10 Best Responsive Dropdown Menus In JavaScript & CSS (2024 Update)

by jQueryScript,

If you are running a large cross-platform site and have a lot of content, then you might need a responsive multi-level dropdown menu to organize and display categories and featured content/products on both desktop and mobile.

In this article you will browse through the top 10 responsive, mobile-friendly, and multi-level dropdown menus built with jQuery and/or pure JavaScript/CSS. I hope you like it.

Originally Published May 10, 2019, updated Feb 01 2024

Table of contents:

jQuery Dropdown Menu Plugins:

Responsive Bootstrap 5/4 Navbar with Multi-level Dropdowns - BootBavbar

The jQuery BootBavbar extends the native Bootstrap 5 and Bootstrap 4 navbar into a responsive multi-level dropdown menu with multi-device support and CSS3 animations.

Responsive Bootstrap 5/4 Navbar with Multi-level Dropdowns - BootBavbar

[Demo] [Download]


Cross-platform Multi-level Dropdown Menu - Vegas Nav

A JavaScript-powered cross-platform navigation system to help you create a responsive, mobile-friendly, multi-level dropdown navbar for your web app.

Cross-platform Multi-level Dropdown Menu - Vegas Nav

[Demo] [Download]


Modern Dropdown Mega Menu In jQuery And CSS3

A responsive, stylish, mobile-friendly mega menu (multi-column dropdown menu) built using JavaScript (jQuery), CSS/CSS3, and nested HTML lists.

Modern Dropdown Mega Menu In jQuery And CSS3

[Demo] [Download]


Responsive and Cross-platform jQuery Navigation Menu Plugin - Smart Menus

A jQuery Navigation Menu plugin for creating responsive and cross-platform multi-level dropdown menus for your site navigation. It comes with a lot of options for customizing your menus and supports all devices such as desktop, tablet, mobile, etc. Please resize the demo page to see how it works on mobile devices.

Responsive and Cross-platform jQuery Navigation Menu Plugin - Smart Menus

[Demo] [Download]


Mobile-friendly Multi-level Dropdown Navigation With jQuery

A simple yet customizable jQuery plugin for creating a responsive multi-level dropdown menu on your site. It has the ability to automatically convert the horizontal navbar into a mobile-friendly vertical accordion menu on small screens for better readability.

Mobile-friendly Multi-level Dropdown Navigation With jQuery

[Demo] [Download]


Vanilla JS Dropdown Menu Libraries:

Responsive Mega Menu In JavaScript

A modern, responsive mega menu template for online stores. Written in Pure JavaScript and CSS/CSS3.

Responsive Mega Menu In JavaScript

[Demo] [Download]


Responsive Multi-level Dropdown Menu For Navbar

A Vanilla JavaScript library that makes it easier to create responsive, mobile-friendly, multi-level dropdown menus for the navbar of your cross-platform web app.

Responsive Multi-level Dropdown Menu For Navbar

[Demo] [Download]


Responsive Multi-level Dropdown Menu With JavaScript And CSS – ozmenu.js

A modern, clean, responsive, multi-level dropdown menu written in vanilla JavaScript and CSS.

Responsive Multi-level Dropdown Menu With JavaScript And CSS – ozmenu.js

[Demo] [Download]


Pure CSS Dropdown Menus:

Create A Multi-Level Drop Down Menu with Pure CSS

A flat designed multi-level drop down menu built with plain Html markup and pure CSS.

Create A Multi-Level Drop Down Menu with Pure CSS

[Demo] [Download]


Pure CSS Multi-level Navigation – menu.css

A tiny CSS library to create multi-level (up to 4) horizontal dropdown menus or vertical expanding menus without any JavaScript.

Pure CSS Multi-level Navigation – menu.css

[Demo] [Download]


Conclusion:

Want more jQuery plugins or JavaScript libraries to create awesome dropdown menus on the web & mobile? Check out the jQuery Dropdown Menu and JS/CSS Dropdown Menu sections.

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