Sticky Side Navigation with CSS and jQuery ssMenu

Sticky Side Navigation with CSS and jQuery
Code Snippet:ssMenu
Author: Asif Mughal
Published: January 11, 2024
Last Updated: January 22, 2024
Downloads: 6,981
License: MIT
Edit Code online: CodeHim
Read More

Simple, easy to use and user friendly sticky side navigation menu with jQuery ssMenu plugin. ssMenu jQuery plugin creates a fixed side navbar at left of the window/webpage and collapse menu on hover.

How to Use Sticky Side Navigation:

1. Load the jQuery and Font Awesome into HTML document.

<!--Font Awesome-->
<link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-wvfXpqpZZVQGK6TAh5PVlGOfQNHSoD2xbE+QkPxCAFlNEevoEH3Sl0sibVcOQVnN" crossorigin="anonymous">
<!--jQuery-->
 <script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js'></script>

2. Include the ssMenu CSS and JavaScript file into your project.

<!--ssMenu CSS-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/ss-menu.css">

<!--ssMenu JS-->
<script src="js/jquery.ss.menu.js"></script>  

3. Create HTML structure for ssMenu with the nav element that contains unordered list with your menu links.

<!--Start Side Sticky Menu-->
<nav class="ss-menu ">
   <ul>
      <li><a href="#1"><i class="fa fa-android"></i>  Apps Development</a></li>
      <li><a href="#1"> <span class="ss-badge">6</span> <i class="fa fa-bar-chart"></i> Business & Marketing </a></li>
      <li><a href="#1"><i class="fa fa-heartbeat"></i> Life Insurance</a></li>
      <li><a href="#1"><i class="fa fa-bank"></i> Bank Loans</a></li>
      <li><a href="#1"><i class="fa fa-cc-paypal"></i> Bank Marketing</a></li>
      <li><a href="#1"><i class="fa fa-bookmark-o"></i> Insurance Policies </a></li>
      <li><a href="#1"><i class="fa fa-car"></i> Vehicle Insurance </a></li>
      <li><a href="#1"><i class="fa fa-briefcase"></i> Online Insurance</a></li>
      <li><a href="#1"><i class="fa fa-location-arrow"></i> Nearest Bank</a></li>
   </ul>
</nav>
<!--End Side Sticky Menu-->

4. Initialize ssMenu Plugin in jQuery document ready function.

$(document).ready(function(){

$(".ss-menu").ssMenu();

});    

5. To change the theme, just put the name of theme in the following option.

$(document).ready(function(){

$(".ss-menu").ssMenu({
  theme: "theme-name",

});

});    

All available themes are as follows:

  1. red
  2. yellow
  3. blue
  4. green
  5. orange
  6. brown
  7. teal
  8. purple

6. To hide navigation on scroll down. default: false

$(".ss-menu").ssMenu({
  hideOnScroll: true,

});

7. To add additional CSS properties into ssMenu, put the CSS values in the following object.

$(".ss-menu").ssMenu({
 additionalCSS: ({ 
 'background' : '', //custom background color
	'color' : '', //custom text color 
	'boxShadow' : '', //to add box shadow 
	'textShadow' : '', //to add text shadow 
	}), 

});

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

About CodeHim

Free Web Design Code & Scripts - CodeHim is one of the BEST developer websites that provide web designers and developers with a simple way to preview and download a variety of free code & scripts. All codes published on CodeHim are open source, distributed under OSD-compliant license which grants all the rights to use, study, change and share the software in modified and unmodified form. Before publishing, we test and review each code snippet to avoid errors, but we cannot warrant the full correctness of all content. All trademarks, trade names, logos, and icons are the property of their respective owners... find out more...

Please Rel0ad/PressF5 this page if you can't click the download/preview link

X