JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by danield770

HTML

<div id="menu-container" class="full-width">
    <nav id="nav1">
        <ul class="main-menu">
            <li id="item1">
                <a href="#">item 1</a>

                <ul class="sub-menu">
                    <li id="item11">
                        <a href="#">item 1.1</a>
                    </li>

                    <li id="item12">
                        <a href="#">item 1.2</a>
                    </li>

                    <li id="item13">
                        <a href="#">item 1.3</a>
                    </li>

                </ul>
            </li>

            <li id="item2">
                <a href="#">item 2</a>

                <ul class="sub-menu">
                    <li id="item21">
                        <a href="#">item 2.1</a>
                    </li>

                    <li id="item22">
                        <a href="#">item 2.2</a>
                    </li>
                </ul>
            </li>

            <li id="item3">
                <a href="#">item 3</a>
            </li>

        </ul>
    </nav>
</div>
<div class="content normal-width">Content goes here</div>

CSS

*
{
    margin:0;padding:0;
}
html,body
{
   height: 100%; 
}
.full-width {
    width: 100%;
}

.normal-width {
    width: 1024px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    margin-top: 20px;
    border-left: 1px solid purple; /* for demo only */
    border-right: 1px solid purple; /* for demo only */
    height: 100%; /* for demo only */
}

a {
    color: black;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.clear {
    clear: both;
}

.main-menu {
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;

    position: relative;
    background-color: red;
}

.main-menu > li {
    float:left;
    margin-right:2em;
}

.sub-menu {
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;

    display:none;
    background-color: orange;
}

.sub-menu li {
    float:left;
    margin-right:2em;
}

.main-menu > li.selected {
    background-color:orange;
}

.main-menu > li.selected .sub-menu {
    display:block;
    position:absolute;
    left:0;
    right:0;
}

JavaScript

// Add a clear div to allow adding background color to main-menu
$(".main-menu").append("<div class='clear'></div>");

// Make the first class selected
$(".main-menu > li:first").addClass("selected");

// Switch the selected class
$(".main-menu > li").click(function() {
    $(".selected").removeClass("selected");
    $(this).addClass("selected");
});

// Disable menu links
$(".main-menu > li > a").click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
});