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CSS3 multilevel menu with transition and animation
In our new tutorial we’ll create a new nice CSS3 menu with interesting behavior, where I use css3 transition and animation. This is UL-LI-based multilevel menu.
Here are samples and downloadable package:
Live Demo
download in package
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 multilevel menu with transition and animation | Script Tutorials</title>
<link href="css/layout.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="css/menu.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h2>CSS3 multilevel menu with transition and animation</h2>
<a href="http://www.script-tutorials.com/css3-multilevel-menu-with-transition-and-animation/" class="stuts">Back to original tutorial on <span>Script Tutorials</span></a>
</header>
<div class="container">
<ul id="nav">
<li>
<a href="#">Parent link #1</a>
<a href="#">Sub #11</a>
<a href="#">Sub #12</a>
<a href="#">Sub #13</a>
<a href="#">Sub #14</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">Parent link #2</a>
<a href="#">Sub #21</a>
<a href="#">Sub #22</a>
<a href="#">Sub #23</a>
<a href="#">Sub #24</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">Parent link #3</a>
<a href="#">Sub #31</a>
<a href="#">Sub #32</a>
<a href="#">Sub #33</a>
<a href="#">Sub #34</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">Parent link #4</a>
<a href="#">Sub #41</a>
<a href="#">Sub #42</a>
<a href="#">Sub #43</a>
<a href="#">Sub #44</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 test 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
ul#nav {
border: 1px solid #454545;
display: block;
height: 400px;
margin: 0;
padding: 15px;
width: 160px;
-moz-border-radius: 9px;
-ms-border-radius: 9px;
-webkit-border-radius: 9px;
-o-border-radius: 9px;
border-radius: 9px;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(#f1f7ff, #d9e1ec);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(#f1f7ff, #d9e1ec);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, #f1f7ff), color-stop(100%, #d9e1ec));
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#f1f7ff, #d9e1ec);
background: -o-linear-gradient(#f1f7ff, #d9e1ec);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#f1f7ff', endColorstr='#d9e1ec');
-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#f1f7ff', endColorstr='#d9e1ec')";
background: linear-gradient(#f1f7ff, #d9e1ec);
}
@-moz-keyframes custom_effect {
0% {
background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.0);
height: 60px;
}
33% {
background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.0);
height: 160px;
}
66% {
background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 1.0);
}
100% {
background:rgba(190, 220, 255, 0.8);
height: 135px;
}
}
@-webkit-keyframes custom_effect {
0% {
background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.0);
height: 60px;
}
33% {
background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.0);
height: 160px;
}
66% {
background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 1.0);
}
100% {
background:rgba(190, 220, 255, 0.8);
height: 135px;
}
}
ul#nav li {
-moz-border-radius: 9px;
-ms-border-radius: 9px;
-webkit-border-radius: 9px;
-o-border-radius: 9px;
border-radius: 9px;
background-color:transparent;
border: 1px solid #454545;
display: block;
height: 60px;
line-height: 60px;
margin-bottom: 15px;
overflow: hidden;
}
ul#nav li:hover {
-moz-animation-name: custom_effect;
-moz-animation-duration: 0.4s;
-moz-animation-timing-function: ease;
-moz-animation-iteration-count: 1;
-moz-animation-direction: normal;
-moz-animation-delay: 0;
-moz-animation-play-state: running;
-moz-animation-fill-mode: forwards;
-webkit-animation-name: custom_effect;
-webkit-animation-duration: 0.4s;
-webkit-animation-timing-function: ease;
-webkit-animation-iteration-count: 1;
-webkit-animation-direction: normal;
-webkit-animation-delay: 0;
-webkit-animation-play-state: running;
-webkit-animation-fill-mode: forwards;
background:rgba(190, 220, 255, 0.8);
height: 135px;
}
ul#nav a {
border-style: none;
border-width: 0;
color: #181818;
cursor: pointer;
float: left;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 30px;
margin-top: 100px;
padding-left: 18px;
text-align: left;
text-decoration: none;
text-shadow: 0 1px 1px #FFFFFF;
vertical-align: middle;
-moz-transition: all 0.1s 0.4s;
-ms-transition: all 0.1s 0.4s;
-o-transition: all 0.1s 0.4s;
-webkit-transition: all 0.1s 0.4s;
transition: all 0.1s 0.4s;
}
ul#nav a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
ul#nav li a:first-child {
display: block;
float: none;
line-height: 60px;
margin-top: 0;
}
ul#nav li:hover a:first-child {
line-height: 60px;
}
ul#nav li:hover a {
margin-top: 0;
}
Live Demo
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Conclusion
Hope you enjoyed with new menu, don’t forget to tell thanks and leave a comment 
Good luck!
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You obviously know what you are doing!
For me as a beginner in coding journey I really appreciate your effort to help others borrow and learn things.
Thanks Andrey!