Awesome Apple Mac Style Drop Down Menu With Search Box !

Since the Apple-flavored Leopard-text-indent style is currently one of my favorite menu styles. So Today We just came across Stylish Apple Mac Style Drop Down Menu With Search Box. Its a simple yet stylish mac style drop down menu for blogger and wordpress and for any other use. It consists of only CSS + HTML . No jQuery No Images. Loads much faster than any menu :)

This works on almost all top web browsers. So without wasting anytime lets move on to create Stylish Apple Mac Style Drop Down Menu With Search Box for Blogger or WordPress..

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The CSS

Below is the css of Awesome Mac Style Drop Down Menu With Search Box. You can add it to your main site css file. Like If you are using WordPress than paste CSS below in your style.css file and If you are using Blogger/Blogspot than go to Design>Edit HTML and place CSS give below just before ]]></b:skin>

#imenu {
    background: #5e5e5e; /* Old browsers */
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #8a8a8a 0%, #707070 49%, #5e5e5e 51%, #777777 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#8a8a8a), color-stop(49%,#707070), color-stop(51%,#5e5e5e), color-stop(100%,#777777)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #8a8a8a 0%,#707070 49%,#5e5e5e 51%,#777777 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
    background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #8a8a8a 0%,#707070 49%,#5e5e5e 51%,#777777 100%); /* Opera11.10+ */
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #8a8a8a 0%,#707070 49%,#5e5e5e 51%,#777777 100%); /* IE10+ */
    background: linear-gradient(top, #8a8a8a 0%,#707070 49%,#5e5e5e 51%,#777777 100%); /* W3C */    
    -moz-border-radius: 4px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 4px;
    border-radius: 4px;
    color: #fff;
    border: none;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-shadow: -1px -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
    overflow: visible;
    -moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 1px 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) inset;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 1px 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) inset;
    box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 1px 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) inset;
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    margin-bottom: 15px;
    margin-left:0px;
}

#halfnav{float:right;}
#halfnav ul, #halfnav ul li{display:inline;list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0}
#halfnav ul li a{
    display:inline-block;
    margin: 5px;
    font-family:'Lucida Grande',Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;
    font-size:16px;
    padding: 5px;
    color:#fff;
    line-height:20px;
    text-decoration:none;
    background: #5e5e5e; /* Old browsers */
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #8a8a8a 0%, #707070 49%, #5e5e5e 51%, #777777 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#8a8a8a), color-stop(49%,#707070), color-stop(51%,#5e5e5e), color-stop(100%,#777777)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #8a8a8a 0%,#707070 49%,#5e5e5e 51%,#777777 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
    background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #8a8a8a 0%,#707070 49%,#5e5e5e 51%,#777777 100%); /* Opera11.10+ */
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #8a8a8a 0%,#707070 49%,#5e5e5e 51%,#777777 100%); /* IE10+ */
    background: linear-gradient(top, #8a8a8a 0%,#707070 49%,#5e5e5e 51%,#777777 100%); /* W3C */
    -moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.5);
    -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.5);
    text-shadow: 0 -1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.28);
    border: 1px solid #666;    
    -moz-border-radius: 4px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 4px;
    border-radius: 4px;
}
#halfnav ul li a:hover{border: 1px solid #222;box-shadow:inner 0 0 5px #000;-moz-box-shadow:inset 0 0 5px #000;-webkit-box-shadow:inset 0 0 5px#000;background:#444}
#halfnav .current-menu-item a{border: 1px solid #000;}

#nav{position:relative;z-index:2000}
#nav .parent > a, #nav .parent > a:hover{background-image:url(../images/arrow.png);background-position:right;background-repeat:no-repeat}
#nav ul ul .parent > a, #nav ul ul .parent:hover > a:hover, #nav ul ul li:hover ul .parent > a, #nav ul ul li:hover ul .parent > a:hover{background-image:url(../images/arrow-right.png);background-position:right;background-repeat:no-repeat}
#nav ul, #nav ul li{display:inline;list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0}
#nav ul li a{display:inline-block;font-family:'Lucida Grande',Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#fff;line-height:36px;text-decoration:none;text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #333;padding:0 15px;margin-left:-4px;border-right:#777 1px solid}
#nav ul li a:hover{box-shadow:inner 0 0 5px #000;-moz-box-shadow:inset 0 0 5px #000;-webkit-box-shadow:inset 0 0 5px#000;background:#444}
#nav .current-menu-item a{color:#ccc;}
#nav .current-menu-item .sub-menu a{color:#fff;text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #333}
#nav .menu > li:first-child a:hover{border-radius:0}
#nav .menu .sub-menu li a:hover{border-radius:0}
#nav ul li{position:relative}
#nav li ul{display:none;position:absolute;top:27px;left:7px}
#nav li ul a{background:#555}
#nav ul ul li:hover ul, #nav ul ul ul li:hover ul{left:0;margin:-37px 0 11px 180px}
#nav ul li:hover ul{display:inline-block}
#nav ul ul, #nav ul li:hover ul ul, #nav ul ul li:hover ul ul{display:none}
#nav ul li:hover ul, #nav ul ul li:hover ul, #nav ul ul ul li:hover ul{display:block}
#nav ul li:hover ul li a, #nav ul ul li:hover ul li a, #nav ul ul ul li:hover ul li a{border:#777 1px solid;margin:-1px 0 0 -11px}
#nav ul li:hover ul li a{width:150px;padding:0 14px}
#nav ul ul li:hover ul li a{width:150px;padding:0 14px;background-color:#888}
#nav ul ul ul li:hover ul li a{width:150px;padding:0 14px;background-color:#aaa}
#nav .children {z-index: 4000;}

#home {float: left;border-right:#777 1px solid;margin-right:4px;margin-left:15px; height: 36px;}
#home a:hover{opacity: .5}
#nohome {float: left; margin-right:4px;margin-left:5px; height: 35px;}

.searchform {
    -moz-border-radius: 15px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 15px;
    border-radius: 15px;
    width: 160px;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 7px 5px 5px 10px;
    height: 20px;
    box-shadow:inset 0 0 1px #222;
    background: #fff;
    float: right;
    margin-right: 20px;
}

.center .searchform {float:none;}

#morefoot .searchform {float:left;}

.searchform .s{
    margin:0;
    border: none;
    margin: 3px 2px 2px 20px;
    font-size: 12px;
    height: 14px;
    width:    130px;
    color: #333;
    overflow: hidden;
}
#magnify {float:left;position:absolute;margin: 2px 0 0 5px;}

#magnify {margin: 0 0 0 5px\0/IE8+9; /* IE8+9  */}

.searchform .s:focus {outline:0; border:none;}

.searchform .searchsubmit {display:none;}

.row { width: 100%; max-width: 980px; min-width: 727px; margin: 0 auto; }
    /* To fix the grid into a certain size, set max-width to width */
    .row .row { min-width: 0; }
    .column, .columns { margin-left: 4.4%; float: left; min-height: 1px; position: relative; }
    .column:first-child, .columns:first-child { margin-left: 0; }
    [class*="column"] + [class*="column"]:last-child { float: right; }
    .row .three     { width: 21.679%; }
    .row .nine         { width: 73.9%; }
    .row .ten         { width: 82.6%; }
    .row .twelve     { width: 100%; }

The HTML

You can add this HTML code in any place of your site/blog. If you are using WordPress than add below HTML code in your header.php file and If you are using Blogspot than add below code in header gadget (widget) ;)

<div class="container">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="twelve columns" id="imenu">
            <div id="nav" class="nine columns">
             <div id="home"><a href="http://marvblues.com"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-btThtilNthE/T6dLHDZq9tI/AAAAAAAAAiw/E6bSVbOCeH4/s320/home.png" alt="home"></a></div>                           
     <ul id="nav_menu">
        <li><a href="#">Tutorials</a>
             <ul>
                 <li><a href="#">HTML / CSS</a></li>
                 <li><a href="#">JS / jQuery</a>
                     <ul>
                         <li><a href="#">jQuery</a></li>
                         <li><a href="#">JS</a></li>
                     </ul>
                 </li>
                 <li><a href="#">PHP</a></li>
                 <li><a href="#">MySQL</a></li>
                 <li><a href="#">XSLT</a></li>
                 <li><a href="#">Ajax</a></li>
             </ul>
         </li>
         <li><a href="#">Resources</a>
             <ul>
                 <li><a href="#">By category</a>
                     <ul>
                         <li><a href="#">PHP</a></li>
                         <li><a href="#">MySQL</a></li>
                         <li><a href="#">XSLT</a></li>
                         <li><a href="#">Ajax</a></li>
                     </ul>
                 </li>
                 <li><a href="#">By tag name</a>
                     <ul>
                         <li><a href="#">captcha</a></li>
                         <li><a href="#">gallery</a></li>
                         <li><a href="#">animation</a></li>
                     </ul>
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    </ul>               </div>
                            <div class="three columns">

 <form method="get" class="searchform" action="http://marvblues.com/">
     <div id="magnify"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z-PCrVPeUKk/T6dLVTq-8ZI/AAAAAAAAAi8/n2DMxFGILwE/s320/magnify.png" alt="magnify"></div>
     <div><input name="s" class="s" value="Search" id="searchsubmit" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Search') this.value = '';" type="text"></div>
     <div><input class="searchsubmit" value="" type="submit"></div>
 </form>            </div>
                     </div>
     </div>
 </div>

Your turn

I hope you enjoyed this Awesome Mac Style Drop Down Menu With Search Box and the techniques I used. Please share your comments and questions below!

23 thoughts on “Awesome Mac Style Drop Down Menu With Search Box”

Pinugs
October 13, 2012 at 9:05 am

Hi Ammar,
Can i replace the search box with Google Custom Search?

1. Ammar Ali
  October 13, 2012 at 7:13 pm
  
  Yeah you can. But it will mess with other menus. :)
  
janis Rough
September 11, 2012 at 1:34 am

I have a question. How do you implement the search? I am implementing this on some documentation pages. So for a section would you add an id for that section and then would the search work or do I have to write my own search script?Does it require PHP or can it be implemented with only Javascript? Thanks again for a really nice menu.

Qasim Zaib
August 4, 2012 at 5:31 pm

Nice collection of drop down menus man! I have bookmarked that page. I’ll look into each one in more detail later. Good work :)

mahesh
July 31, 2012 at 5:35 pm

works very well, but all the content is blacked out why?

1. Ammar Ali
  July 31, 2012 at 6:52 pm
  
  Sorry, I didnt get you! :|
  
partha
June 23, 2012 at 6:17 pm

Dear Sir, Its not working in my scribe template, but in my demo template is working fine. In my template it appears horizontally. Thanks

1. Ammar Ali
  June 24, 2012 at 6:37 pm
  
  I think only solution left that is changing your blog template!
  
yAhyA
June 13, 2012 at 1:54 pm

Good One .. em gonna use this one ;)

Danialde4
May 26, 2012 at 9:33 pm

Cool drop down menu ^_^

Fatih
May 22, 2012 at 1:11 am

Hi, thanks for this really helpful tutorial.I wanna ask something.As trying on diffirent browsers,there is a trouble with internet exploler.(firefox and chrome that’s ok)I mean menu elements looking untidy and i can not tidy up.Can you fix this problem?

1. Ammar Ali
  May 22, 2012 at 9:43 am
  
  Most of our menu don’t support Internet Explorer ! But next time we will share a menu which fully support any browser :)
  
Matthew
May 9, 2012 at 6:36 am

Really love this drop down menu, but I have tried many times to install it and every time I still have spaces at the side I can not seem to get the thing enlarge to full size on my site. Can you help me out, Thank you.

1. Ammar Ali
  May 9, 2012 at 9:10 am
  
  Sure why not :) To remove space from sides. Find this in above code margin-left:0px; and replace it with margin-left:-3px; margin-right:-3px; .
  I hope this works. If not feel free to contact us again :D
  
ITechWit
May 6, 2012 at 11:06 pm

You rock with this new menu, I will apply it to my blog now and see the wonder. :)

1. Ammar Ali
  May 7, 2012 at 9:41 am
  
  Glad to know that. If you need our help about adding this menu to your blog. Feel free to hire us :P
  
Zeeshan
May 6, 2012 at 12:59 am

Awesome work Ammar. You are really professional designer. i just love your work.

1. Ammar Ali
  May 6, 2012 at 9:25 am
  
  Glad to know that :D
  
Arbaz Khan
May 4, 2012 at 2:38 pm

Superb work bro…..
Very nice menu. Keep up the good work :)

jack
May 4, 2012 at 2:36 pm

Awesome Brother
How to remove search box from this menu

1. Ammar Ali
  May 4, 2012 at 4:23 pm
  
  Simply remove code from
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Stylish Apple Mac Style Drop Down Menu Preview!

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