Soothing CSS3 Dropdown Animation
Animated dropdown menu by Alex Penny. I have improved the code a lot from the original version for the better and more cross browser compatibility.
<nav>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">View</a></li>
<li class="drop">
<a href="#">You</a>
<div class="dropdownContain">
<div class="dropOut">
<div class="triangle"></div>
<ul>
<li>Plan</li>
<li>Account Settings</li>
<li>Switch Account</li>
<li>Sign Out</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Help</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,b, u, i, center,dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,fieldset, form, label, legend,table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;outline: 0;font-size: 100%;vertical- align: baseline;background: transparent;}body {line- height: 1;}ol, ul {list- style: none;}blockquote, q {quotes: none;}blockquote:before, blockquote:after,q:before, q:after {content: '';content: none;} /* remember to define focus styles! */ :focus {outline: 0;} /* remember to highlight inserts somehow! */ins {text- decoration: none;}del {text- decoration: line- through;} /* tables still need 'cellspacing="0"' in the markup */ table {border- collapse: collapse;border- spacing: 0;}
html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,b, u, i, center,dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,fieldset, form, label, legend,table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {margin: 0;padding: 0;border: 0;outline: 0;font-size: 100%;vertical-align: baseline;background: transparent;}body {line-height: 1;}ol, ul {list-style: none;}blockquote, q {quotes: none;}blockquote:before, blockquote:after,q:before, q:after {content: '';content: none;} /* remember to define focus styles! */ :focus {outline: 0;} /* remember to highlight inserts somehow! */ins {text-decoration: none;}del {text-decoration: line-through;} /* tables still need 'cellspacing="0"' in the markup */ table {border-collapse: collapse;border-spacing: 0;}
/*---------- BODY --------------------------------*/
body {
text-align: center;
background: #e0e0e0;
padding-bottom: 200px;
}
a {
text-decoration: none;
}
/*---------- Wrapper --------------------*/
nav {
width: 100%;
height: 80px;
background: #222;
}
ul {
text-align: center;
}
ul li {
font: 13px Verdana, 'Lucida Grande';
cursor: pointer;
transition: padding .05s linear;
transition: padding .05s linear;
transition: padding .05s linear;
transition: padding .05s linear;
transition: padding .05s linear;
}
ul li.drop {
position: relative;
}
ul > li {
display: inline-block;
}
ul li a {
line-height: 80px;
padding: 0 20px;
height: 80px;
color: #777;
transition: all .1s ease-out;
transition: all .1s ease-out;
transition: all .1s ease-out;
transition: all .1s ease-out;
transition: all .1s ease-out;
}
ul li a:hover {
color: #eee;
}
.dropOut .triangle {
width: 0;
height: 0;
position: absolute;
border-left: 8px solid transparent;
border-right: 8px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 8px solid white;
top: -8px;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -8px;
}
.dropdownContain {
width: 160px;
position: absolute;
z-index: 2;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -80px; /* half of width */
top: -400px;
}
.dropOut {
width: 160px;
background: white;
float: left;
position: relative;
margin-top: 0px;
opacity: 0;
border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
box-shadow: 0 1px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.15);
box-shadow: 0 1px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.15);
box-shadow: 0 1px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.15);
transition: all .1s ease-out;
transition: all .1s ease-out;
transition: all .1s ease-out;
transition: all .1s ease-out;
transition: all .1s ease-out;
}
.dropOut ul {
float: left;
padding: 10px 0;
}
.dropOut ul li {
text-align: left;
float: left;
width: 125px;
padding: 12px 0 10px 15px;
margin: 0px 10px;
color: #777;
border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
transition: background .1s ease-out;
transition: background .1s ease-out;
transition: background .1s ease-out;
transition: background .1s ease-out;
transition: background .1s ease-out;
}
.dropOut ul li:hover {
background: #f6f6f6;
}
ul li:hover a { color: white; }
ul li:hover .dropdownContain { top: 65px; }
ul li:hover .underline { border-bottom-color: #777; }
ul li:hover .dropOut { opacity: 1; margin-top: 8px; }