Dropdown Inbox

by Preston Badeer

HTML

<div class="bar">
    <div class="dropdown">
        <div class="icon pulse inbox-full"><span class="badge">121</span>

        </div>
        <div class="head">121 Messages <a href="#">(View All)</a>
 <a href="#dismissAll" class="right">Dismiss All</a>

        </div>
        <ul class="messages">
            <li><span class="actions">1/24/14 - <a href="#">Dismiss</a></span>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</li>
            <li><span class="actions">1/22/14 - <a href="#">Dismiss</a></span>Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</li>
            <li><span class="actions">1/19/14 - <a href="#">Dismiss</a></span>Consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</li>
            <li><span class="actions">1/19/14 - <a href="#">Dismiss</a></span>Ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</li>
            <li><span class="actions">1/19/14 - <a href="#">Dismiss</a></span>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</div>

CSS

html, body {
    font-size: 12px;
    font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
}
.right {
    float: right;
}
.bar {
    background: #4679bd;
    height: 40px;
}
.dropdown {
    padding: 0 10px;
    width: 350px;
}
.inbox-empty {
    background-image: url('data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABgAAAAQCAYAAAAMJL+VAAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAPxJREFUeNpi+P//PwMWzAzE+/8TDx4BsSA2s5gYsINqIBYBYk4gZiQCHwPiGVhNwmKrHRB/AWIdHL7DhgWhvkhAl0NXKAzEj4E4nwTDYdgZiD8CsTIuCxiBeBMQ74CyGcjAvUB8AohZsFmQB8SvgFiCTMNBmB2ILwJxE7oFhkD8A4j9KDAchnWB+CsQ28As4AHiG0A8nQqGw3AREN8HYn5QWC8CJiZTIDYG4m8M1AGgpLsbiF8y4Mg4z4BYjAQXcwDxFWwGMeDJndtISE3duAxhIFAElBJhuC0Q/8FlACPYFhoCJgYaA5AFz2lo/guQBSkgBg0MfwrEyQABBgAVbyJk+HDdDQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==');
}
.inbox-full {
    background-image: url('data:image/png;base64,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');
}
.icon {
    height: 40px;
    width: 40px;
    float: right;
    cursor: pointer;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: center center;
}
.badge {
    background: red;
    color: white;
    padding: 0.2em;
    border-radius: 1.2em;
    height: 1.2em;
    font-size: 0.8em;
    float: right;
}
.head, .head a {
    color: gray;
}
.messages, .head {
    background: #EDEDED;
    border: 1px solid lightgray;
    clear: both;
    display: none;
}
.head {
    padding: 5px 10px;
    border-width: 1px 1px 0 1px;
    -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px;
    border-top-left-radius: 5px;
}
.messages {
   ...

JavaScript

$('.icon').on('click', function () {
    $('.head, .messages').toggle();
    $(this).removeClass('pulse');
});
$('.actions a').on('click', function () {
    $(this).closest('li').remove();
});
$('[href="#dismissAll"]').on('click', function () {
    $('.messages li, .badge').remove();
    $('.icon').removeClass('inbox-full').addClass('inbox-empty');
});