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How to create a bootstrap dropdown hover menu

bootstrap dropdown hover menu

bootstrap dropdown hover menu

Before We Start

bootstrap dropdown hover menu. A navigation bar is one of the main components of a website, It contains links to the other sections and a user interface element within a website. The most important one and the first section that the user sees when he/she enters a website is the navigation bar and it links to the other main parts.

In a website the navigation bar will be an important part and it helps the users to find the pages quickly If you have ever seen a website which doesn’t has a navigation bar, you may have found it’s not easy to locate the exact page what you need. So if you are a person who wishes to develop a website, you have to know how to create a navigation bar properly.

How to create a responsive navigation bar ? We are here to solve your problem.
In this article we discuss how to create a responsive navigation bar. Before we start please read the below articles which easier you to understand the process, if you are new to development.

Step 1 – Add HTML

It’s too easy and simple. Just copy and paste below code in your HTML editor between <body> </body> tag.

<html>
<div class="body-wrap">
  <div class="container">
    <nav class="navbar navbar-inverse" role="navigation">
      <div class="container-fluid">
        <div class="navbar-header">
          <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
            <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
          </button>
          <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Logo</a>
        </div>

        <!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling -->
        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
          <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
            <li class="active"><a href="#">Link</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
            <li class="dropdown">
              <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Dropdown <b class="caret"></b></a>
              <ul class="dropdown-menu">
                <li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
                <li class="divider"></li>
                <li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li>
                <li class="divider"></li>
                <li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li>
              </ul>
            </li>
          </ul>

          <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
            <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
            <li class="dropdown">
              <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Dropdown <b class="caret"></b></a>
              <ul class="dropdown-menu">
                <li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
                <li class="divider"></li>
                <li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li>
              </ul>
            </li>
          </ul>
        </div>
        <!-- /.navbar-collapse -->
      </div>
      <!-- /.container-fluid -->
    </nav>
  </div>
</div>
</html>

Step 2 – Add CSS

Copy and paste below code in your HTML editor between <style></style> tag.

<style>
/* bootstrap dropdown hover menu*/

body {
  font-family: "PT Sans", sans-serif;
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: #4f5d6e;
  position: relative;
  background: rgb(26, 49, 95);
  background: -webkit-gradient(
    linear,
    left top,
    left bottom,
    color-stop(0%, rgba(26, 49, 95, 1)),
    color-stop(10%, rgba(26, 49, 95, 1)),
    color-stop(24%, rgba(29, 108, 141, 1)),
    color-stop(37%, rgba(41, 136, 151, 1)),
    color-stop(77%, rgba(39, 45, 100, 1)),
    color-stop(90%, rgba(26, 49, 95, 1)),
    color-stop(100%, rgba(26, 49, 95, 1))
  );
  filter: progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#1a315f', endColorstr='#1a315f', GradientType=0);
}

.body-wrap {
  min-height: 700px;
}

.body-wrap {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 0;
}

.body-wrap:before,
.body-wrap:after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  z-index: -1;
  height: 260px;
  background: -webkit-gradient(
    linear,
    left top,
    left bottom,
    color-stop(0%, rgba(26, 49, 95, 1)),
    color-stop(100%, rgba(26, 49, 95, 0))
  );
  background: linear-gradient(
    to bottom,
    rgba(26, 49, 95, 1) 0%,
    rgba(26, 49, 95, 0) 100%
  );
  filter: progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#1a315f', endColorstr='#001a315f', GradientType=0);
}

.body-wrap:after {
  top: auto;
  bottom: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(
    to bottom,
    rgba(26, 49, 95, 0) 0%,
    rgba(26, 49, 95, 1) 100%
  );
  filter: progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#001a315f', endColorstr='#1a315f', GradientType=0);
}

nav {
  margin-top: 60px;
  box-shadow: 5px 4px 5px #000;
}
</style>

Step 3 – Add JavaScript

We use some external JavaScript link to this code. No need to worry about this, copy and paste below code between <head></head> tag.

<head>
 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
 <script src="https://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>

And also copy and paste below JavaScript code between <script></script> tag.

<script>
$('ul.nav li.dropdown').hover(function() {
  $(this).find('.dropdown-menu').stop(true, true).delay(200).fadeIn(500);
}, function() {
  $(this).find('.dropdown-menu').stop(true, true).delay(200).fadeOut(500);
});
</script>

At the end we will have something like this. You can change fonts, colors, backgrounds and all things that you want.Enjoy it.

bootstrap dropdown hover menu

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