How To Use jQuery To Implement Tab Drop-Down Animation Effect 

This example will show you how to implement the Html tab drop-down animation effect using jQuery. When you move the mouse over the tab, it will display a drop-down menu area. When you move the mouse out of the drop-down area, the drop-down area will disappear.

1. jQuery Implement Tab Drop-Down Effect Source Files.

./
├── css
│   └── new.css
├── images
│   ├── a.jpg
│   ├── banner.jpg
│   ├── [email protected]
│   ├── [email protected]
│   ├── [email protected]
│   ├── [email protected]
│   ├── [email protected]
│   ├── logo.png
│   └── [email protected]
├── index.html
└── js
    └── jquery.min.js

1.1 index.html.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <title>jQuery Tab Drop Down Animation Effect</title>
    <style>
      *{
        box-sizing: border-box;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        list-style: none;}
      .header{
        position: relative;
        min-height: 37vw;
        background: url('./images/banner.jpg');
        color: #eee;
      }
      .headerTitle{
        height: 50px;
        line-height: 50px;
      }
      .headerTitle ul{
        padding-left: 250px;
      }
      .headerTitle li{
        float: left;
        padding:0 40px;
        cursor: pointer;
      }
      .headerTitle li:hover,.headerTitle li.on{
        background-color: #42adf2;
      }
      .content{
        background-color: #eee;
        height: 150px;
        text-align: center; padding-top:15px; font-size: 16px;
      }
      a.smallCell{
        text-decoration: none;
      }
    </style>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/new.css">
    <script src="./js/jquery.min.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div class="header">
      <div class="headerTitle dropDownArea">
        <div style="float: left; height: 50px; line-height: 50px;">
          <img src="./images/logo.png" width="50" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"/> Code-Learner Company
        </div>
        <ul>
          <li>Home</li>
          <li>Products</li>
          <li id="btn">Development Department Recruitment</li>
          <li>Summary</li>
        </ul>

        <div id="box" class="showDropDownArea">
          <div class="contentArea" >
            <div class="leftSelect" >
              <div class="downCell downCell1"  data-index="1">
                <div class="enName" >Front End Developer</div>
              </div>
              <div class="downCell downCell2"  data-index="2">
                <div class="enName" >Back End Developer</div>
              </div>
              <div class="downCell downCell3"  data-index="3">
                <div class="enName" >Full Stack Developer</div>
              </div>
            </div>
            <div class="rightShow" >
              <div class="rightBigCell rightIndex1"  data-index="1"><a class="smallCell"
                   href="#">
                  <div class="cellLeftIcon" ><img src="./images/[email protected]" alt=""
                      ></div>
                  <div class="cellRightArea" >
                    <div class="cellRightName" >jQuery Developer</div>
                    <div class="cellRightDesc" >Familiar with jQuery and javascript.</div>
                  </div>
                </a><a class="smallCell"  href="#">
                  <div class="cellLeftIcon" ><img src="./images/[email protected]"
                      alt="" ></div>
                  <div class="cellRightArea" >
                    <div class="cellRightName" >Html CSS Developer</div>
                    <div class="cellRightDesc" >Six more years in Html CSS development.</div>
                  </div>
                </a></div>
              <div class="rightBigCell rightIndex2"  data-index="2"><a class="smallCell"
                   href="#">
                  <div class="cellLeftIcon" ><img src="./images/[email protected]"
                      alt="" ></div>
                  <div class="cellRightArea" >
                    <div class="cellRightName" >Python Developer</div>
                    <div class="cellRightDesc" >Expert in Python, special in Django framework.</div>
                  </div>
                </a><a class="smallCell"  href="#">
                  <div class="cellLeftIcon" ><img src="./images/[email protected]"
                      alt="" ></div>
                  <div class="cellRightArea" >
                    <div class="cellRightName" >Java Developer</div>
                    <div class="cellRightDesc" >Familiar with j2ee, jdbc and java mail.</div>
                  </div>
                </a></div>
              <div class="rightBigCell rightIndex3"  data-index="3"><a class="smallCell"
                   href="#">
                  <div class="cellLeftIcon" ><img src="./images/[email protected]"
                      alt="" ></div>
                  <div class="cellRightArea" >
                    <div class="cellRightName" >Reactjs</div>
                    <div class="cellRightDesc" >Six years+ in Reactjs development.</div>
                  </div>
                </a><a class="smallCell"  href="#">
                  <div class="cellLeftIcon" ><img src="./images/[email protected]"
                      alt="" ></div>
                  <div class="cellRightArea" >
                    <div class="cellRightName" >Nodejs</div>
                    <div class="cellRightDesc" >Six years+ in Nodejs development.</div>
                  </div>
                </a></div>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="content">
      Main Content
    </div>

    <script>
      $().ready(function(){
        $('.headerTitle li').hover(function(){
          $('.headerTitle li').removeClass('on')
          $(this).addClass('on')
        })
        $('.downCell').hover(function(){
          $('.downCell').removeClass('choosed')
          $(this).addClass('choosed')
          console.log($(this).index())
          $('.rightBigCell').removeClass('ok')
          $('.rightIndex'+($(this).index()+1)).addClass('ok')
        })
      })
      window.onload = function(){
        let btn = document.getElementById('btn');
        let box = document.getElementById('box');
        btn.onmouseover=(e)=>{
          box.style.display = 'block';
          document.onmousemove = function(e){
            let btnObj = btn.getBoundingClientRect();
            let boxObj = box.getBoundingClientRect();
            let mouseX = e.clientX;
            let mouseY = e.clientY;

            if(mouseX < btnObj.left && mouseY < boxObj.top){
              box.style.display = 'none';
            }
            if(mouseX > btnObj.right && mouseY < boxObj.top){
              box.style.display = 'none';
            }
            if(mouseY < btnObj.top){
              box.style.display = 'none';
            }
            if(mouseY > btnObj.top && mouseY < btnObj.bottom && mouseX > btnObj.left && mouseX < btnObj.right){
              box.style.display = 'block';
            }
          }
        }
        box.onmouseleave=()=>{
          box.style.display = 'none';
          $('.headerTitle li').removeClass('on')
        }
      }
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

1.2 css/new.css.

.dropDownArea {
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .8);
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
    color: #eee;
    font-size: 15px;
}

.dropDownArea.page:hover {
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .8);
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
    color: #eee;
    font-size: 15px;
    border-color: transparent !important;
}

.dropDownArea img {
    vertical-align: baseline !important;
}

.dropDownArea .myButton {
    display: inline-block;
    /*color: #FFF;*/
    font-size: 15px;
}

.dropDownArea {
    position: relative;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea {
    display: none;
    display: block;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 80px;
    transform: translateX(20%);
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea {
    display: flex;
    box-sizing: content-box;
    width: 830px;
    height: 440px;
    background: #ffffff;
    border-radius: 6px;
    overflow: hidden;
    box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06);
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .leftSelect {
    width: 180px;
    height: 100%;
    background: #f4f5f9;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .leftSelect .downCell {
    height: 75px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    padding-left: 30px;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-direction: column;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .leftSelect .downCell .cnName {
    height: 23px;
    font-size: 17px;
    text-align: left;
    color: #222222;
    line-height: 23px;
    font-weight: 600;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .leftSelect .downCell .enName {
    height: 17px;
    font-size: 12px;
    text-align: left;
    color: #999999;
    line-height: 17px;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .leftSelect .downCell.choosed {
    background: #fff;
    position: relative;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .leftSelect .downCell.choosed:after {
    position: absolute;
    content: "";
    width: 3px;
    height: 31px;
    background: #308eff;
    left: 0;
    top: 50%;
    transform: translateY(-50%);
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .rightShow {
    width: 650px;
    background: #fff;
    height: 100%;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    padding: 15px 34px 14px 23px;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .rightShow .rightBigCell {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    width: 594px;
    height: 137px;
    box-shadow: 0px -1px 0px 0px #e2e8ee inset;
    padding: 14px 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .rightShow .rightBigCell:last-child {
    box-shadow: none;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .rightShow .rightBigCell .smallCell {
    height: 100%;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: flex-start;
    align-items: center;
    width: 280px;
    cursor: pointer;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    padding-left: 40px;
    border-radius: 12px;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .rightShow .rightBigCell .smallCell .cellLeftIcon {
    flex-shrink: 0;
    width: 40px;
    height: 40px;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .rightShow .rightBigCell .smallCell .cellLeftIcon img {
    width: 40px;
    height: 40px;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .rightShow .rightBigCell .smallCell .cellRightArea {
    margin-left: 11px;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .rightShow .rightBigCell .smallCell .cellRightArea .cellRightName {
    height: 24px;
    font-size: 18px;
    text-align: left;
    color: #222222;
    line-height: 24px;
    font-weight: 600;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .rightShow .rightBigCell .smallCell .cellRightArea .cellRightDesc {
    margin-top: 1px;
    height: 19px;
    font-size: 14px;
    text-align: left;
    color: #999999;
    line-height: 19px;
}

.dropDownArea .showDropDownArea .contentArea .rightShow .rightBigCell.ok .smallCell {
    background-color: #eef6fe;
}

1.3 js/jquery.min.js.

The jQuery library file is version 1.8.3, you can go to https://jquery.com/ to download it.

Below is the video demo.

https://youtu.be/Q-HxChpq9Ds

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