But what’s the concept behind it? And how can you make one from scratch without depending on these CSS frameworks?
Doing the above yourself gives you full customization control. So, with out further ado, here’s how to create a togglable mobile menu using your preferred programming language.
How to Create Your Togglable Mobile Menu
If you’ve not done so already, open your project folder and create your project files (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript).
Below, you’ll see examples of the code you need for all three types. And if you haven’t already, consider downloading these apps to learn code before reading on.
We’ll start off with HTML:
CSS:
Add JavaScript:
Here’s how a working output looks like when you click the menu bar:
The menu is togglable, so clicking the bar again—or anywhere within the page—hides the navigations.
Your browser may not support hiding the content when you click anywhere within your webpage. You can try to force this by using an event target and JavaScript loop. You can do that by adding the following block of code to your JavaScript:
So here’s a summary of what you just did: You created three lines using the div tag of HTML. You adjusted their height and width and positioned them in your DOM. Then you gave these a click event using JavaScript.
You set the initial display of your navigations to none to hide them when the page loads. Then the click event on the three lines toggles these navigations based on a JavaScript instantiated class (displayed). Finally, you used this new class to display the navigations using CSS, and JavaScript’s toggleContents method.
The rest of the CSS, however, depends on your preference. But the one in the example CSS snippet here should give you an idea of how to style yours.
Get More Creative When Building Your Website
Making a visually appealing website requires some creativity. And a user-friendly website is more likely to convert your audience than a bland one.
Although we’ve shown you how to create a custom navigation menu here, you can still go beyond this and make it more compelling. For instance, you can animate the display of the navigations, give them a background color, and more. And whatever you do, ensure that your website uses the best design practices and layouts easy for users to use.
