CSS Only Drop-Down Menu by Click
Discovered from an article on Ryan Collins' blog: http://www.ryancollins.me/?p=1041 & code was pulled from his demo: http://ryancollins.me/%7C/1041/demo.txt
by velo_ninja
HTML
<div id="demo">
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="content">
<ul>
<a href="#"><li>Lorem ipsum dolor</li></a>
<a href="#"><li>Consectetur adipisicing</li></a>
<a href="#"><li>Reprehenderit</li></a>
<a href="#"><li>Commodo consequat</li></a>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="parent">Drop Down Parent 1</div>
</div>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="content">
<ul>
<a href="#"><li>Lorem ipsum dolor</li></a>
<a href="#"><li>Consectetur adipisicing</li></a>
<a href="#"><li>Reprehenderit</li></a>
<a href="#"><li>Commodo consequat</li></a>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="parent">Drop Down Parent 2</div>
</div>
CSS
#demo {
margin: 30px 0 50px 0;
font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}
#demo .wrapper {
display: inline-block;
width: 180px;
margin: 0 10px 0 0;
height: 20px;
position: relative;
}
#demo .parent {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
line-height: 30px;
height: 30px;
border-radius: 5px;
background: #F9F9F9;
border: 1px solid #AAA;
border-bottom: 1px solid #777;
color: #282D31;
font-weight: bold;
z-index: 2;
position: relative;
-webkit-transition: border-radius .1s linear, background .1s linear, z-index 0s linear;
-webkit-transition-delay: .8s;
text-align: center;
}
#demo .parent:hover,
#demo .content:hover ~ .parent {
background: #fff;
-webkit-transition-delay: 0s, 0s, 0s;
}
#demo .content:hover ~ .parent {
border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
z-index: 0;
}
#demo .content {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
display: block;
z-index: 1;
height: 0;
width: 180px;
padding-top: 30px;
-webkit-transition: height .5s ease;
-webkit-transition-delay: .4s;
border: 1px solid #777;
border-radius: 5px;
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
}
#demo .wrapper:active .content {
height: 123px;
z-index: 3;
-webkit-transition-delay: 0s;
}
#demo .content:hover {
height: 123px;
z-index: 3;
-webkit-transition-delay: 0s;
}
#demo .content ul {
background: #fff;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
height: 100%;
border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
}
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