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Weekly Challenge #5 : The CSS‑Only Secret Menu 🔐
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Weekly Challenge #5 : The CSS‑Only Secret Menu 🔐

via Dev.to Webdevbingkahu (Matteo)3h ago

Today is the 30th, and we’re back with Weekly Challenge #5 . This one’s sneaky, weird, and honestly super satisfying when you get it right. You’re building a CSS‑only secret menu — a hidden little UI easter egg that only appears when the user does something specific (and not obvious at all). Quick shoutout to @francistrdev for last week’s challenge — it was genuinely good, and yes, it’s in progress. I didn’t forget, I’m just slow and easily distracted by shiny CSS things. The Mission Make a menu that starts completely invisible and only shows up when the user triggers it in a clever way. Not a normal button. Not a big “open menu” link. Something subtle. Something sneaky. Something that makes people go “wait… how did I open that?” The Rules No JavaScript Menu must start fully hidden User must perform a non‑obvious action to reveal it Menu must have at least 5 items The reveal must be animated The Goal Make it feel like a secret dev panel. A hidden door. A little “you found the easter eg

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