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How To Create a Responsive Navigation Menu with Icons

Learn how to create a responsive navigation menu with icons, using CSS

Navigation Bar With Icons

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Create A Responsive Navbar with Icons

Step 1) Add HTML:

Example

<!-- Load an icon library -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

<div class="navbar">
  <a class="active" href="#"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-home"></i> Home</a>
  <a href="#"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-search"></i> Search</a>
  <a href="#"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-envelope"></i> Contact</a>
  <a href="#"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-user"></i> Login</a>
</div>

Step 2) Add CSS:

Example

/* Style the navigation bar */
.navbar {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #555;
  overflow: auto;
}

/* Navbar links */
.navbar a {
  float: left;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 12px;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
  font-size: 17px;
}

/* Navbar links on mouse-over */
.navbar a:hover {
  background-color: #000;
}

/* Current/active navbar link */
.active {
  background-color: #04AA6D;
}

/* Add responsiveness - will automatically display the navbar vertically instead of horizontally on screens less than 500 pixels */
@media screen and (max-width: 500px) {
  .navbar a {
    float: none;
    display: block;
  }
}
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Tip: Go to our CSS Navbar Tutorial to learn more about navigation bars.
Tip: If you want to create a navigation bar that only contains icons, read our How To - Icon Bar Tutorial.

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