jQuery Animated Dropdown Menu - IA Dropdown
Tags: jquery
Published: 2022-04-20 05:42:01

Originally posted @ https://codeanddeploy.com visit and download the sample code: https://codeanddeploy.com/blog/jquery-plugins/jquery-animated-dropdown-menu-ia-dropdown

In this post, I will show you how to implement an animated dropdown menu using jquery a library that makes our dropdown menu interactive.

![jquery-animated-dropdown-menu](https://ecn-storage.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/articles/jquery-animated-dropdown-menu-ia-dropdown-tMik5uYtbsx980.webp?ctm=1635314556)

# How to use the animated dropdown jquery plugin?
 

## Step 1: Load Animated Dropdown CSS assets.

```php
<link href="/path/to/assets/css/main.css" rel="stylesheet" />
```

## Step 2: Load Animated Dropdown Javascript assets


```php
<!-- jquery  -->
<script
  src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"
  integrity="sha256-/xUj+3OJU5yExlq6GSYGSHk7tPXikynS7ogEvDej/m4="
  crossorigin="anonymous"
></script>

<!-- main script  -->
<script src="assets/js/ia-dropdown.min.js"></script>
<script src="assets/js/main.js"></script>
 
```

## Step 3: Add basic dropdown menu

```php
<div
    data-dropdown-wrapper="">
    <div>
        <button data-dropdown-trigger="trigger">
            Example
        </button>
    </div>
    <div data-dropdown-menu="">
        <div class="py-1" role="none">
          <!-- Active: "bg-gray-100 text-gray-900", Not Active: "text-gray-700" -->
          <a
            href="#">Account settings</a
          >
          <a
            href="#">Support</a
          >
          <a
            href="#">License</a
          >
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
```

## Step 4: Initialize the jquery ia-dropdown.js plugin.

```php
function handleDropdowns() {
  const dropdowns = $("[data-dropdown-wrapper]").each(function (
    index,
    wrapper
  ) {
    const dropdown = new Dropdown({ wrapper, transformOrigin: false }).init();
  });
}
$(function () {
  handleDropdowns();
});
```

## Step 5: Here is the full source code of our animated dropdown menu.

```php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>IA-DROPDOWN - A Jquery Script</title>
    <link href="assets/css/main.css" rel="stylesheet" />

  </head>
  <body class="text-gray-800">
    <div class="max-w-7xl mx-auto">
      <!-- intro  -->
      <div class="p-6">
        <h1 class="text-3xl text-center font-bold mb-3">IA-DROPDOWN</h1>
        <!-- block  -->
        <div class="p-4 rounded-lg text-sm bg-gray-200 text-gray-900">
          <p class="mb-2 text-center">
            This library is powered by <b>JQUERY</b> and it helps you setup
            dropdowns quickly and simply.
          </p>
        </div>
        <br />
      </div>
      <!-- preview  -->
      <div class="p-16 pb-32 flex">
        <div
          data-dropdown-wrapper=""
          class="relative inline-block text-left mx-auto"
        >
          <div>
            <button
              data-dropdown-trigger="trigger"
              type="button"
              class="
                inline-flex
                justify-center
                w-full
                rounded-md
                border border-gray-300
                shadow-sm
                px-4
                py-2
                bg-white
                text-sm
                font-medium
                text-gray-700
                hover:bg-gray-50
                focus:outline-none
                focus:ring-2
                focus:ring-offset-2
                focus:ring-offset-gray-100
                focus:ring-indigo-500
              "
              id="menu-button"
              aria-expanded="true"
              aria-haspopup="true"
            >
              Example
              <!-- Heroicon name: solid/chevron-down -->
              <svg
                class="-mr-1 ml-2 h-5 w-5"
                xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                viewBox="0 0 20 20"
                fill="currentColor"
                aria-hidden="true"
              >
                <path
                  fill-rule="evenodd"
                  d="M5.293 7.293a1 1 0 011.414 0L10 10.586l3.293-3.293a1 1 0 111.414 1.414l-4 4a1 1 0 01-1.414 0l-4-4a1 1 0 010-1.414z"
                  clip-rule="evenodd"
                />
              </svg>
            </button>
          </div>
          <div
            data-dropdown-menu=""
            style="opacity: 0"
            class="
              origin-top-right
              absolute
              right-0
              mt-2
              w-56
              rounded-md
              shadow-lg
              bg-white
              ring-1 ring-black ring-opacity-5
              focus:outline-none
            "
            role="menu"
            aria-orientation="vertical"
            aria-labelledby="menu-button"
            tabindex="-1"
          >
            <div class="py-1" role="none">
              <!-- Active: "bg-gray-100 text-gray-900", Not Active: "text-gray-700" -->
              <a
                href="#"
                class="text-gray-700 block px-4 py-2 text-sm hover:bg-gray-100"
                role="menuitem"
                tabindex="-1"
                id="menu-item-0"
                >Account settings</a
              >
              <a
                href="#"
                class="text-gray-700 block px-4 py-2 text-sm hover:bg-gray-100"
                role="menuitem"
                tabindex="-1"
                id="menu-item-1"
                >Support</a
              >
              <a
                href="#"
                class="text-gray-700 block px-4 py-2 text-sm hover:bg-gray-100"
                role="menuitem"
                tabindex="-1"
                id="menu-item-2"
                >License</a
              >
              <form method="POST" action="#" role="none">
                <button
                  type="submit"
                  class="
                    text-gray-700
                    block
                    w-full
                    text-left
                    px-4
                    py-2
                    text-sm
                    hover:bg-red-100
                  "
                  role="menuitem"
                  tabindex="-1"
                  id="menu-item-3"
                >
                  Sign out
                </button>
              </form>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <!-- jquery  -->
    <script
      src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"
      integrity="sha256-/xUj+3OJU5yExlq6GSYGSHk7tPXikynS7ogEvDej/m4="
      crossorigin="anonymous"
    ></script>
    <!-- main script  -->
    <script src="assets/js/ia-dropdown.min.js"></script>
    <script src="assets/js/main.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>
```

This helpful jQuery plugin is developed by [issam1994.](https://github.com/issam1994/ia-dropdown)

I hope this tutorial can help you. Kindly visit here https://codeanddeploy.com/blog/jquery-plugins/jquery-animated-dropdown-menu-ia-dropdown if you want to download this code.

Happy coding :)