I’m very new to coding and trying to create a sidenav with two dropdown menus and one link and i think there’s something wrong with my javascript. the menu is displayed always open and doesn’t close when i click away or click the other dropdown
I know the code is a mess I’m sorry
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<style>
body {
font-family: "Lato", sans-serif;
}
/* Fixed sidenav, full height */
.sidenav {
height: 100%;
width: 200px;
position: fixed;
z-index: 1;
top: 0;
left: 0;
background-color: white;
overflow-x: hidden;
padding-top: 20px;
}
/* Style the sidenav links and the dropdown button */
.sidenav a, .dropdown-btn {
padding: 6px 8px 6px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 20px;
color: #818181;
display: block;
border: none;
background: none;
width: 100%;
text-align: left;
cursor: pointer;
outline: none;
}
/* On mouse-over */
.sidenav a:hover, .dropdown-btn:hover {
color: pink;
}
/* Main content */
.main {
margin-left: 200px; /* Same as the width of the sidenav */
font-size: 20px; /* Increased text to enable scrolling */
padding: 0px 10px;
}
}
/* Dropdown container (hidden by default). Optional: add a lighter background color and some left padding to change the design of the dropdown content */
.dropdown-container {
display: none;
background-color: none;
padding-left: 8px;
}
/* Some media queries for responsiveness */
@media screen and (max-height: 450px) {
.sidenav {padding-top: 15px;}
.sidenav a {font-size: 18px;}
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="sidenav">
<button class="dropdown-btn">Projects and Exhibitions
</button>
<div class="dropdown-container">
<a href="#">Link 1</a>
<a href="#">Link 2</a>
<a href="#">Link 3</a>
</div>
<button class="dropdown-btn">Curatorial
</button>
<div class="dropdown-container">
<a href="#">Link 1</a>
<a href="#">Link 2</a>
<a href="#">Link 3</a>
</div>
<a href="#Information">Information</a>
</div>
<script>
/* Loop through all dropdown buttons to toggle between hiding and showing its dropdown content - This allows the user to have multiple dropdowns without any conflict */
var dropdown = document.getElementsByClassName("dropdown-btn");
var i;
for (i = 0; i < dropdown.length; i++) {
dropdown[i].addEventListener("click", function() {
this.classList.toggle("active");
var dropdownContent = this.nextElementSibling;
if (dropdownContent.style.display === "block") {
dropdownContent.style.display = "none";
} else {
dropdownContent.style.display = "block";
}
});
}
// Close the dropdown menu if the user clicks outside of it
window.onclick = function(event) {
if (!event.target.matches('.dropbtn')) {
var dropdowns = document.getElementsByClassName("dropdown-content");
var i;
for (i = 0; i < dropdowns.length; i++) {
var openDropdown = dropdowns[i];
if (openDropdown.classList.contains('show')) {
openDropdown.classList.remove('show');
}
}
}
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
i tried to change the id’s and mess with the javascript but I really don’t know what I’m doing