How TO - Shrink Navigation Menu on Scroll
Learn how to resize a navigation bar on scroll with CSS and JavaScript.
How To Shrink Navbar on Scroll
Step 1) Add HTML:
Create a navigation bar:
Example
<div id="navbar">
<a href="#default" id="logo">CompanyLogo</a>
<div id="navbar-right">
<a class="active" href="#home">Home</a>
<a href="#contact">Contact</a>
<a href="#about">About</a>
</div>
</div>
Step 2) Add CSS:
Style the navigation bar:
Example
/* Create a sticky/fixed navbar */
#navbar {
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #f1f1f1;
padding: 90px 10px; /* Large padding
which will shrink on scroll (using JS) */
transition: 0.4s; /* Adds
a transition effect when the padding is decreased */
position:
fixed; /* Sticky/fixed navbar */
width: 100%;
top: 0; /*
At the top */
z-index: 99;
}
/* Style the navbar links */
#navbar a {
float: left;
color: black;
text-align: center;
padding: 12px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 18px;
line-height: 25px;
border-radius: 4px;
}
/* Style the logo
*/
#navbar
#logo {
font-size: 35px;
font-weight: bold;
transition: 0.4s;
}
/* Links on mouse-over */
#navbar a:hover {
background-color: #ddd;
color: black;
}
/* Style the
active/current link */
#navbar
a.active {
background-color: dodgerblue;
color: white;
}
/* Display some links to the right */
#navbar-right {
float: right;
}
/* Add
responsiveness - on screens less than 580px wide, display the navbar
vertically instead of horizontally */
@media screen and (max-width: 580px)
{
#navbar {
padding: 20px 10px !important; /* Use
!important to make sure that JavaScript doesn't override the padding on small
screens */
}
#navbar a {
float:
none;
display: block;
text-align:
left;
}
#navbar-right {
float: none;
}
}
Step 3) Add JavaScript:
Example
// When the user scrolls down 80px from the top of the document, resize the
navbar's padding and the logo's font size
window.onscroll = function() {scrollFunction()};
function scrollFunction() {
if (document.body.scrollTop > 80 ||
document.documentElement.scrollTop > 80) {
document.getElementById("navbar").style.padding = "30px 10px";
document.getElementById("logo").style.fontSize = "25px";
} else {
document.getElementById("navbar").style.padding = "80px 10px";
document.getElementById("logo").style.fontSize = "35px";
}
}
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