Off-canvas Nav With Unlimited Dropdowns - jSide Menu

jSide Menu is a responsive, skinnable, cross-platform, mobile-friendly off-canvas navigation system built with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript (jQuery).

The jSide Menu plugin creates a sticky (or static) hamburger button on the top of the page that enables the user to reveal a sidebar menu sliding from the left or right of the screen.

Supports unlimited dropdown menus based on the HTML unordered list.

How to use it:

1. Load the jSide Menu plugin's files in the HTML page.

<!--jQuery-->
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-q8i/X+965DzO0rT7abK41JStQIAqVgRVzpbzo5smXKp4YfRvH+8abtTE1Pi6jizo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<!--jSide Menu Plugin-->
<script src="js/jquery.jside.menu.js"></script>
<!--jSide Menu CSS-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/jside-menu.css">
<!--jSide Skins-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/jside-skins.css" >

2. Load the Material Design Iconic Fonts for the flip icons.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/material-design-iconic-font/2.2.0/css/material-design-iconic-font.min.css">

3. Create the menu header. Great for profile information.

<div class="menu-head"> 
  <span class="layer">
    <div class="col">
      <div class="row for-pic">
        <div class="profile-pic">
          <img src="profile.jpg" alt="profile" /> 
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="row for-name">
        <h3 title="User Name"> Username </h3>
        <span class="tagline"> Tagline</span> 
      </div>
    </div>
  </span> 
</div>

4. Create a multi-level menu for the off-canvas navigation.

<nav class="menu-container">
  <ul class="menu-items">
    <li><span class="item-icon"><i class="zmdi zmdi-android"></i></span> <a href="#1"> Main item one </a></li>
    <li> <span class="item-icon"> <i class="zmdi zmdi-apple"></i> </span> <a href="#1"> Main item two </a></li>
    <li class="has-sub"> <span class="item-icon"> <i class="zmdi zmdi-windows"></i> </span> <span class="dropdown-heading"> Item three with dropdown </span>
      <ul>
        <li> <a href="#2">dropdown sub item 1 </a> </li>
        <li> <a href="#2"> dropdown sub item 2 </a> </li>
        <li> <a href="#2"> dropdown sub item 3 </a> </li>
        ...
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li class="has-sub"> <span class="item-icon"> <i class="zmdi zmdi-devices"></i> </span> <span class="dropdown-heading"> Item four with dropdown </span>
      <ul>
        <li> <a href="#2">sub item 1 </a> </li>
        <li> <a href="#2">sub item 2 </a> </li>
        <li> <a href="#2">sub item 3 </a> </li>
        ...
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li> <span class="item-icon"> <i class="zmdi zmdi-keyboard"></i> </span> <a href="#1"> Main item four </a></li>
    <li> <span class="item-icon"> <i class="zmdi zmdi-dock"></i> </span> <a href="#1"> Main item five </a></li>
  </ul>
</nav>

5. Create an overlay element that will overlay the main content when the navigation is revealed.

<div class="dim-overlay"></div>

6. Call the function on the main menu and done.

$(".menu-container").jSideMenu();

7. Make the off-canvas navigation slide from the right of the webpage.

$(".menu-container").jSideMenu({
  jSidePosition: "position-right"
});

8. Decide whether to make the menu bar stick to the top of the webpage when scrolling down (Default: true).

$(".menu-container").jSideMenu({
  jSideSticky: false
});

9. Change the default skin. All possible skins:

• flickr
• fb-messenger
• moonlit
• park-life
• d2f
• steel-man
• amethyst
• between-clouds
• crazy-orange
• endless-river

$(".menu-container").jSideMenu({
  jSideSkin: "default-skin"
});

About Author:

Author: Asif Mughal

Website: www.codehim.com

Changelog:

2020-10-11

• CSS updated

2020-03-17

• bug fixed: hide the menu when page is still loading

2019-05-22

• Minor bugs fixed

2018-12-05

• CSS updated

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