breadcrumb navigation using pure CSS3
A Pen by Secret Sam on CodePen.
breadcrumb navigation using pure CSS3
A Pen by Secret Sam on CodePen.
<!-- a simple div with some links --> | |
<div class="breadcrumb"> | |
<a href="#" class="active">Browse</a> | |
<a href="#">Compare</a> | |
<a href="#">Order Confirmation</a> | |
<a href="#">Checkout</a> | |
</div> | |
<br /><br /> | |
<!-- another version - flat style with animated hover effect --> | |
<div class="breadcrumb flat"> | |
<a href="#" class="active">Browse</a> | |
<a href="#">Compare</a> | |
<a href="#">Order Confirmation</a> | |
<a href="#">Checkout</a> | |
</div> | |
<!-- Prefixfree --> | |
<script src="http://thecodeplayer.com/uploads/js/prefixfree-1.0.7.js" type="text/javascript" type="text/javascript"></script> |
// no requiere javascript |
/*custom font*/ | |
@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Merriweather+Sans); | |
* {margin: 0; padding: 0;} | |
html, body {min-height: 100%;} | |
body { | |
text-align: center; | |
padding-top: 100px; | |
background: #689976; | |
background: linear-gradient(#689976, #ACDACC); | |
font-family: 'Merriweather Sans', arial, verdana; | |
} | |
.breadcrumb { | |
/*centering*/ | |
display: inline-block; | |
box-shadow: 0 0 15px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35); | |
overflow: hidden; | |
border-radius: 5px; | |
/*Lets add the numbers for each link using CSS counters. flag is the name of the counter. to be defined using counter-reset in the parent element of the links*/ | |
counter-reset: flag; | |
} | |
.breadcrumb a { | |
text-decoration: none; | |
outline: none; | |
display: block; | |
float: left; | |
font-size: 12px; | |
line-height: 36px; | |
color: white; | |
/*need more margin on the left of links to accomodate the numbers*/ | |
padding: 0 10px 0 60px; | |
background: #666; | |
background: linear-gradient(#666, #333); | |
position: relative; | |
} | |
/*since the first link does not have a triangle before it we can reduce the left padding to make it look consistent with other links*/ | |
.breadcrumb a:first-child { | |
padding-left: 46px; | |
border-radius: 5px 0 0 5px; /*to match with the parent's radius*/ | |
} | |
.breadcrumb a:first-child:before { | |
left: 14px; | |
} | |
.breadcrumb a:last-child { | |
border-radius: 0 5px 5px 0; /*this was to prevent glitches on hover*/ | |
padding-right: 20px; | |
} | |
/*hover/active styles*/ | |
.breadcrumb a.active, .breadcrumb a:hover{ | |
background: #333; | |
background: linear-gradient(#333, #000); | |
} | |
.breadcrumb a.active:after, .breadcrumb a:hover:after { | |
background: #333; | |
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #333, #000); | |
} | |
/*adding the arrows for the breadcrumbs using rotated pseudo elements*/ | |
.breadcrumb a:after { | |
content: ''; | |
position: absolute; | |
top: 0; | |
right: -18px; /*half of square's length*/ | |
/*same dimension as the line-height of .breadcrumb a */ | |
width: 36px; | |
height: 36px; | |
/*as you see the rotated square takes a larger height. which makes it tough to position it properly. So we are going to scale it down so that the diagonals become equal to the line-height of the link. We scale it to 70.7% because if square's: | |
length = 1; diagonal = (1^2 + 1^2)^0.5 = 1.414 (pythagoras theorem) | |
if diagonal required = 1; length = 1/1.414 = 0.707*/ | |
transform: scale(0.707) rotate(45deg); | |
/*we need to prevent the arrows from getting buried under the next link*/ | |
z-index: 1; | |
/*background same as links but the gradient will be rotated to compensate with the transform applied*/ | |
background: #666; | |
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #666, #333); | |
/*stylish arrow design using box shadow*/ | |
box-shadow: | |
2px -2px 0 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), | |
3px -3px 0 2px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1); | |
/* | |
5px - for rounded arrows and | |
50px - to prevent hover glitches on the border created using shadows*/ | |
border-radius: 0 5px 0 50px; | |
} | |
/*we dont need an arrow after the last link*/ | |
.breadcrumb a:last-child:after { | |
content: none; | |
} | |
/*we will use the :before element to show numbers*/ | |
.breadcrumb a:before { | |
content: counter(flag); | |
counter-increment: flag; | |
/*some styles now*/ | |
border-radius: 100%; | |
width: 20px; | |
height: 20px; | |
line-height: 20px; | |
margin: 8px 0; | |
position: absolute; | |
top: 0; | |
left: 30px; | |
background: #444; | |
background: linear-gradient(#444, #222); | |
font-weight: bold; | |
} | |
.flat a, .flat a:after { | |
background: white; | |
color: black; | |
transition: all 0.5s; | |
} | |
.flat a:before { | |
background: white; | |
box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px #ccc; | |
} | |
.flat a:hover, .flat a.active, | |
.flat a:hover:after, .flat a.active:after{ | |
background: #9EEB62; | |
} | |