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The link with class=”icon” is used to open and close the topnav on small screens. /* When the screen is less than 600 pixels wide, hide all links, except for the first one (“Home”).
Why do we need a responsive top navigation menu?
A responsive top navigation menu is the cornerstone of a webpage. Without it, we would just blindly navigate web pages to find what we want. That would increasingly become a problem when there are topics nested in sub-topics nested in sub-topics.
When the word “navigation” or “navbar” is brought up in a conversation in the context of a web page, the picture that pops into your head is likely a top navigation or “topnav”. The reason for this is likely that most of the companies’ web-pages that we visit almost always include a topnav.
What happens if you don’t have a navigation menu?
Without it, we would just blindly navigate web pages to find what we want. That would increasingly become a problem when there are topics nested in sub-topics nested in sub-topics.
How TO – Responsive Top Navigation 1 Step 1) Add HTML: Example Example / 3 Add a black background color to the top navigation 4 / .topnav { background-color:… 5 Step 3) Add JavaScript: More
How to highlight the navigation menu for the current page?
It’s very simple to implement to anything, navigation links, hyperlinks and etc. In your CSS document insert: This will make the hover state of the list items have red text and a white background. Attach that class of current to any link on the “current” page and it will display the same styles.
Tip: To create mobile-friendly, responsive navigation bars, read our How To – Responsive Top Navigation tutorial. Tip: Go to our CSS Navbar Tutorial to learn more about navigation bars. Thank You For Helping Us! Your message has been sent to W3Schools. W3Schools is optimized for learning and training.