There are a large number of ways to do responsive navigation. This post contains three examples from CodePen and then links to some sites that offer navigation examples that you can copy and paste.
If you use one of these, add links to it in your Designed By page.
NEW EXAMPLES
I’ve added a couple of new options under Example 0.
Example 0: Smart Navbar
The two navbars below show and hide themselves as people scroll. They are adopted from:
- Jemima Abu in her article Creating a Smart Navbar With Vanilla JavaScript
- CSS hamburger icon was taken from: Elijah Manor’s CodePen
- Vanilla JS code for the slide toggle when the hamburger is clicked is taken from this JS fiddle.
Smart Navbar
This menu will work if you only have a few nav items. The logo and nav are stacked on screens smaller than 600px and on the same line on larger screens.
https://codepen.io/profstein/pen/popvJpP
Smart Navbar with Hamburger Menu
This example has a hamburger menu for screens under 600px.
https://codepen.io/profstein/pen/JjMoYPV
Example 1: Responsive Nav Title and Navigation
In this example the site title is the first link in the navigation. It is adapted from W3 Schools.
https://codepen.io/profstein/pen/eezWmZ
Alternate Version
This version separates out the Site title, nav and hamburger menu into separate items and also slides the nav down smoothly.
https://codepen.io/profstein/pen/VwzbJYE
Example 2: Responsive navigation with menu button
In this example the menu is a button that reads “menu” when the screen is small. On larger screens the button is replaced by horizontal navigation.
https://codepen.io/profstein/pen/NOjmgW
Example 3: Responsive Navigation – Pin to top -with menu button
This is just like Example 2 except that the horizontal navigation on large screens is pinned to the top of the screen.
https://codepen.io/profstein/pen/RwNrZXd?editors=0100
Example 4: Responsive Navigation with Image
In this example there is an image that serves as both the logo and the link to the home page. This one also has two separate nav elements, one for mobile and one for other screens. You will need to remember to change both navigations if you change either. Having two nav can be useful however if you want to style the mobile navigation list and the larger screen navigation list very differently.
https://codepen.io/profstein/pen/gObOzzw
Example 5: Off-Canvas (left) Menu
This example the menu slides in from the left side of the screen. It is also a pure CSS nav menu with no JavaScript
https://codepen.io/profstein/pen/WdxPWd
Links to Navigation Sites
These sites each offer a navigation. They have code you can use and examples that you can see.
- Responsive Nav: http://responsive-nav.com/
- Flexbox Navigation: https://css-tricks.com/flexbox-bar-navigation/
- Side Navigation: https://www.berriart.com/sidr/
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