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Positioning my submenus


Currently, when revealing my submenus they appear like this:

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What I want is for it to appear to the right of the main menu, without changing the height of the main menu. Perhaps, something like this:

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I cant seem to figure out the CSS in order to do this.

HTML Code:

<div id="sortmenu">
    <div id="sortmenu_wrapper">
        <ul>
            <li><a>Song</a>
                <ul class="sortsubmenu">
                    <li><a href='#'>A to Z</a></li><li>
                    <a href='#'>Z to A</a></li>
                </ul>
            </li><li>
            <a>Artist</a>
                <ul class="sortsubmenu">
                    <li><a href='#'>A to Z</a></li><li>
                    <a href='#'>Z to A</a></li>
                </ul>
            </li><li>
            <a>Album</a>
                <ul class="sortsubmenu">
                    <li><a href='#'>A to Z</a></li><li>
                    <a href='#'>Z to A</a></li>
                </ul>
            </li><li>   
            <a>Genre</a>
                <ul class="sortsubmenu">
                    <li><a href='#'>A to Z</a></li><li>
                    <a href='#'>Z to A</a></li>
                </ul>
            </li><li>
            <a>Release Date</a>
                <ul class="sortsubmenu">
                    <li><a href='#'>Newest to Oldest</a></li><li>
                    <a href='#'>Oldest to Newest</a></li>
                </ul>
            </li><li>
            <a>BPM</a>
                <ul class="sortsubmenu">
                    <li><a href='#'>Slowest to Fastest</a></li><li>
                    <a href='#'>Fastest to Slowest</a></li>
                </ul>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</div>

CSS Code:

#sortmenu {
background-color: #222;
width: 200px;
position: absolute;
margin-top: 15px;
margin-left: 15px;
border: 5px solid DarkBlue;
}
#sortmenu_wrapper {
width: 200px;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: left;
}





#sortmenu ul {
list-style-type: none;
padding-left: 0px;
margin: 0px;
position: relative;
min-width: 200px;
}
#sortmenu ul > li {
display: block;
width: 200px;
}
#sortmenu ul li:hover {
background-color: #333;
}
#sortmenu ul li a{
color: #CCC;
display: block;
padding: 15px;
text-decoration: none;
}

#sortmenu ul li:hover > ul {
display: block;
}


.sortsubmenu {
display: none;
position: absolute;
background-color: #333;
border: 5px solid DarkBlue;
border-left: 0;
margin-left: -5px;
width: 200px;
left: 100%;
margin-top: -30px;
}
.sortsubmenu > li {
display: block;
position: relative;
}
.sortsubmenu li a:hover {
color: #699;
}

Solution

  • Hi now define your #sortmenu ul > li position: relative; and #sortmenu ul > li ul to this

    position:absolute;
            right:0;
            top:-5px;
    

    As like this

    #sortmenu ul > li {
        position: relative;
    }
    #sortmenu ul > li ul{
        position:absolute;
        right:0;
        top:-5px;
    }
    

    ==============Demo is

    #sortmenu {
    background-color: #222;
    width: 200px;
    position: absolute;
    margin-top: 15px;
    margin-left: 15px;
    border: 5px solid DarkBlue;
    }
    #sortmenu_wrapper {
    width: 200px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    text-align: left;
    }
    
    
    
    
    
    #sortmenu ul {
    list-style-type: none;
    padding-left: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
    position: relative;
    min-width: 200px;
    }
    #sortmenu ul > li {
    display: block;
    width: 200px;
        position: relative;
    }
    #sortmenu ul > li ul{
        position:absolute;
        right:0;
        top:-5px;
    }
    #sortmenu ul li:hover {
    background-color: #333;
    }
    #sortmenu ul li a{
    color: #CCC;
    display: block;
    padding: 15px;
    text-decoration: none;
    }
    
    #sortmenu ul li:hover > ul {
    display: block;
    }
    
    
    .sortsubmenu {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    background-color: #333;
    border: 5px solid DarkBlue;
    border-left: 0;
    margin-left: -5px;
    width: 200px;
    left: 100%;
    margin-top: -30px;
    }
    .sortsubmenu > li {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    }
    .sortsubmenu li a:hover {
    color: #699;
    }
    <div id="sortmenu">
        <div id="sortmenu_wrapper">
            <ul>
                <li><a>Song</a>
                    <ul class="sortsubmenu">
                        <li><a href='#'>A to Z</a></li><li>
                        <a href='#'>Z to A</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </li><li>
                <a>Artist</a>
                    <ul class="sortsubmenu">
                        <li><a href='#'>A to Z</a></li><li>
                        <a href='#'>Z to A</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </li><li>
                <a>Album</a>
                    <ul class="sortsubmenu">
                        <li><a href='#'>A to Z</a></li><li>
                        <a href='#'>Z to A</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </li><li>   
                <a>Genre</a>
                    <ul class="sortsubmenu">
                        <li><a href='#'>A to Z</a></li><li>
                        <a href='#'>Z to A</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </li><li>
                <a>Release Date</a>
                    <ul class="sortsubmenu">
                        <li><a href='#'>Newest to Oldest</a></li><li>
                        <a href='#'>Oldest to Newest</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </li><li>
                <a>BPM</a>
                    <ul class="sortsubmenu">
                        <li><a href='#'>Slowest to Fastest</a></li><li>
                        <a href='#'>Fastest to Slowest</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div>