CSS
Flexbox: Responsive Navigation Bar with `flex-wrap`
Build a robust and responsive navigation bar using CSS Flexbox, allowing menu items to wrap or adjust spacing based on screen size.
.navbar {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap; /* Allows items to wrap onto the next line */
justify-content: space-between; /* Spreads items evenly with space between */
align-items: center; /* Vertically aligns items */
background-color: #343a40;
padding: 10px 20px;
box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}
.navbar-brand {
color: white;
font-size: 1.5em;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
margin-right: 20px;
}
.navbar-menu {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.navbar-item {
margin-left: 15px; /* Spacing between menu items */
}
.navbar-item a {
color: #adb5bd;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 5px 10px;
transition: color 0.3s ease;
}
.navbar-item a:hover {
color: white;
}
/* Adjustments for smaller screens if needed (e.g., stacking brand and menu) */
@media (max-width: 600px) {
.navbar {
flex-direction: column; /* Stacks brand and menu vertically */
justify-content: center;
}
.navbar-brand {
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-right: 0;
}
.navbar-menu {
width: 100%; /* Ensure menu takes full width */
justify-content: center; /* Center menu items */
margin-top: 10px;
}
.navbar-item {
margin: 0 10px 10px; /* Adjust item spacing for stacked layout */
}
}
<!-- HTML -->
<nav class="navbar">
<a href="#" class="navbar-brand">MySite</a>
<ul class="navbar-menu">
<li class="navbar-item"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li class="navbar-item"><a href="#">About</a></li>
<li class="navbar-item"><a href="#">Services</a></li>
<li class="navbar-item"><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
How it works: This snippet provides a flexible and responsive navigation bar using Flexbox. The `.navbar` container uses `display: flex` and `flex-wrap: wrap` to allow navigation items to flow onto new lines if space becomes limited. `justify-content: space-between` places the brand on one end and the menu on the other. For smaller screens, a media query changes `flex-direction` to `column` on the main navbar and adjusts `justify-content` on the menu to center items, creating a stacked, mobile-friendly layout.