Pure CSS Mega Menu
Includes two versions - "click" or "hover" to show the mega menu
Design inspiration: https://sproutsocial.com/
Code inspiration: https://codepen.io/nickelse/pen/YGPJQG
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Code
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Tailwind CSS Mega Menu</title>
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tailwindcss/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<style>
/* ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Based on: https://codepen.io/nickelse/pen/YGPJQG
Influenced by: https://sproutsocial.com/
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– */
/* #Mega Menu Styles
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– */
.mega-menu {
display: none;
left: 0;
position: absolute;
text-align: left;
width: 100%;
}
/* #hoverable Class Styles
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– */
.hoverable {
position: static;
}
.hoverable > a:after {
content: "\25BC";
font-size: 10px;
padding-left: 6px;
position: relative;
top: -1px;
}
.hoverable:hover .mega-menu {
display: block;
}
/* #toggle Class Styles
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– */
.toggleable > label:after {
content: "\25BC";
font-size: 10px;
padding-left: 6px;
position: relative;
top: -1px;
}
.toggle-input {
display: none;
}
.toggle-input:not(checked) ~ .mega-menu {
display: none;
}
.toggle-input:checked ~ .mega-menu {
display: block;
}
.toggle-input:checked + label {
color: white;
background: #2c5282; /*@apply bg-blue-800 */
}
.toggle-input:checked ~ label:after {
content: "\25B2";
font-size: 10px;
padding-left: 6px;
position: relative;
top: -1px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body class="bg-gray-200 font-sans leading-normal tracking-normal">
<nav class="relative bg-white border-b-2 border-gray-300 text-gray-900">
<div class="container mx-auto flex justify-between">
<div class="relative block p-4 lg:p-6 text-xl text-blue-600 font-bold">Logo</div>
<ul class="flex">
<!--Regular Link-->
<li class="hover:bg-blue-800 hover:text-white">
<a href="#" class="relative block py-6 px-2 lg:p-6 text-sm lg:text-base font-bold">Normal</a>
</li>
<!--Toggleable Link-->
<li class="toggleable hover:bg-blue-800 hover:text-white">
<input type="checkbox" value="selected" id="toggle-one" class="toggle-input">
<label for="toggle-one" class="block cursor-pointer py-6 px-4 lg:p-6 text-sm lg:text-base font-bold">Click</label>
<div role="toggle" class="p-6 mega-menu mb-16 sm:mb-0 shadow-xl bg-blue-800">
<div class="container mx-auto w-full flex flex-wrap justify-between mx-2">
<ul class="px-4 w-full sm:w-1/2 lg:w-1/4 border-gray-600 border-b sm:border-r lg:border-b-0 pb-6 pt-6 lg:pt-3">
<h3 class="font-bold text-xl text-white text-bold mb-2">Heading 1</h3>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="px-4 w-full sm:w-1/2 lg:w-1/4 border-gray-600 border-b sm:border-r-0 lg:border-r lg:border-b-0 pb-6 pt-6 lg:pt-3">
<h3 class="font-bold text-xl text-white text-bold mb-2">Heading 2</h3>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="px-4 w-full sm:w-1/2 lg:w-1/4 border-gray-600 border-b sm:border-b-0 sm:border-r md:border-b-0 pb-6 pt-6 lg:pt-3">
<h3 class="font-bold text-xl text-white text-bold">Heading 3</h3>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="block p-3 hover:bg-blue-600 text-gray-300 hover:text-white">Category One Sublink</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="px-4 w-full sm:w-1/2 lg:w-1/4 border-gray-600 pb-6 pt-6 lg:pt-3">
<h3 class="font-bold text-xl text-white text-bold mb-2">Heading 4</h3>
<li class="pt-3">
<img src="https://placehold.it/205x172">
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<!-- ## Toggleable Link Template ##
<li class="toggleable"><input type="checkbox" value="selected" id="toggle-xxx" class="toggle-input"><label for="toggle-xxx" class="cursor-pointer">Click</label><div role="toggle" class="mega-menu">
Add your mega menu content
</div></li>
-->
<!--Hoverable Link-->
<li class="hoverable hover:bg-blue-800 hover:text-white">
<a href="#" class="relative block py-6 px-4 lg:p-6 text-sm lg:text-base font-bold hover:bg-blue-800 hover:text-white">Hover</a>
<div class="p-6 mega-menu mb-16 sm:mb-0 shadow-xl bg-blue-800">
<div class="container mx-auto w-full flex flex-wrap justify-between mx-2">
<div class="w-full text-white mb-8">
<h2 class="font-bold text-2xl">Main Hero Message for the menu section</h2>
<p>Sub-hero message, not too long and not too short. Make it just right!</p>
</div>
<ul class="px-4 w-full sm:w-1/2 lg:w-1/4 border-gray-600 border-b sm:border-r lg:border-b-0 pb-6 pt-6 lg:pt-3">
<div class="flex items-center">
<svg class="h-8 mb-3 mr-3 fill-current text-white"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20">
<path d="M3 6c0-1.1.9-2 2-2h8l4-4h2v16h-2l-4-4H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2H1V6h2zm8 9v5H8l-1.67-5H5v-2h8v2h-2z"/>
</svg>
<h3 class="font-bold text-xl text-white text-bold mb-2">Heading 1</h3>
</div>
<p class="text-gray-100 text-sm">Quarterly sales are at an all-time low create spaces to explore the accountable talk and blind vampires.</p>
<div class="flex items-center py-3">
<svg class="h-6 pr-3 fill-current text-blue-300"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20">
<path d="M20 10a10 10 0 1 1-20 0 10 10 0 0 1 20 0zm-2 0a8 8 0 1 0-16 0 8 8 0 0 0 16 0zm-8 2H5V8h5V5l5 5-5 5v-3z"/>
</svg>
<a href="#" class="text-white bold border-b-2 border-blue-300 hover:text-blue-300">Find out more...</a>
</div>
</ul>
<ul class="px-4 w-full sm:w-1/2 lg:w-1/4 border-gray-600 border-b sm:border-r-0 lg:border-r lg:border-b-0 pb-6 pt-6 lg:pt-3">
<div class="flex items-center">
<svg class="h-8 mb-3 mr-3 fill-current text-white"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20">
<path d="M4.13 12H4a2 2 0 1 0 1.8 1.11L7.86 10a2.03 2.03 0 0 0 .65-.07l1.55 1.55a2 2 0 1 0 3.72-.37L15.87 8H16a2 2 0 1 0-1.8-1.11L12.14 10a2.03 2.03 0 0 0-.65.07L9.93 8.52a2 2 0 1 0-3.72.37L4.13 12zM0 4c0-1.1.9-2 2-2h16a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v12a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H2a2 2 0 0 1-2-2V4z"/>
</svg>
<h3 class="font-bold text-xl text-white text-bold mb-2">Heading 2</h3>
</div>
<p class="text-gray-100 text-sm">Prioritize these line items game-plan draw a line in the sand come up with something buzzworthy UX upstream selling.</p>
<div class="flex items-center py-3">
<svg class="h-6 pr-3 fill-current text-blue-300"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20">
<path d="M20 10a10 10 0 1 1-20 0 10 10 0 0 1 20 0zm-2 0a8 8 0 1 0-16 0 8 8 0 0 0 16 0zm-8 2H5V8h5V5l5 5-5 5v-3z"/>
</svg>
<a href="#" class="text-white bold border-b-2 border-blue-300 hover:text-blue-300">Find out more...</a>
</div>
</ul>
<ul class="px-4 w-full sm:w-1/2 lg:w-1/4 border-gray-600 border-b sm:border-b-0 sm:border-r md:border-b-0 pb-6 pt-6 lg:pt-3">
<div class="flex items-center">
<svg class="h-8 mb-3 mr-3 fill-current text-white"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20">
<path d="M2 4v14h14v-6l2-2v10H0V2h10L8 4H2zm10.3-.3l4 4L8 16H4v-4l8.3-8.3zm1.4-1.4L16 0l4 4-2.3 2.3-4-4z"/>
</svg>
<h3 class="font-bold text-xl text-white text-bold mb-2">Heading 3</h3>
</div>
<p class="text-gray-100 text-sm">This proposal is a win-win situation which will cause a stellar paradigm shift, let's touch base off-line before we fire the new ux experience.</p>
<div class="flex items-center py-3">
<svg class="h-6 pr-3 fill-current text-blue-300"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20">
<path d="M20 10a10 10 0 1 1-20 0 10 10 0 0 1 20 0zm-2 0a8 8 0 1 0-16 0 8 8 0 0 0 16 0zm-8 2H5V8h5V5l5 5-5 5v-3z"/>
</svg>
<a href="#" class="text-white bold border-b-2 border-blue-300 hover:text-blue-300">Find out more...</a>
</div>
</ul>
<ul class="px-4 w-full sm:w-1/2 lg:w-1/4 border-gray-600 pb-6 pt-6 lg:pt-3">
<div class="flex items-center">
<svg class="h-8 mb-3 mr-3 fill-current text-white"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20">
<path d="M9 12H1v6a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h14a2 2 0 0 0 2-2v-6h-8v2H9v-2zm0-1H0V5c0-1.1.9-2 2-2h4V2a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h4a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v1h4a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v6h-9V9H9v2zm3-8V2H8v1h4z"/>
</svg>
<h3 class="font-bold text-xl text-white text-bold mb-2">Heading 4</h3>
</div>
<p class="text-gray-100 text-sm">This is a no-brainer to wash your face, or we need to future-proof this high performance keywords granularity.</p>
<div class="flex items-center py-3">
<svg class="h-6 pr-3 fill-current text-blue-300"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20">
<path d="M20 10a10 10 0 1 1-20 0 10 10 0 0 1 20 0zm-2 0a8 8 0 1 0-16 0 8 8 0 0 0 16 0zm-8 2H5V8h5V5l5 5-5 5v-3z"/>
</svg>
<a href="#" class="text-white bold border-b-2 border-blue-300 hover:text-blue-300">Find out more...</a>
</div>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<!-- ## Hoverable Link Template ##
<li class="hoverable hover:bg-blue-800 hover:text-white"><a href="#" class="relative block">x</a><div class="mega-menu">
Add your mega menu content
</div></li>
-->
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
</body>
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