I decided to incorporate a horizontal selection menu from CodePen into my project, and you can find the source code here
Here is the outcome:
var btn = document.querySelector("button")
var dropdown = document.querySelector(".dropdown-options")
var optionLinks = document.querySelectorAll(".option a")
console.log(optionLinks)
btn.addEventListener("click", function(e) {
e.preventDefault()
console.log("btn")
dropdown.classList.toggle("open")
});
var clickFn = function(e) {
e.preventDefault()
dropdown.classList.remove("open")
btn.innerHTML = this.text
var activeLink = document.querySelector(".option .active")
if (activeLink) {
activeLink.classList.remove("active")
}
this.classList.add("active")
}
for (var i = 0; i < optionLinks.length; i++) {
optionLinks[i].addEventListener("mousedown", clickFn, false)
}.container {
max-width: 500px;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-left: 0px;
}
.container button {
position: relative;
background: none;
border: none;
outline: none;
font-size: 16px;
border-bottom: 2px solid #9b9b9b;
padding-bottom: 8px;
min-width: 150px;
text-align: left;
outline: none;
cursor: pointer;
z-index: 2;
}
.container button:after {
content: '▾';
position: absolute;
right: 0px;
top: 0%;
color: rgb(142, 142, 142);
}
.container .dropdown {
position: relative;
}
.container .dropdown .dropdown-options {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background: white;
box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24);
display: inline-block;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
bottom: 0;
opacity: 0;
-webkit-transform: scale(0.8) translate3d(-20px, 0px, 0);
transform: scale(0.8) translate3d(-20px, 0px, 0);
-webkit-transition: opacity 0.1s cubic-bezier(0.5, 2, 0.5, 0.75), -webkit-transform 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.5, 2, 0.5, 0.75);
transition: opacity 0.1s cubic-bezier(0.5, 2, 0.5, 0.75), -webkit-transform 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.5, 2, 0.5, 0.75);
transition: opacity 0.1s cubic-bezier(0.5, 2, 0.5, 0.75), transform 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.5, 2, 0.5, 0.75);
transition: opacity 0.1s cubic-bezier(0.5, 2, 0.5, 0.75), transform 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.5, 2, 0.5, 0.75), -webkit-transform 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.5, 2, 0.5, 0.75);
-webkit-transform-origin: 0 100%;
transform-origin: 0 100%;
z-index: 1;
}
.container .dropdown .dropdown-options.open {
opacity: 1;
-webkit-transform: scale(1) translate3d(0, 0, 0);
transform: scale(1) translate3d(0, 0, 0);
z-index: 5;
}
.container .dropdown .dropdown-options li {
display: inline-block;
}
.container .dropdown .dropdown-options li a {
text-decoration: none;
display: inline-block;
padding: 10px 16px;
color: #2975DA;
}
.container .dropdown .dropdown-options li a:hover {
color: #2269c7;
}
.container .dropdown .dropdown-options li a.active {
border-bottom: 2px solid #9b9b9b;
color: #9b9b9b;
}
.container .dropdown .dropdown-options li a.active:hover {
color: #9b9b9b;
}<div class="container">
<div class="dropdown">
<button>Type</button>
<ul class="dropdown-options">
<li class="option">
<a href="#">A</a>
</li>
<li class="option">
<a href="#">B</a>
</li>
<li class="option">
<a href="#">C</a>
</li>
<li class="option">
<a href="#">D</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>I'm currently facing some challenges in retrieving the selected `li` element before submitting the form. Since it's not a `select` element and I've integrated this menu within a form, I was wondering if there's an easier way to fetch the selected value of `li` using JavaScript?