CSS3 multicolor menu

CSS3 multicolor menu

3 88990
CSS3 multicolor menu

CSS3 multicolor menu

In our new tutorial we’ll create a new nice multicolor and crossbrowser CSS3 menu with sliding (I use css3 transition) and color pure css3 color switcher. This is UL-LI-based menu.


Here are samples and downloadable package:

Live Demo

[sociallocker]

download in package

[/sociallocker]


Ok, download the example files and lets start coding !


Step 1. HTML

As usual, we start with the HTML. Here are full html code of our menu. As you can see – this is multilevel menu built on UL-LI elements. But, it is a little unusual. I don’t wrap submenus into own UL element, I am going to hide them, and display if necessary.

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" >
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8" />
        <title>CSS3 multicolor menu | Script Tutorials</title>
        <link href="css/styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
        <link href="css/menu.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    </head>
    <body>
        <header>
            <h2>CSS3 multicolor menu</h2>
            <a href="https://www.script-tutorials.com/css3-multicolor-menu/" class="stuts">Back to original tutorial on <span>Script Tutorials</span></a>
        </header>
        <div class="container">
            <span id="red"></span>
            <span id="orange"></span>
            <span id="pink"></span>
            <span id="green"></span>
            <span id="blue"></span>
            <span id="indigo"></span>
            <span id="violet"></span>
            <span id="grey"></span>
            <div class="colorScheme">
                <a href="#red" class="red"></a>
                <a href="#orange" class="orange"></a>
                <a href="#pink" class="pink"></a>
                <a href="#green" class="green"></a>
                <a href="#blue" class="blue"></a>
                <a href="#indigo" class="indigo"></a>
                <a href="#violet" class="violet"></a>
                <a href="#grey" class="grey"></a>
            </div>
            <ul id="nav">
                <li><a href="https://www.script-tutorials.com/">Home</a></li>
                <li><a class="hsubs" href="#">Menu 1</a>
                    <ul class="subs">
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 1</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 2</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 3</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 4</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 5</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </li>
                <li><a class="hsubs" href="#">Menu 2</a>
                    <ul class="subs">
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 2-1</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 2-2</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 2-3</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 2-4</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 2-5</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 2-6</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 2-7</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 2-8</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </li>
                <li><a class="hsubs" href="#">Menu 3</a>
                    <ul class="subs">
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 3-1</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 3-2</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 3-3</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 3-4</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Submenu 3-5</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </li>
                <li><a href="#">Menu 4</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Menu 5</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Menu 6</a></li>
                <li><a href="https://www.script-tutorials.com/css3-multicolor-menu/">Back</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

Step 2. CSS

Here are the CSS styles of our menu. Maybe you’ve noticed – that in our html – I have two CSS files: layout.css and menu.css. The first file (layout.css) contain the styles of our demo page. We will not publish these styles in this article, but if you wish – you can find these styles in our package.

css/menu.css

#nav,#nav ul {
    list-style: none outside none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#nav {
    background-color: #000000;
    border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
    box-shadow: 3px 3px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
    display: table;
    padding: 10px;
    position: relative;
}
#nav ul {
    background-color: red;
    border:1px solid red;
    border-radius: 0 5px 5px 5px;
    border-width: 0 1px 1px;
    box-shadow: 0 5px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
    left: -9999px;
    overflow: hidden;
    padding: 20px 0 10px;
    position: absolute;
    top: -9999px;
    -moz-transform: scaleY(0);
    -ms-transform: scaleY(0);
    -o-transform: scaleY(0);
    -webkit-transform: scaleY(0);
    transform: scaleY(0);
    -moz-transform-origin: 0 0;
    -ms-transform-origin: 0 0;
    -o-transform-origin: 0 0;
    -webkit-transform-origin: 0 0;
    transform-origin: 0 0;
    -moz-transition: -moz-transform 0.1s linear;
    -ms-transition: -ms-transform 0.1s linear;
    -o-transition: -o-transform 0.1s linear;
    -webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 0.1s linear;
    transition: transform 0.1s linear;
}
#nav li {
    float: left;
    position: relative;
}
#nav li a {
    color: #FFFFFF;
    display: block;
    font-size: 16px;
    padding: 7px 20px;
    text-decoration: none;
}
#nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: red;
    border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}
#nav li:hover > a.hsubs {
    border-radius: 5px 5px 0 0;
}
#nav li:hover ul.subs {
    left: 0;
    top: 34px;
    width: 180px;
    -moz-transform: scaleY(1);
    -ms-transform: scaleY(1);
    -o-transform: scaleY(1);
    -webkit-transform: scaleY(1);
}
#nav ul li {
    width: 100%;
}
#nav ul li:hover > a {
    background-color: #222222 !important;
    border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
}
/* colors */
.colorScheme {
    height: 32px;
    list-style: none outside none;
    margin: 0 auto 25px;
    width: 320px;
}
.colorScheme a {
    cursor: pointer;
    float: left;
    height: 30px;
    margin: 0 5px;
    width: 30px;
}
.colorScheme .red {
    background-color: red;
}
.colorScheme .orange {
    background-color: orange;
}
.colorScheme .pink {
    background-color: pink;
}
.colorScheme .green {
    background-color: green;
}
.colorScheme .blue {
    background-color: blue;
}
.colorScheme .indigo {
    background-color: indigo;
}
.colorScheme .violet {
    background-color: violet;
}
.colorScheme .grey {
    background-color: grey;
}
#red:target ~ #nav ul {
    background-color: red;
    border: 1px solid red;
}
#orange:target ~ #nav ul {
    background-color: orange;
    border: 1px solid orange;
}
#pink:target ~ #nav ul {
    background-color: pink;
    border: 1px solid pink;
}
#green:target ~ #nav ul {
    background-color: green;
    border: 1px solid green;
}
#blue:target ~ #nav ul {
    background-color: blue;
    border: 1px solid blue;
}
#indigo:target ~ #nav ul {
    background-color: indigo;
    border: 1px solid indigo;
}
#violet:target ~ #nav ul {
    background-color: violet;
    border: 1px solid violet;
}
#grey:target ~ #nav ul {
    background-color: grey;
    border: 1px solid grey;
}
#red:target ~ #nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: red;
}
#orange:target ~ #nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: orange;
}
#pink:target ~ #nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: pink;
}
#green:target ~ #nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: green;
}
#blue:target ~ #nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: blue;
}
#indigo:target ~ #nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: indigo;
}
#violet:target ~ #nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: violet;
}
#grey:target ~ #nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: grey;
}

Live Demo

Conclusion

Hope you enjoyed with new menu, don’t forget to tell thanks and leave a comment :) Good luck!

Initial design idea has been taken here. Thank Stu Nicholls for his website.

SIMILAR ARTICLES


3 COMMENTS

  1. hey Mr. andrew
    really i have no word to express about you.thanks for everything. i want to ask some question.
    when we see facebook the controller is login. anyone doesn’t accesses any thing. now i want to tell me how to my website like to the facebook. to control tell me the code please!!!!

Leave a Reply to Gunnthor Cancel reply