StellarNav.js

Responsive, lightweight, multi-level dropdown menu. Stellarnav is a great solution for long navigation menus with lots of menu items.

Click here to see StellarNav.js in action.

Installation

CSS

Include the StellarNav stylesheet.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="css/stellarnav.min.css">

HTML

Add a stellarnav class to your menu div.

<div class="stellarnav">
     <ul>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
     </ul>
</div>

Javascript

Include stellarnav.min.js and call stellarNav().

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/stellarnav.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
	jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
		jQuery('.stellarnav').stellarNav();
	});
</script>

Options

Here's a list of available settings.

jQuery('.stellarnav').stellarNav({
  theme: 'plain', // adds default color to nav. (light, dark)
  breakpoint: 768, // number in pixels to determine when the nav should turn mobile friendly
  menuLabel: 'Menu', // label for the mobile nav
  sticky: false, // makes nav sticky on scroll (desktop only)
  position: 'static', // 'static', 'top', 'left', 'right' - when set to 'top', this forces the mobile nav to be placed absolutely on the very top of page
  openingSpeed: 250, // how fast the dropdown should open in milliseconds
  closingDelay: 250, // controls how long the dropdowns stay open for in milliseconds
  showArrows: true, // shows dropdown arrows next to the items that have sub menus
  phoneBtn: '', // adds a click-to-call phone link to the top of menu - i.e.: "18009084500"
  phoneLabel: 'Call Us', // label for the phone button
  locationBtn: '', // adds a location link to the top of menu - i.e.: "/location/", "http://site.com/contact-us/"
  locationLabel: 'Location', // label for the location button
  closeBtn: false, // adds a close button to the end of nav
  closeLabel: 'Close', // label for the close button
  mobileMode: false,
  scrollbarFix: false // fixes horizontal scrollbar issue on very long navs
});

Attribute	Type	Default	Description
theme	String	plain	Adds default color to nav. [plain, light, dark]
breakpoint	Integer	768	Number in pixels to determine when the nav should turn mobile friendly.
menuLabel	String	Menu	Label (text) for the mobile nav.
sticky	Boolean	false	Makes nav sticky on scroll.
position	String	static	[static, top, left, right] - When set to 'top', this forces the mobile nav to be placed absolutely on the very top of page. When set to 'left' or 'right', mobile nav fades in/out from left or right, accordingly.
openingSpeed	Integer	250	Controls how fast the dropdowns open in milliseconds.
closingDelay	Integer	250	Controls how long the dropdowns stay open for in milliseconds.
showArrows	Boolean	true	Shows dropdown arrows next to the items that have sub menus.
phoneBtn	String	''	Adds a click-to-call phone link to the top of menu - i.e.: "18009084500".
phoneLabel	String	Call Us	Label (text) for the phone button.
locationBtn	String	''	Adds a location link to the top of menu - i.e.: "/location/", "http://site.com/contact-us/".
locationLabel	String	Location	Label (text) for the location button.
closeBtn	Boolean	false	Adds a close button to the end of nav.
closeLabel	String	Close	Label (text) for the close button.
mobileMode	Boolean	false	Turns the menu mobile friendly by default.
scrollbarFix	Boolean	false	Fixes horizontal scrollbar issue on very long menus.

Mega Dropdowns

The mega dropdown feature allows you to fully extend the width of the dropdown and group the sub-dropdown items by a specific number of columns. This is extremely useful when dealing large menus.

You can turn any dropdown into a mega dropdown menu by simply adding a class of mega and an html attribute of data-columns to the top-level item. The number of columns for the data-columns attribute that can be any integer from 2 to 8. Example:

<div class="stellarnav">
     <ul>
        <li class="mega" data-columns="4">
          <a href="#">Item</a>
          <a href="#">Item</a>
          <a href="#">Item</a>
          <a href="#">Item</a>
          <a href="#">Item</a>
          <a href="#">Item</a>
          <a href="#">Item</a>
          <a href="#">Item</a>
        </li>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
     </ul>
</div>

*Note: data-columns defaults to 4. If you specify a number other than 2-8 or forget to add the data-columns attribute to the list item, the dropdown menu will automatically be divided into 4 columns.

Extra

Open / Close Menu

You can add the css classes stellarnav-open or stellarnav-close to any html element on the page to activate opening or closing of menu on click.

Drop Left

For long dropdown menus and for some of the last navigation items, you may use the class drop-left to the list item so that the dropdown drops leftward. This prevents menu from breaking the grid and getting a horizontal scrollbar.

<div class="stellarnav">
     <ul>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
        <li class="drop-left"><a href="#">Last Dropdown Item</a>
        	<ul>
        		<li><a href="#">Item</a></li>
        		<li><a href="#">Item</a>
        			<ul>
        				<li><a href="#">Drop left menu item</a></li>
        				<li><a href="#">Drop left menu item</a></li>
        			</ul>
        		</li>
        	</ul>
        </li>
     </ul>
</div>

If this is not an option and you are still getting a scrollbar, you may also set the scrollbarFix option to true.