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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu Perfect

mohammed mayat
mohammed mayat
4,228 Points
Posted by mohammed mayat
mohammed mayat
4,228 Points

burger menu

most web site solution for nav menu design in mobile view is to have an burger menu so when you click it display the pages horizontally, how would I do this using jquery

2 Answers

Alexander La Bianca
Alexander La Bianca
15,959 Points
Alexander La Bianca
Alexander La Bianca
15,959 Points

You could do something like this: JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){

    $("#hamburger-menu").click(function(){
        $(this).toggleClass("open");
        $(".body-container").toggleClass("body-unactive");
        //open overlay
        if($(this).hasClass("open")) {
            $("#menu-overlay").slideDown();
        }
        //close overlay
        else {
            $("#menu-overlay").slideUp();
        }
    });

});

HTML

            <div id="hamburger-menu">
                <span></span>
                <span></span>
                <span></span>
            </div>

CSS

#hamburger-menu {
    display: block;
    width: 28px;
    height: 20px;
    position: relative;
    margin: 17px 10px;

    -webkit-transform: rotate(0deg);
    -moz-transform: rotate(0deg);
    -o-transform: rotate(0deg);
    transform: rotate(0deg);

    -webkit-transistion: .5s ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: .5s ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: .5s ease-in-out;
    transition: .5s ease-in-out;

    cursor: pointer;
}

#hamburger-menu span {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    height: 2px;
    width: 100%;
    background: black;
    border-radius: 9px;
    opacity: 1;
    left: 0;

    -webkit-transform: rotate(0deg);
    -moz-transform: rotate(0deg);
    -o-transform: rotate(0deg);
    transform: rotate(0deg);

    -webkit-transition: .25s ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: .25s ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: .25s ease-in-out;
    transition: .25s ease-in-out;

}

#hamburger-menu span:nth-child(1) {
    top: 0px;
}

#hamburger-menu span:nth-child(2) {
    top: 8px;
}

#hamburger-menu span:nth-child(3) {
    top: 18px;
}
.open {
    z-index: 3;
}
#hamburger-menu.open span:nth-child(1) {
    top: 8px;
    -webkit-transform: rotate(135deg);
    -moz-transform: rotate(135deg);
    -o-transform: rotate(135deg);
    transform: rotate(135deg);

}

#hamburger-menu.open span:nth-child(2) {
    opacity: 0;
    left: -60px;

}

#hamburger-menu.open span:nth-child(3) {
    top: 8px;
    -webkit-transform: rotate(-135deg);
    -moz-transform: rotate(-135deg);
    -o-transform: rotate(-135deg);
    transform: rotate(-135deg);

}

#menu-overlay {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    background: rgba(255,255,255,.9);
    z-index: 3;
}
Ezra Siton
Ezra Siton
12,644 Points
Ezra Siton
Ezra Siton
12,644 Points

Hi. This is not something you can explain by post. This is more tutorial issue or by code example. The idea is very simple under some width hide the main navbar - and show instead clickable icon.

Also, you can look at the code of bootstrap, foundation, uiKit and so on (CSS frameworks).

Some related tutorials (or search on youtube):

Related Q on treehouse: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/how-can-i-create-a-hamburger-menu