Fullscreen Overlay Menu In JavaScript Library

Preview:

Description:

A hamburger navigation system that reveals a fullscreen overlay menu with a background image when toggled.

How to use it:

1. Code the HTML for the hamburger toggler.

<div class="menu-button">
  <span></span>
  <span></span>
  <span></span>
</div>

2. Code the HTML for the overlay menu.

<div class="menu-overlay">
  <div class="nav">
    <nav class="nav__items">
      <p class="nav__category">JavaScript</p>
      <a class="nav__item" href="#">jQuery</a>
      <a class="nav__item" href="#">Angular</a>
      <a class="nav__item" href="#">React</a>
    </nav>
    <nav class="nav__items">
      <p class="nav__category">CSS</p>
      <a class="nav__item" href="#">CSS3</a>
      <a class="nav__item" href="#">SASS</a>
      <a class="nav__item" href="#">LESS</a>
    </nav>
  </div>
  <div class="menu-overlay__image">
    <img src="/path/to/image.jpg" alt="Overlay Menu Image" />
  </div>
</div>

3. Code the CSS.

/* hamburger button */
.menu-button {
  width: 1.5rem;
  position: fixed;
  top: 2rem;
  right: 2rem;
  cursor: pointer;
  height: calc(0.25rem * 5);
  z-index: 666;
}

.menu-button span {
  width: 1.5rem;
  height: 0.25rem;
  background-color: black;
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  transition: all 0.6s ease;
}

.menu-button span:nth-of-type(2) {
  top: calc(0.25rem * 2);
}

.menu-button span:nth-of-type(3) {
  top: calc(0.25rem * 4);
}

.menu-button.active span {
  background-color: white;
}

.menu-button.active span:nth-of-type(1) {
  transform: translateY(0.5rem) rotate(-45deg);
}

.menu-button.active span:nth-of-type(2) {
  transform: translateX(1.5rem);
  opacity: 0;
}

.menu-button.active span:nth-of-type(3) {
  transform: translateY(-0.5rem) rotate(45deg);
}

/* overlay menu */
.menu-overlay {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  background-color: black;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 3fr 4fr;
  color: white;
  transform: translateX(100%);
  transition: all 0.6s ease-in-out;
}

.menu-overlay.open {
  transform: translateX(0);
}

.menu-overlay.open .menu-overlay__image img {
  animation: fadeIn 0.8s ease-in-out 0.6s forwards;
}

.menu-overlay.open .nav {
  animation: fadeIn 0.8s ease-in-out 0.2s forwards;
}

.menu-overlay__image img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  opacity: 0;
}

.nav {
  padding: 2rem;
  opacity: 0;
}

.nav__items {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.nav__items:not(:first-child) {
  margin-top: 4rem;
}

.nav__category {
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 0.75rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.125em;
  opacity: 0.5;
}

.nav__item {
  color: white;
  margin-top: 1rem;
  text-decoration: none;
  position: relative;
  transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
}

.nav__item::before {
  content: "";
  height: 1px;
  width: 0;
  background-color: white;
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 0;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
}

.nav__item:hover {
  padding-left: calc(2rem + 1rem);
}

.nav__item:hover::before {
  width: 2rem;
}

// animation
@keyframes fadeIn {
  0% {
    opacity: 0;
  }
  100% {
    opacity: 1;
  }
}

4. Enable the hamburger toggled to open the overlay menu.

const menuButton = document.querySelector(".menu-button");
const menuOverlay = document.querySelector(".menu-overlay");
menuButton.addEventListener("click", function () {
  menuButton.classList.toggle("active");
  menuOverlay.classList.toggle("open");
});