From dcfb172704f3afb68a30425029ec834be2883274 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bt Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 13:22:19 -0400 Subject: More content porting, on-going markdown changes for lowdown support --- build/menu-toggle-css/index.html | 106 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) (limited to 'build/menu-toggle-css/index.html') diff --git a/build/menu-toggle-css/index.html b/build/menu-toggle-css/index.html index fb941a8..3bb096e 100644 --- a/build/menu-toggle-css/index.html +++ b/build/menu-toggle-css/index.html @@ -1,62 +1,67 @@ - + Menu Toggle with Pure CSS - - + + +
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Menu Toggle with Pure CSS

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Menu Toggle with Pure CSS

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2020-10-19

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When thinking through navigation designs for mobile devices sometimes the best option is to store away the content behind a toggle button. This button would then display the menu items upon interaction. Let me show you how to create such an element with only CSS - no need for JavaScript today!

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Before we begin

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I would like to point out that the concept of "toggling" the main menu (even for mobile) is not always the best solution. If you're interested, you can take a look at a previous article I wrote explaining why: Using Hamburger Menus? Try Sausage Links

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Now that we have mentioned possible pitfalls of relying so heavily on toggle menus, let's build one!

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Our Final Product

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Before we begin

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I would like to point out that the concept of “toggling” the main menu (even for mobile) is not always the best solution. If you’re interested, you can take a look at a previous article I wrote explaining why: Using Hamburger Menus? Try Sausage Links

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Now that we have mentioned possible pitfalls of relying so heavily on toggle menus, let’s build one!

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Our Final Product

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Menu toggle made from pure CSS

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Live CodePen Example

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The HTML

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To implement this design you really don't need much in terms of HTML:

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The HTML

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To implement this design you really don’t need much in terms of HTML:

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<!-- The checkbox input & label partner -->
-<input type="checkbox" id="menu-toggle">
-<label for="menu-toggle">Menu</label>
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-<!-- The navigation we wish to toggle -->
-<nav>
-    <ul>
-        <li><a href="">Home</a></li>
-        <li><a href="">About</a></li>
-        <li><a href="">Articles</a></li>
-        <li><a href="">Colophon</a></li>
-        <li><a href="">Contact</a></li>
-    </ul>
-</nav>
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That's it!

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The CSS

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The first thing we need to do is "hide" the checkbox input element. It's important to avoid using display: none or visibility: hidden in order to achieve this. Those CSS properties can negatively impact accessibility (specifically screen readers). So we will be relying on the position, z-index and opacity properties to help us out.

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/* Set the input position to absolute, send it off screen with zero opacity */
-input[type="checkbox"] {
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That’s it!

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The CSS

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The first thing we need to do is “hide” the checkbox input element. It’s important to avoid using display: none or visibility: hidden in order to achieve this. Those CSS properties can negatively impact accessibility (specifically screen readers). So we will be relying on the position, z-index and opacity properties to help us out.

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/* Set the input position to absolute, send it off screen with zero opacity */
+input[type="checkbox"] {
     left: -9999px;
     opacity: 0;
     position: absolute;
 }
 

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Then we give our corresponding label a minor face-lift to make it appear more button-like:

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/* Minor visual styling to make the label more button-y */
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/* Minor visual styling to make the label more button-y */
 label {
     border: 1px solid currentColor;
     border-radius: 4px;
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     padding: 10px;
 }
 

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For our main nav element, we want to set it's position to absolute in order to avoid any janky page rendering issues that might occur when toggling the menu:

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For our main nav element, we want to set it’s position to absolute in order to avoid any janky page rendering issues that might occur when toggling the menu:

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/* Set nav to absolute (avoids odd page rendering space pop-in) */
-nav {
-    opacity: 0;
-    position: absolute;
-    z-index: -2;
-}
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+    /* Set nav to absolute (avoids odd page rendering space pop-in) */
+    nav {
+        opacity: 0;
+        position: absolute;
+        z-index: -2;
+    }

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The last step is to actually show the menu if the user toggles the checkbox:

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/* Show nav when checkbox is checked */
-input[type="checkbox"]:checked ~ nav {
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/* Show nav when checkbox is checked */
+input[type="checkbox"]:checked ~ nav {
     opacity: 1;
     z-index: 1;
 }
 

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It might not look like much, but you now have a fully functional menu toggle - made with pure CSS! 

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With Great Power...

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Although this design is very simple to implement, please remember to use these types of menus wisely. Just because you can do something, doesn't always mean you should.

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With Great Power…

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Although this design is very simple to implement, please remember to use these types of menus wisely. Just because you can do something, doesn’t always mean you should.