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CSS3 multilevel menu with transition and animation

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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:

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



    
        
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                    Parent link #1
                    Sub #11
                    Sub #12
                    Sub #13
                    Sub #14
                
                
                    Parent link #2
                    Sub #21
                    Sub #22
                    Sub #23
                    Sub #24
                
                
                    Parent link #3
                    Sub #31
                    Sub #32
                    Sub #33
                    Sub #34
                
                
                    Parent link #4
                    Sub #41
                    Sub #42
                    Sub #43
                    Sub #44

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;
}

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