.navbar {
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #333;
  font-family: Arial;
}
.active {
    background-color: darkgreen;
    color:darkgreen;
    border-bottom: 1px solid black;
    
}

.navbar a {
  float: left;
  font-size: 16px;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
}


.dropdown {
  float: left;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.dropdown .dropbtn {
    
  font-size: 16px; 
  border: none;
  outline: none;
  color: white;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  background-color: inherit;
  font-family: inherit; /* Important for vertical align on mobile phones */
  margin: 0; /* Important for vertical align on mobile phones */
}

.navbar a:hover, .dropdown:hover .dropbtn {
  background-color: lightgray;
  color:black;
    border-bottom: 1px solid black;
}


/* Dropdown content (hidden by default) */
.dropdown-content {
  display: none;
  position: absolute;
  background-color: darkgray;
  min-width: 160px;
  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
  z-index: 1;
}

.dropdown-content a {
  float: none;
  color: black;
  padding: 12px 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
  display: block;
  text-align: left;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #555;
    border-right: 1px solid #555;
    border-left:   1px solid #555;
   
}

.dropdown-content a:hover {
  background-color: #ddd;
}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
  display: block;
}

body {
    background-color: lightgray;
}



/*
.dropdown {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
}

.dropdown-content {
  display: none;
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #f9f9f9;
  min-width: 160px;
  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
  padding: 12px 16px;
  z-index: 1;
}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
  display: block;
}



.dropbtn {
  background-color: #4CAF50;
  color: white;
  padding: 16px;
  font-size: 16px;
  border: none;
  cursor: pointer;
}


HTML STUFF

<div class="nav">
            <ul>
                <div class ="links">
                <li><a href = "home.html">Home</a></li>
                <li><a href = "experience.html">Experience</a></li>
                <li><a href = "contact.html">Contact Me</a></li>
                <li><a href = "example.html">Examples</a></li>
                    

                    <li>
                        <div class="dropdown">
                            <button class="dropbtn">Dropdown</button>
                        <div class="dropdown-content">
                            <a href="#">Link 1</a>
                            <a href="#">Link 2</a>
                            <a href="#">Link 3</a>
                        </div>
                        </div>
                    </li>
                    
                    
                
            <div class="contact">    
                <li><a href = "https://www.facebook.com/john.c.10">Facebook</a></li>
                <li><a href = "https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-campbell-47b778180/">Linkedin</a></li>
                <li><a href = "https://www.dice.com/profile/publicview/2ad5f20608b2d19bb7393210ce5edce3">Dice</a></li>
                <li><a href = "https://github.com/JohnCCampbell">Github</a></li>
                <li><a href = "mailto:johnc.campbell7@gmail.com" img src="closedEmail.png" >Email</a></li>
            </div> 
                  </div>  
            </ul>
                
        </div>




/*
.nav ul {
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;  
    width: 100%;
    background-color: palegoldenrod;
    border: 1px solid #555;
    height: 36px;
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    overflow: auto;
}

.nav li {
    float:left;
    display: inline;
    text-align: center;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #555;
    border-right: 1px solid #555;
    border-left:   1px solid #555;
    border-top: 1px solid #555;
}

.nav li a {
  display: block;
  width: 80px;
  color: #000;
  padding: 8px 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-align: center

}

.nav li a:hover {
  background-color: #555;
  color: white;
}





.links a{
    background-color: blanchedalmond;
}

.active {
  background-color: #4CAF50;
  color: orangered;
}

.contact li{
    float:right;
    background-color: aquamarine;
}

body {
    background-color: lightgray;
}


.dropbtn {
  background-color: #4CAF50;
  color: white;
  padding: 16px;
  font-size: 16px;
  border: none;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.dropdown {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
}

.dropdown-content {
  display: none;
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #f9f9f9;
  min-width: 160px;
  box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
  padding: 12px 16px;
  z-index: 1;
}

.dropdown-content a {
  color: black;
  padding: 12px 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
  display: block;
}

.dropdown-content a:hover {
    background-color: #f1f1f1
}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
  display: block;
}

.dropdown:hover .dropbtn {
  background-color: #3e8e41;
}

*/