Triangle on hover menu with tooltips
This snippet allows for triangles (arrow down) on hover without the need of images and it also provides tooltips.
HTML
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href="#" title="Bezoek het forum">Forum</a>
</ul>
</nav>
CSS
body {
font: 13px/1.2 Verdana, sans-serif;
background: #333;
z-index: 1;
color: white;
}
section#content {
width: 85%;
margin: 1em auto;
}
h1 {
font-size: 200%;
font-weight: bold;
}
nav > ul {
position: relative;
z-index: 4
}
ul {
list-style: none;
text-align: center;
background: whiteSmoke;
background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #FFFFFF 0%, #F5F5F5 80%);
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #FFFFFF 0%, #F5F5F5 80%);
line-height: 2;
}
ul.sub-menu {
position: absolute;
margin-top: -2px;
display: none;
width: 150px;
z-index: 3;
}
ul.sub-menu > li {
display: block;
font-size: 80%;
}
ul.sub-menu > li a:hover {
color: black;
}
li {
display: inline-block;
font-size: 150%;
position: relative;
margin: 0;
}
li.has-sub-menu:hover ul.sub-menu {
display: block !important;
}
li.has-sub-menu > a {
padding-right: 1.65em;
}
li.has-sub-menu > a > span {
border-radius: 100px;
color: white;
background: #666;
padding: 0.5em;
display: block;
top: 50%;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
margin-top: -10px;
margin-right: 0.5em;
line-height: 1;
text-shadow: none;
font-size: 50%;
font-weight: bold;
opacity: 1;
transition: opacity 400ms ease;
-webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease;
}
li.has-sub-menu:hover > a > span {
box-shadow: inset 0 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
opacity: 0;
}
li:hover {
/* Fixes IE bug that does not display ::after on :hover */
}
li.over-down:hover::after {
content:"";
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 8px solid transparent;
border-right: 8px solid transparent;
border-top: 10px solid #f5f5f5;
position: absolute;
top: 99%;
top: calc(100% - 2px);
top: -webkit-calc(100% - 2px);
left: 50%;
margin-left: -4px;
}
li.over-right:hover::after {
content:"";
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 10px solid #f5f5f5;
border-bottom: 8px solid transparent;
border-top: 8px solid transparent;
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 100%;
...
JavaScript
// Position arrows correctly
$("ul:not(.sub-menu) > li, ul.sub-menu > li:last-child").not(":has(ul.sub-menu)").addClass("over-down");