Dropdown issue, propably rookie mistake












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I am fairly new in coding and I am trying to create a dropdown menu but can't seem to make it work. I have seen similar questions here and read through almost all of them but me beeing new to this I am not able to apply any of those answers to my code, so that's why I believe a more personalised answer would be a good way for me to understand what's up. It's either something I don't understand about dropdowns or a silly typo that I can't find so any help would be appreciated. Especially any help that could make me understand my error.



I would like to avoid using Bootstrap in order to get a better understanding about how things work. 






.flex-container {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-height: 100%;

}



.header {

  background-color: #ffffff;

  margin: auto;

  height: 100px;

  position: relative;

}



.header__logo {

  width: 250px;

  height: auto;

  position: absolute;

  top: 10px;

  left: 0;

}



.navcontainer {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

}



.navcontainer__active {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: none;

  position: absolute;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-width: 160px;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  z-index: 1;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content_dropdown-link {

  color: #1a1a1a;

  padding: 12px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

  display: block;

  text-align: left;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}



.navcontainer__navbar {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  overflow: hidden;

  background-color: #1a1a1a;

  max-width: 95%;

  margin: auto;

}



.navcontainer__item {

  float: left;

}



.navcontainer__link {

  display: block;

  padding: 8px;

  color: #f2f2f2;

  text-align: center;

  padding: 9px 13px;

  text-decoration: none;

}



.navcontainer__link:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.wrapper {

  margin: auto;

  max-width: 95%;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

}



body {

  background-image: url("/src/images/news.jpg");

  background-size: cover;

  background-repeat: no-repeat;

}



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<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en" dir="ltr">

<title>News Website</title>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./dist/css/styles.css">

<head>

	

</head>



<body>



<div class="wrapper">



<header class="header"> 

	<img src="src/images/logo.png" class="header__logo" alt="Logo">

</header>



<div class="navcontainer">

	<ul class="navcontainer__navbar">

		<li class="navcontainer__item navcontainer__active"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#home">Home</a></li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item">

			<a class="navcontainer__link navcontainer__dropdown" href="javascript:void(0)">Categories</a>

		  <div class="navcontainer__dropdown-content">

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Politics</a>

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Sports</a>

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Finance</a>

		  </div>

		</li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#contact">Contact</a></li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#about">About</a></li>

	</ul>

</div>



<div class="flex-container">

	Hello World!

	

</div>



</div>

</body>



</html>








html css drop-down-menu dropdown







share|improve this question


















  • 1





    take a look at this w3schools.com/howto/…

    – J.vee
    Nov 14 '18 at 12:55











  • Your selector .navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content will never match anything - because .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content is not a descendant of .navcontainer__dropdown, but the “space” between those two selectors is the descendant combinator. To select the immediately following sibling of the hovered element, you would need to use the adjacent sibling combinator instead. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Introduction_to_CSS/…

    – misorude
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:03













  • I agree wth @J.vee. To be more specific you can see the explanation from this link

    – Rüzgar
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:03











  • Will read that very carefully, thank you for your time!

    – Nick Kalfas
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:39
















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I am fairly new in coding and I am trying to create a dropdown menu but can't seem to make it work. I have seen similar questions here and read through almost all of them but me beeing new to this I am not able to apply any of those answers to my code, so that's why I believe a more personalised answer would be a good way for me to understand what's up. It's either something I don't understand about dropdowns or a silly typo that I can't find so any help would be appreciated. Especially any help that could make me understand my error.



I would like to avoid using Bootstrap in order to get a better understanding about how things work. 






.flex-container {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-height: 100%;

}



.header {

  background-color: #ffffff;

  margin: auto;

  height: 100px;

  position: relative;

}



.header__logo {

  width: 250px;

  height: auto;

  position: absolute;

  top: 10px;

  left: 0;

}



.navcontainer {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

}



.navcontainer__active {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: none;

  position: absolute;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-width: 160px;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  z-index: 1;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content_dropdown-link {

  color: #1a1a1a;

  padding: 12px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

  display: block;

  text-align: left;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}



.navcontainer__navbar {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  overflow: hidden;

  background-color: #1a1a1a;

  max-width: 95%;

  margin: auto;

}



.navcontainer__item {

  float: left;

}



.navcontainer__link {

  display: block;

  padding: 8px;

  color: #f2f2f2;

  text-align: center;

  padding: 9px 13px;

  text-decoration: none;

}



.navcontainer__link:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.wrapper {

  margin: auto;

  max-width: 95%;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

}



body {

  background-image: url("/src/images/news.jpg");

  background-size: cover;

  background-repeat: no-repeat;

}



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<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en" dir="ltr">

<title>News Website</title>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./dist/css/styles.css">

<head>

	

</head>



<body>



<div class="wrapper">



<header class="header"> 

	<img src="src/images/logo.png" class="header__logo" alt="Logo">

</header>



<div class="navcontainer">

	<ul class="navcontainer__navbar">

		<li class="navcontainer__item navcontainer__active"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#home">Home</a></li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item">

			<a class="navcontainer__link navcontainer__dropdown" href="javascript:void(0)">Categories</a>

		  <div class="navcontainer__dropdown-content">

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Politics</a>

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Sports</a>

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Finance</a>

		  </div>

		</li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#contact">Contact</a></li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#about">About</a></li>

	</ul>

</div>



<div class="flex-container">

	Hello World!

	

</div>



</div>

</body>



</html>








html css drop-down-menu dropdown







share|improve this question


















  • 1





    take a look at this w3schools.com/howto/…

    – J.vee
    Nov 14 '18 at 12:55











  • Your selector .navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content will never match anything - because .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content is not a descendant of .navcontainer__dropdown, but the “space” between those two selectors is the descendant combinator. To select the immediately following sibling of the hovered element, you would need to use the adjacent sibling combinator instead. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Introduction_to_CSS/…

    – misorude
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:03













  • I agree wth @J.vee. To be more specific you can see the explanation from this link

    – Rüzgar
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:03











  • Will read that very carefully, thank you for your time!

    – Nick Kalfas
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:39














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I am fairly new in coding and I am trying to create a dropdown menu but can't seem to make it work. I have seen similar questions here and read through almost all of them but me beeing new to this I am not able to apply any of those answers to my code, so that's why I believe a more personalised answer would be a good way for me to understand what's up. It's either something I don't understand about dropdowns or a silly typo that I can't find so any help would be appreciated. Especially any help that could make me understand my error.



I would like to avoid using Bootstrap in order to get a better understanding about how things work. 






.flex-container {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-height: 100%;

}



.header {

  background-color: #ffffff;

  margin: auto;

  height: 100px;

  position: relative;

}



.header__logo {

  width: 250px;

  height: auto;

  position: absolute;

  top: 10px;

  left: 0;

}



.navcontainer {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

}



.navcontainer__active {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: none;

  position: absolute;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-width: 160px;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  z-index: 1;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content_dropdown-link {

  color: #1a1a1a;

  padding: 12px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

  display: block;

  text-align: left;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}



.navcontainer__navbar {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  overflow: hidden;

  background-color: #1a1a1a;

  max-width: 95%;

  margin: auto;

}



.navcontainer__item {

  float: left;

}



.navcontainer__link {

  display: block;

  padding: 8px;

  color: #f2f2f2;

  text-align: center;

  padding: 9px 13px;

  text-decoration: none;

}



.navcontainer__link:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.wrapper {

  margin: auto;

  max-width: 95%;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

}



body {

  background-image: url("/src/images/news.jpg");

  background-size: cover;

  background-repeat: no-repeat;

}



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<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en" dir="ltr">

<title>News Website</title>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./dist/css/styles.css">

<head>

	

</head>



<body>



<div class="wrapper">



<header class="header"> 

	<img src="src/images/logo.png" class="header__logo" alt="Logo">

</header>



<div class="navcontainer">

	<ul class="navcontainer__navbar">

		<li class="navcontainer__item navcontainer__active"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#home">Home</a></li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item">

			<a class="navcontainer__link navcontainer__dropdown" href="javascript:void(0)">Categories</a>

		  <div class="navcontainer__dropdown-content">

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Politics</a>

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Sports</a>

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Finance</a>

		  </div>

		</li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#contact">Contact</a></li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#about">About</a></li>

	</ul>

</div>



<div class="flex-container">

	Hello World!

	

</div>



</div>

</body>



</html>








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I am fairly new in coding and I am trying to create a dropdown menu but can't seem to make it work. I have seen similar questions here and read through almost all of them but me beeing new to this I am not able to apply any of those answers to my code, so that's why I believe a more personalised answer would be a good way for me to understand what's up. It's either something I don't understand about dropdowns or a silly typo that I can't find so any help would be appreciated. Especially any help that could make me understand my error.



I would like to avoid using Bootstrap in order to get a better understanding about how things work. 






.flex-container {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-height: 100%;

}



.header {

  background-color: #ffffff;

  margin: auto;

  height: 100px;

  position: relative;

}



.header__logo {

  width: 250px;

  height: auto;

  position: absolute;

  top: 10px;

  left: 0;

}



.navcontainer {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

}



.navcontainer__active {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: none;

  position: absolute;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-width: 160px;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  z-index: 1;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content_dropdown-link {

  color: #1a1a1a;

  padding: 12px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

  display: block;

  text-align: left;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}



.navcontainer__navbar {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  overflow: hidden;

  background-color: #1a1a1a;

  max-width: 95%;

  margin: auto;

}



.navcontainer__item {

  float: left;

}



.navcontainer__link {

  display: block;

  padding: 8px;

  color: #f2f2f2;

  text-align: center;

  padding: 9px 13px;

  text-decoration: none;

}



.navcontainer__link:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.wrapper {

  margin: auto;

  max-width: 95%;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

}



body {

  background-image: url("/src/images/news.jpg");

  background-size: cover;

  background-repeat: no-repeat;

}



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<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en" dir="ltr">

<title>News Website</title>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./dist/css/styles.css">

<head>

	

</head>



<body>



<div class="wrapper">



<header class="header"> 

	<img src="src/images/logo.png" class="header__logo" alt="Logo">

</header>



<div class="navcontainer">

	<ul class="navcontainer__navbar">

		<li class="navcontainer__item navcontainer__active"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#home">Home</a></li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item">

			<a class="navcontainer__link navcontainer__dropdown" href="javascript:void(0)">Categories</a>

		  <div class="navcontainer__dropdown-content">

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Politics</a>

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Sports</a>

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Finance</a>

		  </div>

		</li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#contact">Contact</a></li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#about">About</a></li>

	</ul>

</div>



<div class="flex-container">

	Hello World!

	

</div>



</div>

</body>



</html>








.flex-container {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-height: 100%;

}



.header {

  background-color: #ffffff;

  margin: auto;

  height: 100px;

  position: relative;

}



.header__logo {

  width: 250px;

  height: auto;

  position: absolute;

  top: 10px;

  left: 0;

}



.navcontainer {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

}



.navcontainer__active {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: none;

  position: absolute;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-width: 160px;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  z-index: 1;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content_dropdown-link {

  color: #1a1a1a;

  padding: 12px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

  display: block;

  text-align: left;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}



.navcontainer__navbar {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  overflow: hidden;

  background-color: #1a1a1a;

  max-width: 95%;

  margin: auto;

}



.navcontainer__item {

  float: left;

}



.navcontainer__link {

  display: block;

  padding: 8px;

  color: #f2f2f2;

  text-align: center;

  padding: 9px 13px;

  text-decoration: none;

}



.navcontainer__link:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.wrapper {

  margin: auto;

  max-width: 95%;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

}



body {

  background-image: url("/src/images/news.jpg");

  background-size: cover;

  background-repeat: no-repeat;

}



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<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en" dir="ltr">

<title>News Website</title>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./dist/css/styles.css">

<head>

	

</head>



<body>



<div class="wrapper">



<header class="header"> 

	<img src="src/images/logo.png" class="header__logo" alt="Logo">

</header>



<div class="navcontainer">

	<ul class="navcontainer__navbar">

		<li class="navcontainer__item navcontainer__active"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#home">Home</a></li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item">

			<a class="navcontainer__link navcontainer__dropdown" href="javascript:void(0)">Categories</a>

		  <div class="navcontainer__dropdown-content">

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Politics</a>

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Sports</a>

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Finance</a>

		  </div>

		</li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#contact">Contact</a></li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#about">About</a></li>

	</ul>

</div>



<div class="flex-container">

	Hello World!

	

</div>



</div>

</body>



</html>





.flex-container {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-height: 100%;

}



.header {

  background-color: #ffffff;

  margin: auto;

  height: 100px;

  position: relative;

}



.header__logo {

  width: 250px;

  height: auto;

  position: absolute;

  top: 10px;

  left: 0;

}



.navcontainer {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

}



.navcontainer__active {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: none;

  position: absolute;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-width: 160px;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  z-index: 1;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content_dropdown-link {

  color: #1a1a1a;

  padding: 12px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

  display: block;

  text-align: left;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}



.navcontainer__navbar {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  overflow: hidden;

  background-color: #1a1a1a;

  max-width: 95%;

  margin: auto;

}



.navcontainer__item {

  float: left;

}



.navcontainer__link {

  display: block;

  padding: 8px;

  color: #f2f2f2;

  text-align: center;

  padding: 9px 13px;

  text-decoration: none;

}



.navcontainer__link:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.wrapper {

  margin: auto;

  max-width: 95%;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

}



body {

  background-image: url("/src/images/news.jpg");

  background-size: cover;

  background-repeat: no-repeat;

}



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<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en" dir="ltr">

<title>News Website</title>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./dist/css/styles.css">

<head>

	

</head>



<body>



<div class="wrapper">



<header class="header"> 

	<img src="src/images/logo.png" class="header__logo" alt="Logo">

</header>



<div class="navcontainer">

	<ul class="navcontainer__navbar">

		<li class="navcontainer__item navcontainer__active"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#home">Home</a></li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item">

			<a class="navcontainer__link navcontainer__dropdown" href="javascript:void(0)">Categories</a>

		  <div class="navcontainer__dropdown-content">

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Politics</a>

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Sports</a>

			<a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Finance</a>

		  </div>

		</li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#contact">Contact</a></li>

		<li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#about">About</a></li>

	</ul>

</div>



<div class="flex-container">

	Hello World!

	

</div>



</div>

</body>



</html>





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    take a look at this w3schools.com/howto/…

    – J.vee
    Nov 14 '18 at 12:55











  • Your selector .navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content will never match anything - because .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content is not a descendant of .navcontainer__dropdown, but the “space” between those two selectors is the descendant combinator. To select the immediately following sibling of the hovered element, you would need to use the adjacent sibling combinator instead. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Introduction_to_CSS/…

    – misorude
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:03













  • I agree wth @J.vee. To be more specific you can see the explanation from this link

    – Rüzgar
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:03











  • Will read that very carefully, thank you for your time!

    – Nick Kalfas
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:39














  • 1





    take a look at this w3schools.com/howto/…

    – J.vee
    Nov 14 '18 at 12:55











  • Your selector .navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content will never match anything - because .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content is not a descendant of .navcontainer__dropdown, but the “space” between those two selectors is the descendant combinator. To select the immediately following sibling of the hovered element, you would need to use the adjacent sibling combinator instead. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Introduction_to_CSS/…

    – misorude
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:03













  • I agree wth @J.vee. To be more specific you can see the explanation from this link

    – Rüzgar
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:03











  • Will read that very carefully, thank you for your time!

    – Nick Kalfas
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:39








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take a look at this w3schools.com/howto/…

– J.vee
Nov 14 '18 at 12:55





take a look at this w3schools.com/howto/…

– J.vee
Nov 14 '18 at 12:55













Your selector .navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content will never match anything - because .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content is not a descendant of .navcontainer__dropdown, but the “space” between those two selectors is the descendant combinator. To select the immediately following sibling of the hovered element, you would need to use the adjacent sibling combinator instead. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Introduction_to_CSS/…

– misorude
Nov 14 '18 at 13:03







Your selector .navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content will never match anything - because .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content is not a descendant of .navcontainer__dropdown, but the “space” between those two selectors is the descendant combinator. To select the immediately following sibling of the hovered element, you would need to use the adjacent sibling combinator instead. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Introduction_to_CSS/…

– misorude
Nov 14 '18 at 13:03















I agree wth @J.vee. To be more specific you can see the explanation from this link

– Rüzgar
Nov 14 '18 at 13:03





I agree wth @J.vee. To be more specific you can see the explanation from this link

– Rüzgar
Nov 14 '18 at 13:03













Will read that very carefully, thank you for your time!

– Nick Kalfas
Nov 14 '18 at 13:39





Will read that very carefully, thank you for your time!

– Nick Kalfas
Nov 14 '18 at 13:39












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I have added some css please check it.



Your dropdown is child of li tag so that below css not work for this



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}


Instead of use this:



.navcontainer__item:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

  display: block;

}


Also you need to remove overflow for the ul, other wise you can not show the dropdown.



One more point when you used absolute position please make sure that it's parent have relative position.






.flex-container {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-height: 100%;

}



.header {

  background-color: #ffffff;

  margin: auto;

  height: 100px;

  position: relative;

}



.header__logo {

  width: 250px;

  height: auto;

  position: absolute;

  top: 10px;

  left: 0;

}



.navcontainer {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

}



.navcontainer__active {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: none;

  position: absolute;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-width: 160px;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  z-index: 1;

  left: 0; /*New css added */

  top: 100%; /*New css added */

}



/*New css added */

.navcontainer__item:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

  display: block;

}



/*New css added */

.navcontainer__dropdown-content a {

  display: block;

  color: #fff;

  text-decoration: none;

  padding: 5px 10px;

}

/*New css added */

.navcontainer__dropdown-content a:hover {

  color: red;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content_dropdown-link {

  color: #1a1a1a;

  padding: 12px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

  display: block;

  text-align: left;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}



.navcontainer__navbar {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  /*overflow: hidden;*/

  background-color: #1a1a1a;

  max-width: 95%;

  margin: auto;

}

.navcontainer__navbar:after{

  content:"";

  display: table;

  clear: both;

}

.navcontainer__item {

  float: left;

  position: relative;

}



.navcontainer__link {

  display: block;

  padding: 8px;

  color: #f2f2f2;

  text-align: center;

  padding: 9px 13px;

  text-decoration: none;

}



.navcontainer__link:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.wrapper {

  margin: auto;

  max-width: 95%;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

}



body {

  background-image: url("/src/images/news.jpg");

  background-size: cover;

  background-repeat: no-repeat;

}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en" dir="ltr">

<title>News Website</title>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./dist/css/styles.css">



<head>

</head>



<body>

    <div class="wrapper">

        <header class="header">

            <img src="src/images/logo.png" class="header__logo" alt="Logo">

        </header>

        <div class="navcontainer">

            <ul class="navcontainer__navbar">

                <li class="navcontainer__item navcontainer__active"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#home">Home</a></li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item">

                    <a class="navcontainer__link navcontainer__dropdown" href="javascript:void(0)">Categories</a>

                    <div class="navcontainer__dropdown-content">

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Politics</a>

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Sports</a>

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Finance</a>

                    </div>

                </li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#contact">Contact</a></li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#about">About</a></li>

            </ul>

        </div>

        <div class="flex-container">

            Hello World!

        </div>

    </div>

</body>



</html>








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  • Now it is a nice anwer :)

    – J.vee
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:21











  • Thank you, that helped a lot, I still don't understand why you did many of the other changes you did though, like not hide the overflow on navbar.

    – Nick Kalfas
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:34





















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Looking at your CSS, it looks like a typing error on your part.



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}


Looks like you have an extra dropdown word in there. try



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}





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  • That was a typo indeed,Thank you!

    – Nick Kalfas
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:39











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I have added some css please check it.



Your dropdown is child of li tag so that below css not work for this



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}


Instead of use this:



.navcontainer__item:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

  display: block;

}


Also you need to remove overflow for the ul, other wise you can not show the dropdown.



One more point when you used absolute position please make sure that it's parent have relative position.






.flex-container {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-height: 100%;

}



.header {

  background-color: #ffffff;

  margin: auto;

  height: 100px;

  position: relative;

}



.header__logo {

  width: 250px;

  height: auto;

  position: absolute;

  top: 10px;

  left: 0;

}



.navcontainer {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

}



.navcontainer__active {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: none;

  position: absolute;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-width: 160px;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  z-index: 1;

  left: 0; /*New css added */

  top: 100%; /*New css added */

}



/*New css added */

.navcontainer__item:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

  display: block;

}



/*New css added */

.navcontainer__dropdown-content a {

  display: block;

  color: #fff;

  text-decoration: none;

  padding: 5px 10px;

}

/*New css added */

.navcontainer__dropdown-content a:hover {

  color: red;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content_dropdown-link {

  color: #1a1a1a;

  padding: 12px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

  display: block;

  text-align: left;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}



.navcontainer__navbar {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  /*overflow: hidden;*/

  background-color: #1a1a1a;

  max-width: 95%;

  margin: auto;

}

.navcontainer__navbar:after{

  content:"";

  display: table;

  clear: both;

}

.navcontainer__item {

  float: left;

  position: relative;

}



.navcontainer__link {

  display: block;

  padding: 8px;

  color: #f2f2f2;

  text-align: center;

  padding: 9px 13px;

  text-decoration: none;

}



.navcontainer__link:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.wrapper {

  margin: auto;

  max-width: 95%;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

}



body {

  background-image: url("/src/images/news.jpg");

  background-size: cover;

  background-repeat: no-repeat;

}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en" dir="ltr">

<title>News Website</title>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./dist/css/styles.css">



<head>

</head>



<body>

    <div class="wrapper">

        <header class="header">

            <img src="src/images/logo.png" class="header__logo" alt="Logo">

        </header>

        <div class="navcontainer">

            <ul class="navcontainer__navbar">

                <li class="navcontainer__item navcontainer__active"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#home">Home</a></li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item">

                    <a class="navcontainer__link navcontainer__dropdown" href="javascript:void(0)">Categories</a>

                    <div class="navcontainer__dropdown-content">

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Politics</a>

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Sports</a>

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Finance</a>

                    </div>

                </li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#contact">Contact</a></li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#about">About</a></li>

            </ul>

        </div>

        <div class="flex-container">

            Hello World!

        </div>

    </div>

</body>



</html>








share|improve this answer


























  • Now it is a nice anwer :)

    – J.vee
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:21











  • Thank you, that helped a lot, I still don't understand why you did many of the other changes you did though, like not hide the overflow on navbar.

    – Nick Kalfas
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:34


















1














I have added some css please check it.



Your dropdown is child of li tag so that below css not work for this



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}


Instead of use this:



.navcontainer__item:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

  display: block;

}


Also you need to remove overflow for the ul, other wise you can not show the dropdown.



One more point when you used absolute position please make sure that it's parent have relative position.






.flex-container {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-height: 100%;

}



.header {

  background-color: #ffffff;

  margin: auto;

  height: 100px;

  position: relative;

}



.header__logo {

  width: 250px;

  height: auto;

  position: absolute;

  top: 10px;

  left: 0;

}



.navcontainer {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

}



.navcontainer__active {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: none;

  position: absolute;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-width: 160px;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  z-index: 1;

  left: 0; /*New css added */

  top: 100%; /*New css added */

}



/*New css added */

.navcontainer__item:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

  display: block;

}



/*New css added */

.navcontainer__dropdown-content a {

  display: block;

  color: #fff;

  text-decoration: none;

  padding: 5px 10px;

}

/*New css added */

.navcontainer__dropdown-content a:hover {

  color: red;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content_dropdown-link {

  color: #1a1a1a;

  padding: 12px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

  display: block;

  text-align: left;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}



.navcontainer__navbar {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  /*overflow: hidden;*/

  background-color: #1a1a1a;

  max-width: 95%;

  margin: auto;

}

.navcontainer__navbar:after{

  content:"";

  display: table;

  clear: both;

}

.navcontainer__item {

  float: left;

  position: relative;

}



.navcontainer__link {

  display: block;

  padding: 8px;

  color: #f2f2f2;

  text-align: center;

  padding: 9px 13px;

  text-decoration: none;

}



.navcontainer__link:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.wrapper {

  margin: auto;

  max-width: 95%;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

}



body {

  background-image: url("/src/images/news.jpg");

  background-size: cover;

  background-repeat: no-repeat;

}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en" dir="ltr">

<title>News Website</title>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./dist/css/styles.css">



<head>

</head>



<body>

    <div class="wrapper">

        <header class="header">

            <img src="src/images/logo.png" class="header__logo" alt="Logo">

        </header>

        <div class="navcontainer">

            <ul class="navcontainer__navbar">

                <li class="navcontainer__item navcontainer__active"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#home">Home</a></li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item">

                    <a class="navcontainer__link navcontainer__dropdown" href="javascript:void(0)">Categories</a>

                    <div class="navcontainer__dropdown-content">

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Politics</a>

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Sports</a>

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Finance</a>

                    </div>

                </li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#contact">Contact</a></li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#about">About</a></li>

            </ul>

        </div>

        <div class="flex-container">

            Hello World!

        </div>

    </div>

</body>



</html>








share|improve this answer


























  • Now it is a nice anwer :)

    – J.vee
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:21











  • Thank you, that helped a lot, I still don't understand why you did many of the other changes you did though, like not hide the overflow on navbar.

    – Nick Kalfas
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:34
















1












1








1







I have added some css please check it.



Your dropdown is child of li tag so that below css not work for this



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}


Instead of use this:



.navcontainer__item:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

  display: block;

}


Also you need to remove overflow for the ul, other wise you can not show the dropdown.



One more point when you used absolute position please make sure that it's parent have relative position.






.flex-container {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-height: 100%;

}



.header {

  background-color: #ffffff;

  margin: auto;

  height: 100px;

  position: relative;

}



.header__logo {

  width: 250px;

  height: auto;

  position: absolute;

  top: 10px;

  left: 0;

}



.navcontainer {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

}



.navcontainer__active {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: none;

  position: absolute;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-width: 160px;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  z-index: 1;

  left: 0; /*New css added */

  top: 100%; /*New css added */

}



/*New css added */

.navcontainer__item:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

  display: block;

}



/*New css added */

.navcontainer__dropdown-content a {

  display: block;

  color: #fff;

  text-decoration: none;

  padding: 5px 10px;

}

/*New css added */

.navcontainer__dropdown-content a:hover {

  color: red;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content_dropdown-link {

  color: #1a1a1a;

  padding: 12px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

  display: block;

  text-align: left;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}



.navcontainer__navbar {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  /*overflow: hidden;*/

  background-color: #1a1a1a;

  max-width: 95%;

  margin: auto;

}

.navcontainer__navbar:after{

  content:"";

  display: table;

  clear: both;

}

.navcontainer__item {

  float: left;

  position: relative;

}



.navcontainer__link {

  display: block;

  padding: 8px;

  color: #f2f2f2;

  text-align: center;

  padding: 9px 13px;

  text-decoration: none;

}



.navcontainer__link:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.wrapper {

  margin: auto;

  max-width: 95%;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

}



body {

  background-image: url("/src/images/news.jpg");

  background-size: cover;

  background-repeat: no-repeat;

}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en" dir="ltr">

<title>News Website</title>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./dist/css/styles.css">



<head>

</head>



<body>

    <div class="wrapper">

        <header class="header">

            <img src="src/images/logo.png" class="header__logo" alt="Logo">

        </header>

        <div class="navcontainer">

            <ul class="navcontainer__navbar">

                <li class="navcontainer__item navcontainer__active"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#home">Home</a></li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item">

                    <a class="navcontainer__link navcontainer__dropdown" href="javascript:void(0)">Categories</a>

                    <div class="navcontainer__dropdown-content">

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Politics</a>

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Sports</a>

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Finance</a>

                    </div>

                </li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#contact">Contact</a></li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#about">About</a></li>

            </ul>

        </div>

        <div class="flex-container">

            Hello World!

        </div>

    </div>

</body>



</html>








share|improve this answer















I have added some css please check it.



Your dropdown is child of li tag so that below css not work for this



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}


Instead of use this:



.navcontainer__item:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

  display: block;

}


Also you need to remove overflow for the ul, other wise you can not show the dropdown.



One more point when you used absolute position please make sure that it's parent have relative position.






.flex-container {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-height: 100%;

}



.header {

  background-color: #ffffff;

  margin: auto;

  height: 100px;

  position: relative;

}



.header__logo {

  width: 250px;

  height: auto;

  position: absolute;

  top: 10px;

  left: 0;

}



.navcontainer {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

}



.navcontainer__active {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: none;

  position: absolute;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-width: 160px;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  z-index: 1;

  left: 0; /*New css added */

  top: 100%; /*New css added */

}



/*New css added */

.navcontainer__item:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

  display: block;

}



/*New css added */

.navcontainer__dropdown-content a {

  display: block;

  color: #fff;

  text-decoration: none;

  padding: 5px 10px;

}

/*New css added */

.navcontainer__dropdown-content a:hover {

  color: red;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content_dropdown-link {

  color: #1a1a1a;

  padding: 12px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

  display: block;

  text-align: left;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}



.navcontainer__navbar {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  /*overflow: hidden;*/

  background-color: #1a1a1a;

  max-width: 95%;

  margin: auto;

}

.navcontainer__navbar:after{

  content:"";

  display: table;

  clear: both;

}

.navcontainer__item {

  float: left;

  position: relative;

}



.navcontainer__link {

  display: block;

  padding: 8px;

  color: #f2f2f2;

  text-align: center;

  padding: 9px 13px;

  text-decoration: none;

}



.navcontainer__link:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.wrapper {

  margin: auto;

  max-width: 95%;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

}



body {

  background-image: url("/src/images/news.jpg");

  background-size: cover;

  background-repeat: no-repeat;

}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en" dir="ltr">

<title>News Website</title>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./dist/css/styles.css">



<head>

</head>



<body>

    <div class="wrapper">

        <header class="header">

            <img src="src/images/logo.png" class="header__logo" alt="Logo">

        </header>

        <div class="navcontainer">

            <ul class="navcontainer__navbar">

                <li class="navcontainer__item navcontainer__active"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#home">Home</a></li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item">

                    <a class="navcontainer__link navcontainer__dropdown" href="javascript:void(0)">Categories</a>

                    <div class="navcontainer__dropdown-content">

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Politics</a>

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Sports</a>

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Finance</a>

                    </div>

                </li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#contact">Contact</a></li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#about">About</a></li>

            </ul>

        </div>

        <div class="flex-container">

            Hello World!

        </div>

    </div>

</body>



</html>








.flex-container {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-height: 100%;

}



.header {

  background-color: #ffffff;

  margin: auto;

  height: 100px;

  position: relative;

}



.header__logo {

  width: 250px;

  height: auto;

  position: absolute;

  top: 10px;

  left: 0;

}



.navcontainer {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

}



.navcontainer__active {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: none;

  position: absolute;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-width: 160px;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  z-index: 1;

  left: 0; /*New css added */

  top: 100%; /*New css added */

}



/*New css added */

.navcontainer__item:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

  display: block;

}



/*New css added */

.navcontainer__dropdown-content a {

  display: block;

  color: #fff;

  text-decoration: none;

  padding: 5px 10px;

}

/*New css added */

.navcontainer__dropdown-content a:hover {

  color: red;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content_dropdown-link {

  color: #1a1a1a;

  padding: 12px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

  display: block;

  text-align: left;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}



.navcontainer__navbar {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  /*overflow: hidden;*/

  background-color: #1a1a1a;

  max-width: 95%;

  margin: auto;

}

.navcontainer__navbar:after{

  content:"";

  display: table;

  clear: both;

}

.navcontainer__item {

  float: left;

  position: relative;

}



.navcontainer__link {

  display: block;

  padding: 8px;

  color: #f2f2f2;

  text-align: center;

  padding: 9px 13px;

  text-decoration: none;

}



.navcontainer__link:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.wrapper {

  margin: auto;

  max-width: 95%;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

}



body {

  background-image: url("/src/images/news.jpg");

  background-size: cover;

  background-repeat: no-repeat;

}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en" dir="ltr">

<title>News Website</title>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./dist/css/styles.css">



<head>

</head>



<body>

    <div class="wrapper">

        <header class="header">

            <img src="src/images/logo.png" class="header__logo" alt="Logo">

        </header>

        <div class="navcontainer">

            <ul class="navcontainer__navbar">

                <li class="navcontainer__item navcontainer__active"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#home">Home</a></li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item">

                    <a class="navcontainer__link navcontainer__dropdown" href="javascript:void(0)">Categories</a>

                    <div class="navcontainer__dropdown-content">

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Politics</a>

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Sports</a>

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Finance</a>

                    </div>

                </li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#contact">Contact</a></li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#about">About</a></li>

            </ul>

        </div>

        <div class="flex-container">

            Hello World!

        </div>

    </div>

</body>



</html>





.flex-container {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-height: 100%;

}



.header {

  background-color: #ffffff;

  margin: auto;

  height: 100px;

  position: relative;

}



.header__logo {

  width: 250px;

  height: auto;

  position: absolute;

  top: 10px;

  left: 0;

}



.navcontainer {

  margin: auto;

  background-color: #ffffff;

}



.navcontainer__active {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: none;

  position: absolute;

  background-color: #ffffff;

  min-width: 160px;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  z-index: 1;

  left: 0; /*New css added */

  top: 100%; /*New css added */

}



/*New css added */

.navcontainer__item:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

  display: block;

}



/*New css added */

.navcontainer__dropdown-content a {

  display: block;

  color: #fff;

  text-decoration: none;

  padding: 5px 10px;

}

/*New css added */

.navcontainer__dropdown-content a:hover {

  color: red;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown-content_dropdown-link {

  color: #1a1a1a;

  padding: 12px 16px;

  text-decoration: none;

  display: block;

  text-align: left;

}



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}



.navcontainer__navbar {

  list-style-type: none;

  margin: 0;

  padding: 0;

  /*overflow: hidden;*/

  background-color: #1a1a1a;

  max-width: 95%;

  margin: auto;

}

.navcontainer__navbar:after{

  content:"";

  display: table;

  clear: both;

}

.navcontainer__item {

  float: left;

  position: relative;

}



.navcontainer__link {

  display: block;

  padding: 8px;

  color: #f2f2f2;

  text-align: center;

  padding: 9px 13px;

  text-decoration: none;

}



.navcontainer__link:hover {

  background-color: #4d4d4d;

}



.wrapper {

  margin: auto;

  max-width: 95%;

  -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

  box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

}



body {

  background-image: url("/src/images/news.jpg");

  background-size: cover;

  background-repeat: no-repeat;

}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en" dir="ltr">

<title>News Website</title>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./dist/css/styles.css">



<head>

</head>



<body>

    <div class="wrapper">

        <header class="header">

            <img src="src/images/logo.png" class="header__logo" alt="Logo">

        </header>

        <div class="navcontainer">

            <ul class="navcontainer__navbar">

                <li class="navcontainer__item navcontainer__active"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#home">Home</a></li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item">

                    <a class="navcontainer__link navcontainer__dropdown" href="javascript:void(0)">Categories</a>

                    <div class="navcontainer__dropdown-content">

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Politics</a>

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Sports</a>

                        <a class="navcontainer__dropdown-link" href="#">Finance</a>

                    </div>

                </li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#contact">Contact</a></li>

                <li class="navcontainer__item"><a class="navcontainer__link" href="#about">About</a></li>

            </ul>

        </div>

        <div class="flex-container">

            Hello World!

        </div>

    </div>

</body>



</html>






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answered Nov 14 '18 at 13:00









Minal ChauhanMinal Chauhan

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  • Now it is a nice anwer :)

    – J.vee
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:21











  • Thank you, that helped a lot, I still don't understand why you did many of the other changes you did though, like not hide the overflow on navbar.

    – Nick Kalfas
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:34





















  • Now it is a nice anwer :)

    – J.vee
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:21











  • Thank you, that helped a lot, I still don't understand why you did many of the other changes you did though, like not hide the overflow on navbar.

    – Nick Kalfas
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:34



















Now it is a nice anwer :)

– J.vee
Nov 14 '18 at 13:21





Now it is a nice anwer :)

– J.vee
Nov 14 '18 at 13:21













Thank you, that helped a lot, I still don't understand why you did many of the other changes you did though, like not hide the overflow on navbar.

– Nick Kalfas
Nov 14 '18 at 13:34







Thank you, that helped a lot, I still don't understand why you did many of the other changes you did though, like not hide the overflow on navbar.

– Nick Kalfas
Nov 14 '18 at 13:34















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Looking at your CSS, it looks like a typing error on your part.



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}


Looks like you have an extra dropdown word in there. try



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}





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  • That was a typo indeed,Thank you!

    – Nick Kalfas
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:39
















0














Looking at your CSS, it looks like a typing error on your part.



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}


Looks like you have an extra dropdown word in there. try



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}





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  • That was a typo indeed,Thank you!

    – Nick Kalfas
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:39














0












0








0







Looking at your CSS, it looks like a typing error on your part.



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}


Looks like you have an extra dropdown word in there. try



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}





share|improve this answer













Looking at your CSS, it looks like a typing error on your part.



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}


Looks like you have an extra dropdown word in there. try



.navcontainer__dropdown:hover .navcontainer__dropdown-content {

  display: block;

}






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answered Nov 14 '18 at 13:08









Jose GuerraJose Guerra

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  • That was a typo indeed,Thank you!

    – Nick Kalfas
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:39



















  • That was a typo indeed,Thank you!

    – Nick Kalfas
    Nov 14 '18 at 13:39

















That was a typo indeed,Thank you!

– Nick Kalfas
Nov 14 '18 at 13:39





That was a typo indeed,Thank you!

– Nick Kalfas
Nov 14 '18 at 13:39


















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