Hello readers, Today in this blog you’ll learn how to create a Responsive Mega Menu and Dropdown Menu using only HTML & CSS. Earlier I have shared a blog on how to create a Responsive Dropdown Menu but now I’m going to create Mega Menu which is based on HTML & CSS only.
A mega menu is a drop-down menu with multi-level nav links that allows you to carry your website’s navigation into a single menu. A mega menu lets the user or content viewers get information about website content through the main menu.
In this program [Responsive Mega Menu and Dropdown Menu], there is navigation or navbar on the top of the webpage and it contains a logo on the left side and five nav items/links on the right side. One nav link has a dropdown menu and another one has a mega menu and it only shows when you hover on the parent nav link. If you’re feeling difficult to understand what I am saying. You can watch a full video tutorial on this program [Responsive Mega Menu].
Video Tutorial of Responsive Mega Menu
In the video, you have seen the responsive mega and dropdown menu and in this video, I have only created the static mega and dropdown menu means I didn’t code of responsive part but in part 2 of this video I’ve made this mega menu fully responsive for any devices, Click here to watch part 2 video of this tutorial.
As you know, this is a pure CSS program that means only HTML & CSS are used to create this mega menu. If you’re a beginner and difficult to understand how I toggled the menu bar to show or hide then understand the concept of <input type=”checkbox”> and <label> tag. In the label tag, there is a for attribute and we have to pass the id name of the checkbox inside for attribute to control the checkbox from the label. And to make this mega menu responsive I used the CSS @media property.
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Responsive Mega Menu and Dropdown Menu [Source Codes]
To create this program (Responsive Mega Menu and Dropdown Menu). First, you need to create two Files one HTML File and another one is CSS File. After creating these files just paste the following codes into your file. First, create an HTML file with the name of index.html and paste the given codes in your HTML file. Remember, you’ve to create a file with .html extension.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<!-- Created By CodingNepal - www.codingnepalweb.com -->
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Responsive Mega Menu | CodingNepal</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.15.3/css/all.min.css"/>
</head>
<body>
<nav>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="logo"><a href="#">CodingNepal</a></div>
<input type="radio" name="slider" id="menu-btn">
<input type="radio" name="slider" id="close-btn">
<ul class="nav-links">
<label for="close-btn" class="btn close-btn"><i class="fas fa-times"></i></label>
<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About</a></li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="desktop-item">Dropdown Menu</a>
<input type="checkbox" id="showDrop">
<label for="showDrop" class="mobile-item">Dropdown Menu</label>
<ul class="drop-menu">
<li><a href="#">Drop menu 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Drop menu 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Drop menu 3</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Drop menu 4</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="desktop-item">Mega Menu</a>
<input type="checkbox" id="showMega">
<label for="showMega" class="mobile-item">Mega Menu</label>
<div class="mega-box">
<div class="content">
<div class="row">
<img src="img.jpg" alt="">
</div>
<div class="row">
<header>Design Services</header>
<ul class="mega-links">
<li><a href="#">Graphics</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Vectors</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Business cards</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Custom logo</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="row">
<header>Email Services</header>
<ul class="mega-links">
<li><a href="#">Personal Email</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Business Email</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Mobile Email</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Web Marketing</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="row">
<header>Security services</header>
<ul class="mega-links">
<li><a href="#">Site Seal</a></li>
<li><a href="#">VPS Hosting</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Privacy Seal</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Website design</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Feedback</a></li>
</ul>
<label for="menu-btn" class="btn menu-btn"><i class="fas fa-bars"></i></label>
</div>
</nav>
<div class="body-text">
<div class="title">Responsive Dropdown and Mega Menu</div>
<div class="sub-title">using only HTML & CSS</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Second, create a CSS file with the name of style.css and paste the given codes in your CSS file. Remember, you’ve to create a file with .css extension.
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins:wght@200;300;400;500;600;700&display=swap');
*{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif;
}
nav{
position: fixed;
z-index: 99;
width: 100%;
background: #242526;
}
nav .wrapper{
position: relative;
max-width: 1300px;
padding: 0px 30px;
height: 70px;
line-height: 70px;
margin: auto;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-between;
}
.wrapper .logo a{
color: #f2f2f2;
font-size: 30px;
font-weight: 600;
text-decoration: none;
}
.wrapper .nav-links{
display: inline-flex;
}
.nav-links li{
list-style: none;
}
.nav-links li a{
color: #f2f2f2;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: 500;
padding: 9px 15px;
border-radius: 5px;
transition: all 0.3s ease;
}
.nav-links li a:hover{
background: #3A3B3C;
}
.nav-links .mobile-item{
display: none;
}
.nav-links .drop-menu{
position: absolute;
background: #242526;
width: 180px;
line-height: 45px;
top: 85px;
opacity: 0;
visibility: hidden;
box-shadow: 0 6px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);
}
.nav-links li:hover .drop-menu,
.nav-links li:hover .mega-box{
transition: all 0.3s ease;
top: 70px;
opacity: 1;
visibility: visible;
}
.drop-menu li a{
width: 100%;
display: block;
padding: 0 0 0 15px;
font-weight: 400;
border-radius: 0px;
}
.mega-box{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
padding: 0 30px;
top: 85px;
opacity: 0;
visibility: hidden;
}
.mega-box .content{
background: #242526;
padding: 25px 20px;
display: flex;
width: 100%;
justify-content: space-between;
box-shadow: 0 6px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);
}
.mega-box .content .row{
width: calc(25% - 30px);
line-height: 45px;
}
.content .row img{
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
object-fit: cover;
}
.content .row header{
color: #f2f2f2;
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: 500;
}
.content .row .mega-links{
margin-left: -40px;
border-left: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.09);
}
.row .mega-links li{
padding: 0 20px;
}
.row .mega-links li a{
padding: 0px;
padding: 0 20px;
color: #d9d9d9;
font-size: 17px;
display: block;
}
.row .mega-links li a:hover{
color: #f2f2f2;
}
.wrapper .btn{
color: #fff;
font-size: 20px;
cursor: pointer;
display: none;
}
.wrapper .btn.close-btn{
position: absolute;
right: 30px;
top: 10px;
}
@media screen and (max-width: 970px) {
.wrapper .btn{
display: block;
}
.wrapper .nav-links{
position: fixed;
height: 100vh;
width: 100%;
max-width: 350px;
top: 0;
left: -100%;
background: #242526;
display: block;
padding: 50px 10px;
line-height: 50px;
overflow-y: auto;
box-shadow: 0px 15px 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.18);
transition: all 0.3s ease;
}
/* custom scroll bar */
::-webkit-scrollbar {
width: 10px;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
background: #242526;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
background: #3A3B3C;
}
#menu-btn:checked ~ .nav-links{
left: 0%;
}
#menu-btn:checked ~ .btn.menu-btn{
display: none;
}
#close-btn:checked ~ .btn.menu-btn{
display: block;
}
.nav-links li{
margin: 15px 10px;
}
.nav-links li a{
padding: 0 20px;
display: block;
font-size: 20px;
}
.nav-links .drop-menu{
position: static;
opacity: 1;
top: 65px;
visibility: visible;
padding-left: 20px;
width: 100%;
max-height: 0px;
overflow: hidden;
box-shadow: none;
transition: all 0.3s ease;
}
#showDrop:checked ~ .drop-menu,
#showMega:checked ~ .mega-box{
max-height: 100%;
}
.nav-links .desktop-item{
display: none;
}
.nav-links .mobile-item{
display: block;
color: #f2f2f2;
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: 500;
padding-left: 20px;
cursor: pointer;
border-radius: 5px;
transition: all 0.3s ease;
}
.nav-links .mobile-item:hover{
background: #3A3B3C;
}
.drop-menu li{
margin: 0;
}
.drop-menu li a{
border-radius: 5px;
font-size: 18px;
}
.mega-box{
position: static;
top: 65px;
opacity: 1;
visibility: visible;
padding: 0 20px;
max-height: 0px;
overflow: hidden;
transition: all 0.3s ease;
}
.mega-box .content{
box-shadow: none;
flex-direction: column;
padding: 20px 20px 0 20px;
}
.mega-box .content .row{
width: 100%;
margin-bottom: 15px;
border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.08);
}
.mega-box .content .row:nth-child(1),
.mega-box .content .row:nth-child(2){
border-top: 0px;
}
.content .row .mega-links{
border-left: 0px;
padding-left: 15px;
}
.row .mega-links li{
margin: 0;
}
.content .row header{
font-size: 19px;
}
}
nav input{
display: none;
}
.body-text{
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
padding: 0 30px;
}
.body-text div{
font-size: 45px;
font-weight: 600;
}
That’s all, now you’ve successfully created a Responsive Mega Menu and Dropdown Menu using only HTML & CSS. If your code does not work or you’ve faced any error/problem then please download the source code files from the given download button. It’s free and a .zip file will be downloaded then you’ve to extract it.
