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26. Designing a Drop-Down Menu

Adrian W. West

(1)Colyton, UK

In the previous chapter we explored tab menus; tabs can also be created as drop-down menus. However, in the past, I would never use drop-down menus in my own websites and I used to advise my clients to avoid them. I could not see the point of hiding page links behind drop-down menus. Since the advent of mobile phones capable of viewing websites, I have been forced to change my mind because drop-down menus take up less space on the tiny screens of mobile devices. Drop-down menus for mobile devices are described in Chapters 35 and 38 of this book.

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