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In this tutorial topic "Creating Online Tutorial Magic CSS Menu Indicator. Did It Work?", we will learn how to create it following these simple easy steps.
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Code Begins
- First, create a folder with any name you like. Then, make the necessary files inside it.
- Create a file called index.html to serve as the main file.
- Create a file called style.css for the CSS code.
- Create a file called script.js for the JavaScript code.
- Finally, go to Font Awesome and embed their cdnjs library link to your main file
To start, add the following HTML codes to your index.html file. These codes include essential HTML markup with different semantic tags, such as div, form, input, button, image, etc., to build the website layout.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="font-awesome.css">
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Magic CSS Menu Indicator</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<ul>
<li class="active"><a href="#">
<span class="icon"><i class="fa fa-home fa-lg"></i></span>
<span class="text">Home</span>
</a></li>
<li><a href="#">
<span class="icon"><i class="fa fa-user fa-lg"></i></span>
<span class="text">User</span>
</a></li>
<li><a href="#">
<span class="icon"><i class="fa fa-circle fa-lg"></i></span>
<span class="text">Circle</span>
</a></li>
<li><a href="#">
<span class="icon"><i class="fa fa-cog fa-lg"></i></span>
<span class="text">Settings</span>
</a></li>
<li><a href="#">
<span class="icon"><i class="fa fa-comment fa-lg"></i></span>
<span class="text">Message</span>
</a></li>
<div class="indicator"></div>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Next, add the following CSS codes to your style.css file to make your AI image generator website beautiful and user-friendly. You can customize the different CSS properties, such as color, background, font, etc., to give a personalized touch to your website.
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
font-family: "Roboto", sans-serif;
}
:root {
--c: #222222;
}
body {
min-height: 100vh;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
background: var(--c);
}
.container {
position: relative;
width: 400px;
height: 70px;
background: #fff;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
border-radius: 10px;
}
.container ul {
display: flex;
width: 350px;
}
.container ul li {
position: relative;
list-style: none;
width: 70px;
height: 70px;
z-index: 1;
}
.container ul li a {
position: relative;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
flex-direction: column;
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
font-weight: 500;
}
.container ul li a .icon {
position: relative;
display: block;
line-height: 75px;
font-size: 1.5em;
text-align: center;
transition: 0.5s;
color: var(--c);
}
/*
.container ul li.active a .icon {
transform: translateY(-35px);
} */
.container ul li a .text {
position: absolute;
color: var(--c);
font-weight: 500;
font-size: 0.95em;
letter-spacing: 0.05em;
transition: 0.5s;
opacity: 0;
/* transform: translateY(240px); */
}
.container ul li.active a .text {
opacity: 1;
transform: translateY(15px);
color: #0f0;
border-radius: 10px;
width: auto;
padding: 2px;
}
.container ul li.active a .icon {
transform: translateY(-37px);
}
.indicator {
position: absolute;
top: -50%;
width: 70px;
height: 70px;
background: #0f0;
border-radius: 50%;
border: 6px solid var(--c);
transition: 0.5s;
}
.indicator::before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: -22px;
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
background: transparent;
border-top-right-radius: 20px;
box-shadow: 0px -10px 0 0 var(--c);
}
.indicator::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
right: -22px;
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
background: transparent;
border-top-left-radius: 20px;
box-shadow: 0px -10px 0 0 var(--c);
}
Finally, add the following JavaScript code to your script.js file to make your work functional. This code handles various functions, even listeners, input handling, etc.
<script>
const indicator = document.querySelector(".indicator");
const container = document.querySelector(".container");
const lis = container.querySelectorAll("ul li");
lis.forEach(li => li.addEventListener("click", e => {
indicator.style.left = li.offsetLeft + "px";
indicator.style.width = li.offsetWidth + "px";
document.querySelector(".active").classList.remove("active");
li.classList.add("active")
}))
</script>
Conclusion and Final word
Now, we have reached the end of our code, for any information, you can comment any problem or code-not-working issues to resolve it, am always with you. You can also visit my YouTube Channel for more updates on HTML, CSS & JavaScript Designs. I believe you can create a Magic CSS Menu Indicator. Did It Work?". and do so much more with codes. Go extremely far in exploring the world of HTML, CSS & JavaScript, its gonna be fun, trust me 😃.
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