Dropdown Module

A simple, lightweight JavaScript module for creating dropdown menus. It allows you to easily add interactive dropdown menus to your web projects with minimal effort.

Installation

You can install this module via npm:

npm install easy-dropdown-menu

Usage

After installing the module, you can use it in your project as follows:

Importing the Module

First, import the Dropdown module into your file.

import Dropdown from 'easy-dropdown-menu';

Initializing a Dropdown

To initialize a dropdown, simply create a new instance of Dropdown and pass the selector of your dropdown element along with any optional configuration options.

For example, given the following HTML structure:

<li class="dropdown">
    <a href="#" class="dropbtn">Dropdown 1</a>
    <div class="dropdown-content">
        <a href="#">Link 1</a>
        <a href="#">Link 2</a>
        <a href="#">Link 3</a>
    </div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown">
    <a href="#" class="dropbtn">Dropdown 2</a>
    <div class="dropdown-content">
        <a href="#">Link 4</a>
        <a href="#">Link 5</a>
        <a href="#">Link 6</a>
    </div>
</li>

You can initialize the dropdown with:

new Dropdown('.dropdown')

Styling

The Dropdown module does not come with predefined styles. You will need to add your own CSS to style your dropdown. Here is a simple example:

/* Style for the dropdown content (the links) */
.dropdown-content {
    display: none; /* Hide the dropdown menu */
    position: absolute;
    background-color: #f9f9f9; /* Light grey */
    min-width: 160px; /* Minimum width */
    box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
    z-index: 1;
}

/* Style for the links within the dropdown */
.dropdown-content a {
    color: black;
    padding: 12px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
}

/* Change the color of the links on hover */
.dropdown-content a:hover {background-color: #f1f1f1}

/* Show the dropdown menu when the dropdown button is focused (for accessibility) */
.dropbtn:focus + .dropdown-content {
    display: block;
}

/* Show the dropdown menu when the 'is-active' class is present */
.dropdown-content.is-active {
    display: block;
}

Contributing

Contributions are always welcome! Please create an issue or submit a pull request if you'd like to help improve this module.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.