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Bootstrap navbar dropdown with hover effect

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How to show dropdowns with hover effect? Most front-end developers prefer to show dropdown when mouse hovers on it.

Steps to create simple hover navbar
  • It is better to create hover effect only for desktop screens. Use media query @media all and (min-width: 992px) { // CSScode }
  • Hide dropdown menu by adding display:none.
  • Add pseudo-class :hover to nav-item and add class display:block
  • Note: bootstrap has margin-top on dropdown-menu elements. Remove it by adding margin-top:0
Here are basic code snippets

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