Creating Drop Down Menu on click CSS

In addition to the already mentioned checkbox hack, you could also use a button as menu items, and use the :focus state to display the dropdown menu. A benefit over this is that the menu will close if you click outside of it. Some HTML elements do not naturally receive focus upon clicks; for those, you can add the “tabindex” attribute to allow them to gain focus.

ul {
    list-style: none;
}

.menu > li {
    float: left;
}
.menu button {
    border: 0;
    background: transparent;
    cursor: pointer;
}
.menu button:hover,
.menu button:focus {
    outline: 0;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.submenu {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    padding: 10px;
}
.menu button:focus + .submenu,
.submenu:hover {
    display: block;
}
<ul class="menu">
    <li>
        <button>Home</button>
        <ul class="submenu">
            <li><a href="http://www.barbie.com">Link</a></li>
            <li>Link</li>
            <li>Link</li>
            <li>Link</li>
            <li>Link</li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li><button>More</button></li>
    <li><button>Info</button></li>
</ul>

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