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CSS Space between menu and submenu

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html

css

This is what I'm trying to do:

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If you noticed there is space between the menu and the submenu.

The problem is that the submenu doesn't work this way, because when the mouse pointer leaves the menu the submenu disappears.

It only works if it looks like this:

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How can I leave the space between the menu and the submenu and get it to work?

My Code:

JSFIDDLE CODE

HTML:

<body>
<nav>
    <ul>
        <li><a href="#">One</a>
            <ul>
                <li><a href="1.html">1.1</a></li>
                <li><a href="2.html">1.2</a>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li><a href="#">Two</a>
            <ul>
                <li><a href="3.html">2.1</a></li>
                <li><a href="4.html">2.2</a></li>
                <li><a href="5.html">2.3</a></li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li><a href="#">Three</a>
            <ul>
                <li><a href="6.html">3.1</a></li>
                <li><a href="7.html">3.2</a></li>
            </ul>
        </li>
        <li><a href="8.html">Four</a></li>
    </ul>
</nav>
</body>

CSS:

body {
    background-color: #cac3bc
}
nav {
    float: left;
}
nav ul ul {
    display: none;
}
nav ul li:hover > ul {
    display: block;
}
nav ul {
    background-color: #fff;
    margin-top: 10px;
    padding: 0 20px;  
    list-style: none;
    position: relative;
    display: inline-table;
    margin-right: -80px;
}
nav ul li {
    float: left;
}
nav ul li:hover {
    border-bottom: 5px solid #f5aa65;
    color: #fff;
}
nav ul li a:hover {
    color: #000;
}

nav ul li a {
    display: block; 
    padding: 15px 15px;
    font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif;
    color: #000; 
    text-decoration: none;
}
nav ul ul {
    background-color:#fff;
    border-radius: 0px; 
    padding: 0;
    position: absolute;
    top: 100%;
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 9px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);
}
nav ul ul li {
    float: none; 
    position: relative;
}
nav ul ul li a {
    padding: 15px 40px;
    color: #000;
}
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kalpetros Avatar asked Apr 22 '13 23:04

kalpetros


1 Answers

You could make use of :before to extend the "hoverable" area:

nav ul ul:before {
    content: "";
    display: block;
    height: 20px;
    position: absolute;
    top: -20px;
    width: 100%;
}

See this demo.

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Linus Caldwell Avatar answered Sep 18 '22 22:09

Linus Caldwell