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Slide In and Slide Out Navigation Menu Using jQuery And CSS

Last Updated : Jul 1, 2023

IN - jQuery CSS | Written & Updated By - Pragati

In this tutorial we will create a Slide In and Slide Out Navigation Menu using jQuery and CSS, slide In and Slide Out Navigation Menu is the most popular and dynamic way to create and display navigation menus many new and modern websites uses this kind of menus.

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Slide In and Slide Out Navigation Menu Using jQuery And CSS

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To create a Slide In and Slide Out Navigation Menu it takes only two steps:-

  1. Make a HTML file and define markup and script for Slide In and Out Navigation Menu
  2. Make a CSS file and define styling for Slide In and Out Navigation Menu

Step 1. Make a HTML file and define markup and script for Slide In and Out Navigation Menu

We make a HTML file and save it with a name menu.html 

<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="menu_style.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#menu_button").click(function(){
    show_menu();
  });
});

function show_menu()
{
$('#menu_links').animate({width:'toggle'},350);
}
</script>

</head>

<body>

  <div id='menu'>
    <p id="menu_button">
    <img src="menuicon.png">Menu
    </p>
  </div>

  <ul id='menu_links'>
  
    <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Help</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Feedback</a></li>

  </ul>

  <div id="content">
    <h2>Slide In and Slide Out Navigation Menu Using CSS and HTML</h2>
    <br>
    <br>
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  </div>

</body>
</html>

In this step we use jQuery animate function for Slide In and Slide Out Effect you can use any effect you want for more effects click on this link jQuery Effects.

Step 2. Make a CSS file and define styling for Slide In and Out Navigation Menu

We make a CSS file and save it with name menu_style.css. 

body
{
  background-color:#E6E6E6;
  margin:0px auto;
  padding:0px;
}
#menu
{
  background-color:black;
  width:100%;
  height:60px;
  line-height:60px;
  color:white;
  font-family:helvetica;
  font-size:25px;
  padding-left:10px;
  box-sizing:border-box;
}
#menu_button
{
  width:90px;
  cursor:pointer;
}
ul
{
  display:none;
  padding:0px;
  margin:0px;
  width:200px;
  height:90%;
  background-color:#2E2E2E;
  position:absolute;
  box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 50px 0px #6E6E6E;
}
li
{
  border-bottom:1px solid #424242;
}
li:hover
{
  width:201px;
  background-color:#2E2E2E;
  box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 50px 0px #848484;
  -webkit-transition: all 300ms linear;
  -ms-transition: all 300ms linear;
  transition: all 300ms linear;
  border-right:10px solid #2E2E2E;
}
li a
{
  height:50px;
  line-height:50px;
  display:block;
  color:silver;
  text-decoration:none;
  font-size:18px;
  font-family: 'WebSymbolsRegular', cursive;
  padding-left:10px;
}
li:hover a
{
  padding-left:25px;
  color:white;
  -webkit-transition: all 200ms linear;
  -ms-transition: all 200ms linear;
  transition: all 200ms linear;
}
#content
{
  margin-top:40px;
  text-align:center;
  font-family: 'WebSymbolsRegular', cursive;
}

Thats all, this is how to create Slide In and Slide Out Navigation Menu using jQuery and CSS. You can customize this code further as per your requirement. And please feel free to give comments on this tutorial.

I hope this tutorial on jquery sliding menu helps you and the steps and method mentioned above are easy to follow and implement.

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Author Image About Pragati

Experienced coding content writer who enjoys breaking down complex concepts in programming languages like Java, Python, C, and C++. Over three years of experience producing interesting and relevant content for a variety of entities. Committed to providing concise and easy-to-understand articles that assist readers in easily understanding technology and industry trends in the world of coding and software development.

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