Question

I am trying to implement a pure CSS menu on hover. Everything works except that when hide the menu and try to show it on hover…it doesnt happen.

Here is my HTML:

         <ul id="nav-menu">
            <li><a href="#" class="first" id="p-menu">A</a></li>
                <ul class="submenu">
                    <li><a href="#">1</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">2</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">3</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">4</a></li>
                </ul>
            <li><a href="#">B</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">C</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">D</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">E</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">F</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">G</a></li>
            <li><a href="#" class="last">H</a></li>
        </ul>

And My CSS:

  #nav-menu {
   position: relative;
     }

       #header .submenu {
        width: 158px;
            height: 133px;
background: url(../images/submenu-bg.png) no-repeat;
position: absolute;
top: 49px; left: -11px;
display: none;

}

            #header .submenu li a {
display: block;
margin: 10px 66px 5px 20px;
border: 0 none;

}

        #header .submenu li a:hover {
display: block;
margin: 10px 66px 3px 20px;
border: 0 none;

}

           #nav-menu #p-menu:hover ul.submenu {
display: block!important;

}

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Answer 1

Your sub menu ul should be nested within your li, not after it. Otherwise this is invalid HTML. Also you should put your p-menu id on the li instead of the a.

Change:

<li><a href="#" class="first" id="p-menu">A</a></li>
<ul class="submenu">
   <li><a href="#">1</a></li>
   <li><a href="#">2</a></li>
   <li><a href="#">3</a></li>
   <li><a href="#">4</a></li>
</ul>

To:

<li id="p-menu"><a href="#" class="first">A</a>
   <ul class="submenu">
      <li><a href="#">1</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">2</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">3</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">4</a></li>
   </ul>
</li>

— SEE EXAMPLE —