How TO - Responsive Sidebar
Learn how to create a responsive side navigation menu with CSS.
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Create a Responsive Sidebar
Step 1) Add HTML:
Example
<!-- The sidebar -->
<div class="sidebar">
<a class="active" href="#home">Home</a>
<a href="#news">News</a>
<a href="#contact">Contact</a>
<a
href="#about">About</a>
</div>
<!-- Page content -->
<div
class="content">
..
</div>
Step 2) Add CSS:
Example
/* The side navigation menu */
.sidebar {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: 200px;
background-color: #f1f1f1;
position: fixed;
height: 100%;
overflow: auto;
}
/* Sidebar links */
.sidebar a {
display:
block;
color: black;
padding: 16px;
text-decoration: none;
}
/* Active/current link */
.sidebar a.active {
background-color: #04AA6D;
color: white;
}
/* Links on
mouse-over */
.sidebar a:hover:not(.active) {
background-color: #555;
color: white;
}
/* Page content. The value of the margin-left
property should match the value of the sidebar's width property */
div.content {
margin-left: 200px;
padding: 1px 16px;
height: 1000px;
}
/* On screens that are less than 700px wide, make
the sidebar into a topbar */
@media screen and (max-width: 700px) {
.sidebar
{
width: 100%;
height: auto;
position: relative;
}
.sidebar a {float: left;}
div.content {margin-left: 0;}
}
/* On screens that are less than
400px, display the bar vertically, instead of horizontally */
@media screen
and (max-width: 400px) {
.sidebar a {
text-align:
center;
float: none;
}
}
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Tip: Go to our CSS Navbar Tutorial to learn more about navigation bars.
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