在悬停时显示下拉菜单，仅使用CSS单击关闭

Can someone help me with an explanation as to why the links from a dropdown menu are not working when I click on them? Maybe because of pointer events? I'm trying to have a dropdown menu that is closing after a link is clicked or the close button is clicked. I have added some cool stuff like hiding parent container when a link is clicked.Can someone help me with an explanation as to w