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Hi, I'm trying to do a dropdown menu with CSS. The dropdown menu appears whether the mouse is over the menu or not. if someone could help me figure out what 's wrong, I would really appreciate it.

z<php
require_once('functions.php');
?>  
<!doctype html>
<html>
<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>Untitled Document</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="">
<meta name="description" content="">
<link rel = "stylesheet" href = "Bixler.css">
<style type="text/css">
	nav {
		padding-top:2%; 
		width:30%; 
		height:27px;
		margin-left:auto;
		margin-right:auto; 
	}
	nav ul {
		list-style-type:none; 
	}
	nav > ul li a {
		padding:50px;  
	}
	
	nav li {
		float:left; 
	}
	nav > ul > li > ul {
		display:none; 
		position:absolute; 
	}
	nav > ul > li:hover > ul {
		display:block; 
	}
	#logo {
		width:304px;
		margin-left:auto; 
		margin-right:auto; 
	}
	h3 {
		color:red;
		text-align:center;
	}
	#contactInfo {
		float:left; 
	}
	#servicesList, #eocialMedia {
		float:right; 
		width: 33%; 
	}
	article {
		float:left; 
		width:35%;
		height:45%;
		margin-left:10%; 
		background-color:#FFFFFF;
	}
	aside {  
		float:right;    
		width:30%;
		height:35%;
		margin-right:10%; 	
		background-color:#FFFFFF;	
	}
	footer {
		background-color:#000000;
		overflow:auto; 
		color:#C4C4C4;
  		clear:both;
	}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<nav>
	<ul>
    	<li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
    	<li><a href="#">About Us</a></li>
        	<ul>
       	    	<li><a href="#">Agents</a></li>
		    	<li><a href="#">Locations</a></li>                
			</ul>
    	<li><a href="#">Services</a></li>               
    	<li><a href="services.php" tabindex="3" accesskey="S">Services</a></li>
    	<li><a href="quote.php" tabindex="4" accesskey="Q">Get A Quote</a></li>
    	<li><a href="contact.php" tabindex="5" accesskey="C">Contact</a></li>
   </ul>
</nav>  
	<figure id="logo">
   		<img src="assets/bixlerlogo.png" width="304" height="88" alt=""/>
    </figure>
    <h3>Service Beyond The Contract </h3>
</header>
<article>

</article>
<aside>

</aside>
<footer>
	<div id="contactInfo">
    	Bixler Insurance <br/>
	    1043 South 13th St. <br />
	    Decatur, IN 46733<br />
		Phone: (260)-724-3438
    </div>
    <div id="eocialMedia">
		social media icons
    </div>    
    <div id="servicesList">
    	list of services
    </div>
</footer>
</body>
</html>

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1. This HTML is messed up. The Child UL element is NOT within an LI element.

2. The width of 30% for the nav container causes the parent links to wrap if the page width is not big enough (which will cause further problem with the 'dropdown' child elements). I set it at a fixed 500px to prevent problems in my test code - change to whatever works for you

3. The padding of 50px seems to be excessive. I think that was a mistake. I changed it to 5px

 

 

Here is your same code with fixes for the above issues. I stripped out all the unrelated elements

 

 

<html>
<head>
 
<style type="text/css">
nav {
padding-top:2%; 
width:500px;
height:27px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto; 
}
 
nav ul {
list-style-type:none; 
}
 
nav li {
float: left;
}
 
nav > ul li a {
padding-left: 5px;
}
 
nav > ul > li:hover > ul {
display:block;
}
 
nav > ul > li > ul {
display:none;
position:absolute;
}
 
</style>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<nav>
<ul>
     <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
     <li><a href="#">About Us</a>
   <ul>
             <li><a href="#">Agents</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Locations</a></li>                
</ul>
</li>
     <li><a href="#">Services</a></li>
     <li><a href="services.php" tabindex="3" accesskey="S">Services</a></li>
     <li><a href="quote.php" tabindex="4" accesskey="Q">Get A Quote</a></li>
     <li><a href="contact.php" tabindex="5" accesskey="C">Contact</a></li>
   </ul>
</nav>  
</header>
 
</body>
</html>
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