Useful CSS and JavaScripts to Enhance Header Navigation
Drop-down menu (also known as pull-down menu) is an essential in most web design. It plays important role in the creation of an effective and user friendly website. It’s a good solution to trim down long menu that is overwhelming the screen space, getting them to display in a more organize category-sub category pattern.
In this article, we’d like to show you some of the best drop-down menu scripts we come to know. These drop-down menu varies from CSS only, CSS & Javascripts and menu that will work with your current Javascript library like jQuery, MooTools and Prototype. Full list after jump.
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CSS (Only)
If you are worried about Javascript disabled on client’s browser, these css-only drop down menu will not fail you.
CSS Drop-Down Menu Framework
Title says it all. It’s a framework, released under GNU General Public License. Cross browser compatible, light and easy transformable to mimic a lot of existing drop down menus out there. For example Flickr, Adobe, and MTV.com.
Ultimate CSS only drop-down menu
CSS Express Drop-Down Menus
Help you produce a quick (express) CSS drop-down menu without some of the limitations found in some other "pure" CSS menus.
CSS + Javascripts
With the help of Javascript, drop down menu are more interactive or at least they get some subtle animation that enhance user experience. CSS on the other hand, make sure the look and feel is easily cuztomizable.
All Levels Navigational Menu
CSS/ HTML list based menu with support for infinite levels of sub menus. It’s lightweight and easy to implement.
Drop Down Tabs (5 styles)
Drop Down Tabs is a horizontal CSS tabs menu that supports a second level drop down menu for each of its tabs. Comes in 5 different styles.
Chrome CSS Drop Down Menu
Chrome Menu is a CSS and JavaScript hybrid drop down menu. It’s easy to configure and search engine friendly. The main menu bar consist of a CSS list, while the drop down menus are simply regular DIV tags on page.
jQuerys
If you’ve implemented jQuery Javascript Library on your site, here are some really cool jQuery based drop down menus you should know.
Smooth Navigational Menu
Smooth Navigation Menu is a multi level, CSS list based menu powered using jQuery that makes website navigation a smooth affair. Here’s another similar one – jQuery Multi Level CSS Menu.
Superfish
Superfish is an enhanced Suckerfish-style menu jQuery plugin that takes an existing pure CSS drop-down menu (so it degrades gracefully without JavaScript). [Demo | Download]
MooTools
JavaScript drop down menu using Mootools
Easy, unobtrusive way to create a drop down menu with Mootools 1.2. [Demo | Download]
UvumiTools Dropdown Menu
Simple multi-level menu built from an HTML unorderd list, using Mootools Javascript Framework.
Mimics
Designing the Digg Header
Step by step tutorial on how to build a drop down menu that really looks like Digg’s. [Demo | Download]
Misc.
izzyMenu
Create professional looking CSS menus for your website online, without writing a single line of code or just use some of the ready made ones.
PureCSS Menu
Free CSS Drop Down Menu generator
