How can I increase the spacing between my dropdown button and content?-CodePudding

I want to increase the transparent area between my dropdown button and its content so that the dropdown content lines up with the bottom of my navbar. I've tried using vertical-align: top in my code, which doesn't work.

Because I'm unsure of whether or not something in my navbar code is affecting the dropdown content, the code for both the dropdown/navbar is shown below.

.navbar {
  verical-align: top;
  
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0em;
  background-color: #f79256;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-align: center;
  width: 100vw;  

  padding: .5em;
}

.navbar a {
  vertical-align: top;
  
  float: center;
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  overflow-y: hidden;
  
  color: #fbfffa;
  text-decoration: none;
  font-family: "Quicksand", sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.5em;

  margin-left: 0.75em;
  margin-right: 0.75em;
}

.navbar a:after {
  content: '';
  width: 0; height: 3px;
  display: block;
  margin-top: 1px;
  right: 0;
  background: #fbb68e;
  transition: width .2s ease;
}

.navbar a:hover:after {
  width: 100%;
  left: 0;
  background: #fbb68e;
}

/* dropdown part of nav bar */
.dropdown {
  float: center;
  display: inline-block;
  overflow: hidden;

  vertical-align: top;
}

.dropdown .dropdown-button {
  background: #f79256;
  color: #fbfffa;
  font-family: "Quicksand", sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.5em;

  vertical-align: top;

  position: relative;

  outline: none;
  border: none;

  margin-left: 1em;
  margin-right: 1em;
  
}

.dropdown-content {
  display: none;
  position: absolute;
  
  background-color: #fffef0;
  box-shadow: 0px 4px 8px 0px #f0e6d6, 0px 6px 20px 0px #f0e6d6;
  z-index: 1;

  padding: 0px 0px 7.5px 0px;
}

.dropdown-content a {
  display: block;
  text-align: left;
  float: none;
  
  font-family: "Quicksand", sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.2em;
  color: #033d4f;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.dropdown-content a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline 2.5px #15c1a4;
  text-underline-offset: 0.15em;
}

.dropdown-content a:hover:after {
    animation-name: none;
    width: 0;
}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
  display: block;
}

    <div >
      <a href="index.html">home</a>
      <div >
        <button >about</button>
        <div >
          <a href="purpose.html">purpose</a>
          <a href="team.html">our team</a>
        </div>
      </div>
      <a href="important.html">important</a>
      <a href="contact.html">contact</a>
    </div>

CodePudding user response：

Try by adding some margin to the dropdown-content element

.navbar {
  verical-align: top;
  
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0em;
  background-color: #f79256;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-align: center;
  width: 100vw;  

  padding: .5em;
}

.navbar a {
  vertical-align: top;
  
  float: center;
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  overflow-y: hidden;
  
  color: #fbfffa;
  text-decoration: none;
  font-family: "Quicksand", sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.5em;

  margin-left: 0.75em;
  margin-right: 0.75em;
}

.navbar a:after {
  content: '';
  width: 0; height: 3px;
  display: block;
  margin-top: 1px;
  right: 0;
  background: #fbb68e;
  transition: width .2s ease;
}

.navbar a:hover:after {
  width: 100%;
  left: 0;
  background: #fbb68e;
}

/* dropdown part of nav bar */
.dropdown {
  float: center;
  display: inline-block;
  overflow: hidden;

  vertical-align: top;
}

.dropdown .dropdown-button {
  background: #f79256;
  color: #fbfffa;
  font-family: "Quicksand", sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.5em;

  vertical-align: top;

  position: relative;

  outline: none;
  border: none;

  margin-left: 1em;
  margin-right: 1em;
  
}

.dropdown-content {
  margin-top: 10px;
  display: none;
  position: absolute;
  
  background-color: #fffef0;
  box-shadow: 0px 4px 8px 0px #f0e6d6, 0px 6px 20px 0px #f0e6d6;
  z-index: 1;

  padding: 0px 0px 7.5px 0px;
}

.dropdown-content a {
  display: block;
  text-align: left;
  float: none;
  
  font-family: "Quicksand", sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.2em;
  color: #033d4f;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.dropdown-content a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline 2.5px #15c1a4;
  text-underline-offset: 0.15em;
}

.dropdown-content a:hover:after {
    animation-name: none;
    width: 0;
}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
  display: block;
}

    <div >
      <a href="index.html">home</a>
      <div >
        <button >about</button>
        <div >
          <a href="purpose.html">purpose</a>
          <a href="team.html">our team</a>
        </div>
      </div>
      <a href="important.html">important</a>
      <a href="contact.html">contact</a>
    </div>

CodePudding user response：

by adding some padding to the dropdown-content

.navbar {
  verical-align: top;
  
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0em;
  background-color: #f79256;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-align: center;
  width: 100vw;  

  padding: .5em;
}

.navbar a {
  vertical-align: top;
  
  float: center;
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  overflow-y: hidden;
  
  color: #fbfffa;
  text-decoration: none;
  font-family: "Quicksand", sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.5em;

  margin-left: 0.75em;
  margin-right: 0.75em;
}

.navbar a:after {
  content: '';
  width: 0; height: 3px;
  display: block;
  margin-top: 1px;
  right: 0;
  background: #fbb68e;
  transition: width .2s ease;
}

.navbar a:hover:after {
  width: 100%;
  left: 0;
  background: #fbb68e;
}

/* dropdown part of nav bar */
.dropdown {
  float: center;
  display: inline-block;
  overflow: hidden;

  vertical-align: top;
}

.dropdown .dropdown-button {
  background: #f79256;
  color: #fbfffa;
  font-family: "Quicksand", sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.5em;

  vertical-align: top;

  position: relative;

  outline: none;
  border: none;

  margin-left: 1em;
  margin-right: 1em;
  
}

.dropdown-content {
  display: none;
  position: absolute;
  
  background-color: #fffef0;
  box-shadow: 0px 4px 8px 0px #f0e6d6, 0px 6px 20px 0px #f0e6d6;
  z-index: 1;
  padding-top: 10px;
  padding: 0px 0px 7.5px 0px;
}

.dropdown-content a {
  display: block;
  text-align: left;
  float: none;
  padding : 10px 0 ;
  font-family: "Quicksand", sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.2em;
  color: #033d4f;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.dropdown-content a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline 2.5px #15c1a4;
  text-underline-offset: 0.15em;
}

.dropdown-content a:hover:after {
    animation-name: none;
    width: 0;
}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
  display: block;
}

    <div >
      <a href="index.html">home</a>
      <div >
        <button >about</button>
        <div >
          <a href="purpose.html">purpose</a>
          <a href="team.html">our team</a>
        </div>
      </div>
      <a href="important.html">important</a>
      <a href="contact.html">contact</a>
    </div>

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