JavaScript enhances navigation menus with animation, logic, and interactivity. This collection of JavaScript-powered menus includes dropdowns, slide-ins, mega menus, mobile nav toggles, and responsive animations that go beyond what CSS alone can offer.
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Responsive Navigation Bar
A classic horizontal navbar on desktop that transforms into a neat hamburger button on mobile; clicking it triggers an icon animation and reveals a full-screen overlay menu.
See the Pen Responsive Navigation Bar.
Tailwind CSS Fly-out Menu with Vue.js
An elegant, interactive menu with soft animation that feels responsive and modern.
See the Pen Tailwind CSS Fly-out Menu with Vue.js.
Animated Navigation
An elegant and responsive menu that saves space when collapsed and provides a smooth, delightful interaction experience upon opening.
See the Pen Animated Navigation.
Elastic Portfolio Navigation with GSAP
An energetic, high-tech menu providing powerful visual feedback upon interaction, perfectly suited for cyberpunk or sci-fi themed websites.
See the Pen Elastic Portfolio Navigation with GSAP.
Magnetic Links
A sophisticated magnetic navigation menu that uses JavaScript to map mouse proximity to CSS variables, driving smooth translations via translate. It features a configurable “follow” effect where a background pseudo-element glides between items based on bounding box coordinates calculated on hover.
See the Pen Magnetic Links.
Glowing Tabs
A navigation menu leveraging CSS Houdini API to animate custom variables for smooth transitions. JavaScript calculates element geometry to drive a dynamic “glowing” background that slides between tabs, while CSS gradients and the :has() selector create a polished, depth-rich visual style.
See the Pen Glowing Tabs.
Choose Your Megafauna
A high-tech, atmospheric interface that immerses the user in a retro-futuristic environment, reminiscent of 80s arcade selection screens or cyberpunk movies.
See the Pen Choose Your Megafauna.
Huge Headers and Mega Menus
An immersive, cinematic landing page that captures user attention with smooth, complex animation and offers convenient navigation via a stylish fullscreen menu.
See the Pen Huge Headers and Mega Menus.
Complex Navigation
A fully responsive, accessible mega-menu designed for e-commerce, featuring multi-column dropdowns and a mobile-friendly hamburger toggle.
See the Pen Complex Navigation.
Cyber-Styled Sliding Tab Bar
A cyber-styled navigation bar featuring a sliding indicator driven by absolute positioning and coordinate mapping. JavaScript dynamically updates the style.left property via a switch statement, while CSS transition and drop-shadow render a smooth, neon-lit motion effect over the active SVG icons.
See the Pen Cyber-Styled Sliding Tab Bar.
Animated Menu Bar with Hamburger
A demonstration of a two-phase menu reveal animation - a fast transform: translateX shift and a slower width expansion are defined in a single transition property, creating a distinct visual effect.
See the Pen Animated Menu Bar with Hamburger.
Wriggly Squiggly Navigation
An animated underline effect for navigation where an SVG path segment smoothly “flows” from one item to another - on click, JS dynamically calculates and sets the stroke-dasharray for the SVG, creating the illusion of movement.
See the Pen Wriggly Squiggly Navigation.
Nord Command Menu
An example of using the pre-built <nord-command-menu> web component, which is fully configured via a declarative array of commands in JS - search, nested menus, and hotkeys work out-of-the-box.
See the Pen Nord Command Menu.
Corner Pop-Out Menu
A stylish “pop-out” corner menu implemented with pure CSS for styling and JavaScript for toggle functionality, controlling the precise radial positioning of menu items using the transform: translate() property.
See the Pen Corner Pop-Out Menu.
Stripe Style Main Navigation Mega Menu
A dynamic navigation menu replicating the Stripe pattern: Vanilla JS calculates the position and size, while CSS transforms ensure a smooth transition and scaling of the background between sections of varying sizes, creating a “living” popover effect.
See the Pen Stripe Style Main Navigation Mega Menu.
Responsive Pinned Sidebar Layout with Popover
A modern sidebar utilizing the View Transitions API for theme switching and the CSS popover attribute for efficient responsive handling, all controlled by a Tweakpane interface to live-adjust CSS variables for duration, blur, and translate effects.
See the Pen Responsive Pinned Sidebar Layout with Popover.
Circular Navigation Component
This circular navigation menu uses a combination of JavaScript for state management and CSS custom properties and trigonometric functions to calculate and animate the precise radial positioning of each icon.
See the Pen Circular Navigation Component.
