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<h1>Minimal CSS: Dropdown Menu</h1>
<p>2019-04-26</p>
<p>I love the idea of stripping away as much CSS as possible, while still maintaining the original UI concept. Let's build out a demo example with a simple menu dropdown element.</p>
<p>Interesting facts about our final CSS menu:</p>
<ul>
<li>Total weight 121 bytes minified! (not including any resets etc.)</li>
<li>No complex HTML structures</li>
<li>Accessibility support</li>
</ul>
<p>Now to see the final code in all it's glory:</p>
<h3>HTML</h3>
<pre><code>&lt;nav&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;&quot;&gt;Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;&quot;&gt;Services&lt;/a&gt;
            &lt;ul&gt;
                &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;&quot;&gt;Design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
                &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;&quot;&gt;Development&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
                &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;&quot;&gt;Custom Pizzas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
            &lt;/ul&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;&quot;&gt;Contact&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/nav&gt;
</code></pre>
<h3>CSS</h3>
<pre><code>/* resets - optional */
ul { list-style: none; padding: 0; }
ul li { display: inline-block; position: relative; }

/* minimal dropdown CSS */
ul li &gt; ul {
    left: -9999px;
    position: absolute;
    visibility: hidden;
}
ul li:hover &gt; ul, ul li:focus-within &gt; ul {
    left: 0;
    visibility: visible;
}
</code></pre>
<h2>Live demo on CodePen</h2>
<p>Feel free to check out the live demo on CodePen <a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/MRLevy">here</a>.</p>
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