<details class="dropdown">
<summary role="button">
<a class="button">Click on me!</a>
</summary>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">I'm a dropdown.</a></li>
<li><a href="#">In Pure CSS</a></li>
<li><a href="#">As in...</a></li>
<li><a href="#">No JavaScript.</a></li>
<li><a href="#">At All.</a></li>
</ul>
</details>
/* Follow me for more pens like this! */
/* Tweak to change the look and feel */
:root {
--button-background: dodgerblue;
--button-color: white;
--dropdown-highlight: dodgerblue;
--dropdown-width: 160px;
--dropdown-background: white;
--dropdown-color: black;
}
/* Center the planet */
body {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
min-height: 100vh;
background-color: #222229;
}
/* Boring button styles */
a.button {
/* Frame */
display: inline-block;
padding: 20px 28px;
border-radius: 50px;
box-sizing: border-box;
/* Style */
border: none;
background: var(--button-background);
color: var(--button-color);
font-size: 24px;
cursor: pointer;
}
a.button:active {
filter: brightness(75%);
}
/* Dropdown styles */
.dropdown {
position: relative;
padding: 0;
margin-right: 1em;
border: none;
}
.dropdown summary {
list-style: none;
list-style-type: none;
}
.dropdown > summary::details-marker {
display: none;
}
.dropdown summary:focus {
outline: none;
}
.dropdown summary:focus a.button {
border: 2px solid white;
}
.dropdown summary:focus {
outline: none;
}
.dropdown ul {
position: absolute;
margin: 20px 0 0 0;
padding: 20px 0;
width: var(--dropdown-width);
left: 50%;
margin-left: calc((var(--dropdown-width) / 2) * -1);
box-sizing: border-box;
z-index: 2;
background: var(--dropdown-background);
border-radius: 6px;
list-style: none;
}
.dropdown ul li {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
.dropdown ul li a:link, .dropdown ul li a:visited {
display: inline-block;
padding: 10px 0.8rem;
width: 100%;
box-sizing: border-box;
color: var(--dropdown-color);
text-decoration: none;
}
.dropdown ul li a:hover {
background-color: var(--dropdown-highlight);
color: var(--dropdown-background);
}
/* Dropdown triangle */
.dropdown ul::before {
content: ' ';
position: absolute;
width: 0;
height: 0;
top: -10px;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -10px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 0 10px 10px 10px;
border-color: transparent transparent var(--dropdown-background) transparent;
}
/* Close the dropdown with outside clicks */
.dropdown > summary::before {
display: none;
}
.dropdown[open] > summary::before {
content: ' ';
display: block;
position: fixed;
top: 0;
right: 0;
left: 0;
bottom: 0;
z-index: 1;
}
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