I have created my dropdown menu to open on hover of the icon, but I want it to actually open on click instead of hover and close when clicked outside the menu. The icon is a simple burger menu icon on the left hand side of the navbar which opens a dropbar that is attached to the left hand side of the page. How would I achieve what I want to with minimal change to my code?
.search { display: block; margin-left: 1300px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-top: -30px; cursor: pointer; } .burger-menu { display: block; margin-left: 100px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-top: 1px; cursor: pointer; } .dropdown { position: relative; display: inline-block; } .dropdown-content { display: none; position: absolute; background-color: #000000; min-width: 250px; z-index: 1; } .dropdown-content a { color: white; padding: 30px 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; display: block; box-shadow: 0 8px 16px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2), 0 6px 20px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.19); font-size: 24px; font-family: "Gill Sans", "Gill Sans MT", "Myriad Pro", "DejaVu Sans Condensed", Helvetica, Arial, "sans-serif"; } .dropdown-content a:hover { background-color: #ffffff; color: black; } .dropdown:hover .dropdown-content { display: block; } .dropdown:hover .dropbtn { background-color: #ffffff; } <nav> <div> <input type="image" width="30" height="30" src="images/burger-menu.png" /> <div> <a href="#">HEADWEAR</a> <a href="#">HOODIES/JACKETS/LONG SLEEVES</a> <a href="#">SHIRTS</a> <a href="#">BOTTOMS</a> <a href="#">TOTE BAGS</a> </div> </div> <img src="images/search-icon.png" width="30" height="30"> </nav>2 Answers
The only way I know of to do this with just CSS is using a checkbox to transition up/down the menu. I see you're using an input tag, so maybe there's another pure CSS way to do this.
Using jQuery, you can get the desired effect using slideToggle()
$(".icon").on("click", function(){ $('.dropdown-content').slideToggle(); });.search { display: block; margin-left: 1300px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-top: -30px; cursor: pointer; } .burger-menu { display: block; margin-left: 100px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-top: 1px; cursor: pointer; } .dropdown { position: relative; display: inline-block; } .dropdown-content { display: none; position: absolute; background-color: #000000; min-width: 250px; z-index: 1; } .dropdown-content a { color: white; padding: 30px 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; display: block; box-shadow: 0 8px 16px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 6px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19); font-size: 24px; font-family: "Gill Sans", "Gill Sans MT", "Myriad Pro", "DejaVu Sans Condensed", Helvetica, Arial, "sans-serif"; } .dropdown:hover .dropbtn { background-color: #ffffff; } /*# sourceMappingURL= main.css.map */<script src=""></script> <nav> <div> <h3>MY ICON</h3> <div> <a href="#">HEADWEAR</a> <a href="#">HOODIES/JACKETS/LONG SLEEVES</a> <a href="#">SHIRTS</a> <a href="#">BOTTOMS</a> <a href="#">TOTE BAGS</a> </div> </div> <img src="images/search-icon.png" width="30" height="30"> </nav>you need to use
$('.burger-menu').click(function(){ $('.dropdown-content').toggleClass('show'); }); $(document).click(function(event) { if(!$(event.target).closest('.burger-menu').length) { if($('.dropdown-content').is(":visible")) { $('.dropdown-content').toggleClass('show'); } } }); $(document).ready(function(){ $('.burger-menu').click(function(){ $('.dropdown-content').toggleClass('show'); }); $(document).click(function(event) { if(!$(event.target).closest('.burger-menu').length) { if($('.dropdown-content').is(":visible")) { $('.dropdown-content').toggleClass('show'); } } }); });.search { display: block; margin-left: 1300px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-top: -30px; cursor: pointer; } .burger-menu { display: block; margin-left: 100px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-top: 1px; cursor: pointer; } .dropdown { position: relative; display: inline-block; } .dropdown-content { display: none; position: absolute; background-color: #000000; min-width: 250px; z-index: 1; } .dropdown-content a { color: white; padding: 30px 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; display: block; box-shadow: 0 8px 16px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2), 0 6px 20px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.19); font-size: 24px; font-family: "Gill Sans", "Gill Sans MT", "Myriad Pro", "DejaVu Sans Condensed", Helvetica, Arial, "sans-serif"; } .dropdown-content a:hover { background-color: #ffffff; color: black; } .dropdown .dropdown-content.show { display: block; } .dropdown:hover .dropbtn { background-color: #ffffff; }<link rel="stylesheet" href=""> <script src=""></script> <nav> <div> <i ></i> <div> <a href="#">HEADWEAR</a> <a href="#">HOODIES/JACKETS/LONG SLEEVES</a> <a href="#">SHIRTS</a> <a href="#">BOTTOMS</a> <a href="#">TOTE BAGS</a> </div> </div> <img src="images/search-icon.png" width="30" height="30"> </nav>
