CSS3 vertical multicolor 3D menu

CSS3 vertical multicolor 3D menu

In our new tutorial we’ll create new stylish vertical multicolor and crossbrowser CSS3 menu with 3D animation (I use css3 transition, perspective and transform properties) and pure css3 color switcher. This is UL-LI-based 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 is the html code of our menu. As usual – this is again UL-LI based navigation menu. The most interesting thing will be CSS styles of course.

index.html

<div class="container">

    <span id="clr1"></span>
    <span id="clr2"></span>
    <span id="clr3"></span>
    <span id="clr4"></span>
    <span id="clr5"></span>
    <span id="clr6"></span>

    <div class="colorScheme">
        <a href="#clr1" class="clr1"></a>
        <a href="#clr2" class="clr2"></a>
        <a href="#clr3" class="clr3"></a>
        <a href="#clr4" class="clr4"></a>
        <a href="#clr5" class="clr5"></a>
        <a href="#clr6" class="clr6"></a>
    </div>

    <ul id="nav">
        <li><a href="http://script-tutorials.com/">Home</a></li>
        <li><a 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 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 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="http://script-tutorials.com/css3-vertical-multicolor-3d-menu/">Back</a></li>
    </ul>

</div>

Step 2. CSS

Here are the CSS styles of our vertical menu. Maybe you’ve noticed – that in our html we have two CSS files: layout.css and menu.css. The first one (layout.css) contains the styles of our demo page. We don’t publish these styles in the article, but if you need – you can find these styles in our package.

css/menu.css

#nav,#nav ul {
    background-color: #8899AA;
    list-style: none outside none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#nav {
    display: block;
    padding: 5px;
    position: relative;
    width: 112px;

    -moz-perspective: 200px;
    -ms-perspective: 200px;
    -webkit-perspective: 200px;
    -o-perspective: 200px;
    perspective: 200px;
}
#nav ul {
    left: -9999px;
    opacity:0;
    overflow: hidden;
    padding: 5px;
    position: absolute;
    top: -9999px;

    -moz-transform: rotateY(70deg);
    -ms-transform: rotateY(70deg);
    -o-transform: rotateY(70deg);
    -webkit-transform: rotateY(70deg);
    transform: rotateY(70deg);

    -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 0.3s linear, opacity 0.3s linear;
    -ms-transition: -ms-transform 0.3s linear, opacity 0.3s linear;
    -o-transition: -o-transform 0.3s linear, opacity 0.3s linear;
    -webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 0.3s linear, opacity 0.3s linear;
    transition: transform 0.3s linear, opacity 0.3s linear;
}
#nav li {
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
    position: relative;
}
#nav > li {
    -moz-transform-style: preserve-3d;
    -ms-transform-style: preserve-3d;
    -o-transform-style: preserve-3d;
    -webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
    transform-style: preserve-3d;
}
#nav li a {
    background-color: #AABBCC;
    border-color: #DDDDDD #555555 #555555 #DDDDDD;
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 1px;
    color: #000000;
    display: block;
    font-size: 15px;
    padding: 8px 10px 8px 5px;
    text-decoration: none;
    width:95px;

    -moz-transition: all 0.2s linear;
    -ms-transition: all 0.2s linear;
    -o-transition: all 0.2s linear;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.2s linear;
    transition: all 0.2s linear;
}
#nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: #8899AA;
    border-color: #8899AA;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}
#nav li:hover ul.subs {
    left: 114px;
    opacity:1;
    top: 0;

    -moz-transition-delay: 0.3s;
    -ms-transition-delay: 0.3s;
    -o-transition-delay: 0.3s;
    -webkit-transition-delay: 0.3s;
    transition-delay: 0.3s;

    -moz-transform: rotateY(0deg);
    -ms-transform: rotateY(0deg);
    -o-transform: rotateY(0deg);
    -webkit-transform: rotateY(0deg);
    transform: rotateY(0deg);
}
#nav ul li {
    width: 100%;
}

/* colors */
.colorScheme {
    list-style: none outside none;
    overflow: hidden;
    width: 120px;
}
.colorScheme a {
    cursor: pointer;
    float: left;
    height: 30px;
    margin: 0 5px 5px;
    width: 30px;
}
.colorScheme .clr1 {
    background-color: #8899AA;
}
.colorScheme .clr2 {
    background-color: #aa889e;
}
.colorScheme .clr3 {
    background-color: #8f88aa;
}
.colorScheme .clr4 {
    background-color: #88aaaa;
}
.colorScheme .clr5 {
    background-color: #88aa8a;
}
.colorScheme .clr6 {
    background-color: #aaa188;
}

#clr1:target ~ #nav, #clr1:target ~ #nav ul {
    background-color: #8899AA;
}
#clr2:target ~ #nav, #clr2:target ~ #nav ul {
    background-color: #aa889e;
}
#clr3:target ~ #nav, #clr3:target ~ #nav ul {
    background-color: #8f88aa;
}
#clr4:target ~ #nav, #clr4:target ~ #nav ul {
    background-color: #88aaaa;
}
#clr5:target ~ #nav, #clr5:target ~ #nav ul {
    background-color: #88aa8a;
}
#clr6:target ~ #nav, #clr6:target ~ #nav ul {
    background-color: #aaa188;
}

#clr1:target ~ #nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: #8899AA;
    border-color: #8899AA;
}
#clr2:target ~ #nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: #aa889e;
    border-color: #aa889e;
}
#clr3:target ~ #nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: #8f88aa;
    border-color: #8f88aa;
}
#clr4:target ~ #nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: #88aaaa;
    border-color: #88aaaa;
}
#clr5:target ~ #nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: #88aa8a;
    border-color: #88aa8a;
}
#clr6:target ~ #nav li:hover > a {
    background-color: #aaa188;
    border-color: #aaa188;
}

---

Live Demo

download in package

---

Conclusion

Hope you enjoyed with new 3D menu, don’t forget to tell thanks and leave a comment Good luck!