<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Navigation Bar</title>
  <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,400' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
  <link href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.0.3/css/font-awesome.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
  <ul id="nav-bar">
    <li class="level-one" id="selected"><i class="fa fa-home"></i>
      <ul class="level-two">
        <li>Home<li/>
      </ul>
    </li> 
    <li class="level-one"><i class="fa fa-beer"></i>
      <ul class="level-two">
        <li>Cheers!<li/>
      </ul>
    </li>
        
    <li class="level-one"><i class="fa fa-rocket"></i>
      <ul class="level-two">
        <li>Rocket!<li/>
      </ul>
    </li>
        
    <li class="level-one"><i class="fa fa-desktop"></i>
      <ul class="level-two">
        <li>Work!<li/>
      </ul> 
     </li>
        
    <li class="level-one"><i class="fa fa-print"></i>
      <ul class="level-two">
        <li>Print!<li/>
      </ul>  
    </li>
       
    <li class="level-one"><i class="fa fa-power-off"></i>
      <ul class="level-two">
        <li>Shut Down!<li/>
      </ul> 
    </li>
       
  </ul>
  <p>Inspired by: <a href='https://dribbble.com/shots/629659-Navigation-bar?list=searches&tag=navigation_bar&offset=9' target="_blank">Navigation bar - Filip Slováček.</a></p> 
</body>
* {  
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

body {
  background-color: #e9eef2;
}

#nav-bar {
  margin: 50px;
  max-width: 50px;
  border: 1px solid #bed1df;
  border-radius: 4%;
  background-color: white;
  -webkit-box-shadow: -2px 3px 2px 0px rgba(5, 0, 0, 0.11);
  -moz-box-shadow:    -2px 3px 2px 0px rgba(5, 0, 0, 0.11);
  box-shadow:         -2px 3px 2px 0px rgba(5, 0, 0, 0.11);
}

li {
   color: #bed1df;
   margin: 0;
   font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
   font-size: 0.75em;
   list-style: none;
}

li.level-one {
  font-size: 1.5em;
  text-align: center;
  border-top: 1px solid #bed1df;
  cursor: pointer;
}

li.level-one:first-child {
  border-top: none;
}

li.level-one:hover {
  background: rgba(255,255,255,1);
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,1) 0%, rgba(246,246,246,1) 47%, rgba(233,238,242,1) 100%);
  background: -webkit-gradient(left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, rgba(255,255,255,1)), color-stop(47%, rgba(246,246,246,1)), color-stop(100%, rgba(233,238,242,1)));
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,1) 0%, rgba(246,246,246,1) 47%, rgba(233,238,242,1) 100%);
  background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,1) 0%, rgba(246,246,246,1) 47%, rgba(233,238,242,1) 100%);
  background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,1) 0%, rgba(246,246,246,1) 47%, rgba(233,238,242,1) 100%);
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255,255,255,1) 0%, rgba(246,246,246,1) 47%, rgba(233,238,242,1) 100%);
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#e9eef2', GradientType=0 );
}

#selected {
  background: #3f8eb9;
  -webkit-box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 10px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.45);
  -moz-box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 10px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.45);
  box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 10px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.45);
}

i {
  color: #bed1df;
  margin: 25%;
}

p {
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
  font-size: 0.8em; 
  color: #bed1df;
  margin: 50px;
}

a {
  color: #3f8eb9;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.level-one {
  position: relative;
}

.level-two {
  display: none;
  position: absolute;
  height: 50px;
  width: 100px;
  background: #FFFFFF;
  border-radius: 4px;
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
  font-size: 0.65em; 
  text-align: center;
}

.level-two:after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 9px 9px 9px 0;
  border-color: transparent  #fff;
  display: block;
  width: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  left: -9px;
  top: 15px;
}

.level-two li {
  margin: 15px;
}

.level-one:hover > .level-two {
  display: block;
}

.level-two {
  left: 130%;
  top: 0;
}

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