A Device-Agnostic Approach to Complex Site Navigation
The mock navigation you see above is a mobile-first example of using media queries and javascript to make a decent site menu with drop downs. Special attention is paid to touch screens using touch events with tap targets (the key feature of FlexNav). This is something I use to test different navigation techniques and may change as I iterate over different solutions to the problem. Basically I want a simple model to build upon when working on sites from scratch.
Want a FlexNav for a one page site with anchors to different sections of the page? Check out the single page pattern demo.
Usage
Start with a simple unordered list, adding in the class and data attributes:<ul class="flexnav" data-breakpoint="800"> <li>...</li> </ul>
Add the small screen menu button somewhere outside your navigation markup:<div class="menu-button">Menu</div>
Add flexnav.css to the head of your document:<link href="css/flexnav.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
Add jquery.flexnav.min.js before the closing body tag:<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.flexnav.min.js"></script>
Initialize FlexNav right before your closing body tag:$(".flexnav").flexNav();
you can change the default speed too:$(".flexnav").flexNav({ 'animationSpeed' : 'fast' });
