu li:hover li {
float: none;
font-size: 11px;
}
#menu li:hover a { background: #fff; }
#menu li:hover li a:hover { background: #8ba693; color: #fff; }
ul#menu li {
display: inline;
padding-left: 8px;
position: relative;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/HFp6K/2/
position:relative needs to be in position:absolute's parent.

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