jQuery Plugin For LavaLamp-Like Menu Hover Effect - Lavazi

Lavazi is a small jQuery plugin that applies a LavaLamp-Like smooth elastic animation to your navigation menu on mouse hover.

See also:

• Pure CSS3 Animated Sliding Menu
• jQuery Animated Navigation with Sliding Background - Lava Lamp

How to use it:

1. Include jQuery library together with the jQuery lavazi plugin's script and CSS in the web page.

<link href="style/lavazi.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/lavazi-main.js"></script>

2. Create a regular nav menu using Html unordered list.

<nav>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Blog</a> </li>
    <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Profile</a></li>
  </ul>
</nav>

3. Trigger the plugin.

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('nav>ul').lavazi({

  // options
  background:"#d30043",
  transitionTime:'1000',
  theme:'arrow'

  });
});

4. All the default options.

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('nav>ul').lavazi({

  // These are the defaults.
  theme: "simple", // simple, rounded, arrow
  activeClass: "selected",
  background:"#222",
  transitionTime:"300",
  height:4,
  mode: 'barBottom', // barBottom, barTop, belowBar, aboveBar
  easings: 'easeInOutBack'

  });
})

Change log:

2015-11-17

• Better Easing options added. Mode option added

2015-11-14

• JS update

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This awesome jQuery plugin is developed by bloggerever. For more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.