I'm building a custom dropdown element for a form and am now altering code I found here: https://codepen.io/qwertie/pen/QBYMdZ
I want the li items to take the space they need horizontally.
If I set the width of .cb-item to 200px manually it sort of works, but I want it to scale automatically.
I tried setting display: inline-block and display: flex on .cb-item. I played around with all values in justify-content, but I can't get the items in the dropdown to use the width of the contents of each li item.
How can I do so?
CSS
/* ------------------------------------------ */
/* ----- combobox / dropdown list styling */
/* ------------------------------------------ */
.less-sticky {
border-radius: 10px;
background-color: red !important;
max-height: 200px;
margin-top: 7px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 3px;
z-index: 10;
overflow-y: scroll !important;
overflow-x: hidden !important;
border-width: 0px 1px 1px;
border-style: solid solid solid;
border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220) rgb(220, 220, 220) rgb(220, 220, 220);
}
.dropdown {
/* "relative" and "inline-block" (or just "block") are needed
here so that "absolute" works correctly in children */
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
}
.dropdown > *:last-child {
/* Using `display:block` here has two desirable effects:
(1) Accessibility: it lets input widgets in the dropdown to
be selected with the tab key when the dropdown is closed.
(2) It lets the opacity transition work.
But it also makes the contents visible, which is undesirable
before the list drops down. To compensate, use `opacity: 0`
and disable mouse pointer events. Another side effect is that
the user can select and copy the contents of the hidden list,
but don't worry, the selected content is invisible. */
display: block;
opacity: 0;
pointer-events: none;
transition: 0.4s; /* fade out */
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 100%;
border: 1px solid #888;
background-color: #fff;
box-shadow: 1px 2px 4px 1px #666;
box-shadow: 1px 2px 4px 1px #4448;
z-index: 9999;
min-width: 100%;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
/* List of situations in which to show the dropdown list.
- Focus dropdown or non-last child of it => show last-child
- Focus .downarrow of combobox => show last-child
- Stay open for focus in last child, unless .less-sticky
- .sticky last child stays open on hover
- .less-sticky stays open on hover, ignores focus in last-child */
.dropdown:focus > *:last-child,
.dropdown > *:focus ~ *:last-child,
.dropdown > .less-sticky:last-child:hover {
display: block;
opacity: 1;
transition: 0.15s;
pointer-events: auto;
}
/* detect Edge/IE and behave if though less-sticky is on for all
dropdowns (otherwise links won't be clickable) */
@supports (-ms-ime-align:auto) {
.dropdown > *:last-child:hover {
display: block;
opacity: 1;
pointer-events: auto;
}
}
/* detect IE and do the same thing. */
@media all and (-ms-high-contrast: none), (-ms-high-contrast: active) {
.dropdown > *:last-child:hover {
display: block;
opacity: 1;
pointer-events: auto;
}
}
.dropdown:not(.sticky) > *:not(:last-child):focus,
.dropdown:focus {
pointer-events: none; /* Causes second click to close */
}
.downarrow:focus {
outline: 2px solid #8BF; /* Edge/IE can't do outline transparency */
outline: 2px solid #48F8;
}
/* ------------------------------------------ */
/* ----- Styling for examples */
/* ------------------------------------------ */
.cb-item {
display: block;
margin: 0px;
padding: 2px;
color: #000;
}
.cb-item:hover, .cb-item:hover > a:visited {
color: #fff;
background-color: #88f;
}
HTML
<div class="dropdown">
<span tabindex="0">dropdown menu V</span>
<div class="less-sticky">
<ul>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="http://yes.net">home page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="http://test.net">My home page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">Stay on this page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">Stay on this page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">Stay on this page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">Stay on this page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">Stay on this page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">Stay on this page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">fd gddsfgpage</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">457567456756 757this page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">Stay on this page</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
try add this
ul{
width: max-content;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
the max-content give the width of the max width of childs
/* ------------------------------------------ */
/* ----- combobox / dropdown list styling */
/* ------------------------------------------ */
.less-sticky {
border-radius: 10px;
background-color: red !important;
max-height: 200px;
margin-top: 7px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 3px;
z-index: 10;
overflow-y: scroll !important;
overflow-x: hidden !important;
border-width: 0px 1px 1px;
border-style: solid solid solid;
border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220) rgb(220, 220, 220) rgb(220, 220, 220);
}
.dropdown {
/* "relative" and "inline-block" (or just "block") are needed
here so that "absolute" works correctly in children */
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
}
.dropdown > *:last-child {
/* Using `display:block` here has two desirable effects:
(1) Accessibility: it lets input widgets in the dropdown to
be selected with the tab key when the dropdown is closed.
(2) It lets the opacity transition work.
But it also makes the contents visible, which is undesirable
before the list drops down. To compensate, use `opacity: 0`
and disable mouse pointer events. Another side effect is that
the user can select and copy the contents of the hidden list,
but don't worry, the selected content is invisible. */
display: block;
opacity: 0;
pointer-events: none;
transition: 0.4s; /* fade out */
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 100%;
border: 1px solid #888;
background-color: #fff;
box-shadow: 1px 2px 4px 1px #666;
box-shadow: 1px 2px 4px 1px #4448;
z-index: 9999;
min-width: 100%;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
/* List of situations in which to show the dropdown list.
- Focus dropdown or non-last child of it => show last-child
- Focus .downarrow of combobox => show last-child
- Stay open for focus in last child, unless .less-sticky
- .sticky last child stays open on hover
- .less-sticky stays open on hover, ignores focus in last-child */
.dropdown:focus > *:last-child,
.dropdown > *:focus ~ *:last-child,
.dropdown > .less-sticky:last-child:hover {
display: block;
opacity: 1;
transition: 0.15s;
pointer-events: auto;
}
/* detect Edge/IE and behave if though less-sticky is on for all
dropdowns (otherwise links won't be clickable) */
@supports (-ms-ime-align:auto) {
.dropdown > *:last-child:hover {
display: block;
opacity: 1;
pointer-events: auto;
}
}
/* detect IE and do the same thing. */
@media all and (-ms-high-contrast: none), (-ms-high-contrast: active) {
.dropdown > *:last-child:hover {
display: block;
opacity: 1;
pointer-events: auto;
}
}
.dropdown:not(.sticky) > *:not(:last-child):focus,
.dropdown:focus {
pointer-events: none; /* Causes second click to close */
}
.downarrow:focus {
outline: 2px solid #8BF; /* Edge/IE can't do outline transparency */
outline: 2px solid #48F8;
}
/* ------------------------------------------ */
/* ----- Styling for examples */
/* ------------------------------------------ */
.cb-item {
display: block;
margin: 0px;
padding: 2px;
color: #000;
}
.cb-item:hover, .cb-item:hover > a:visited {
color: #fff;
background-color: #88f;
}
ul{
width: max-content;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}<div class="dropdown">
<span tabindex="0">dropdown menu V</span>
<div class="less-sticky">
<ul>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="http://yes.net">home page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="http://test.net">My home page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">Stay on this page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">Stay on this page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">Stay on this page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">Stay on this page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">Stay on this page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">Stay on this page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">fd gddsfgpage</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">457567456756 757this page</a></li>
<li class="cb-item"><a href="#">Stay on this page</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>