I have a side navbar using HTML, SCSS and js. When I click reload, it goes to uncollapse state.
HTML
<nav class="nav" id="myNav">
<button class="nav__toggle" id="toggle-btn">
<span class="hamburger"></span>
</button>
<ul>
<li class="brand">
<a href="">
<img src="/images/logo.png" class="img-fluid" alt="NC Designs logo">
</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#creative">My creatives</a></li>
<li><a href="#about">About me</a></li>
<li><a href="#portfolio">My Portfolio</a></li>
<li><a href="#clients">Clients</a></li>
<li><a href="#testimonials">Testimonials</a></li>
<li><a href="#contact">Contact me</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
SCSS
.nav {
position: absolute;
text-align: center;
right: 0;
width: 260px;
height: 100vh;
background: var(--clr-light);
box-shadow: 0 0 3em #00000026;
transform: translateX(100%);
transition: transform 300ms cubic-bezier(0.5, 0, 0.5, 1);
ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
.li:nth-child(0){
margin-bottom: 1rem!important;
}
li {
margin-bottom: 2em;
display: flex;
a {
text-decoration: none;
color: var(--clr-dark);
padding: .5em;
flex: 1;
&:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
color: var(--clr-primary);
}
}
}
}
}
.brand{
margin-top: 2em;
}
.brand img{
height:100px
}
.nav__toggle {
position: absolute;
top: 2em;
left: 0;
transform: translateX(-100%);
background: var(--clr-light);
padding: 1em 0.5em;
border: 0;
border-radius: 0.25em 0 0 0.25em;
cursor: pointer;
transition: left 600ms ease-in-out, padding 500ms,
transform 3500ms ease-in-out, opacity 200ms linear;
&:focus {
outline: 0;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(238, 99, 82, 0.5);
}
}
.hamburger {
display: block;
position: relative;
&::before,
&::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
left: 0;
}
&::before {
bottom: 6px;
}
&::after {
top: 6px;
}
}
.hamburger,
.hamburger::before,
.hamburger::after {
width: 2em;
height: 3px;
background: var(--clr-dark);
transition: transform 350ms ease-in-out, opacity 200ms linear;
}
/* Navigation open styles */
.nav-open {
.nav {
-webkit-transform: translateX(0);
transform: translateX(0);
}
/* Change this stuff below */
.hamburger {
-webkit-transform: rotate(45deg) scale(0.7);
transform: rotate(45deg) scale(0.7);
&::before {
opacity: 0;
}
&::after {
transform: rotate(90deg) translate(-6px) scale(1);
}
}
.nav__toggle {
position: absolute;
top: 2em;
left: 98%;
transform: translateX(-100%);
background: var(--clr-light);
padding: 1em 0.1em;
border: 0;
border-radius: 50%;
box-shadow: 0 0 0.5em rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
margin-bottom: 50px;
&:focus {
outline: 0;
border-radius: 50%;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(238, 99, 82, 0.25), 0 0 0.5em rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
}
&:hover {
outline: 0;
border-radius: 50%;
box-shadow: 0 0 0.5em rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
}
}
}
JS
<script>
const navToggle = document.querySelector('.nav__toggle');
const navFocus = document.querySelector('nav ul li a');
navToggle.addEventListener('click', () => {
document.body.classList.toggle('nav-open');
});
/*
Allow the toggle to work if the tab key is used to access menu...
I'm not sure if this is the best way or if it works all the time.
I tried experimenting with keyup and the keycode but this seemed simple.
*/
navFocus.addEventListener('focus', () => {
document.body.classList.toggle('nav-open');
});
</script>
Note: when I click the refresh second time, the navbar opens (uncollapsed), that should not happen (should remain collapsed even if I reload from the uncollapsed state (open navbar state). What should I do?
This behavior is expected if you were to reload the page. However, if you wanted to override this, you need a way to save the state between page refreshes. I think you should take a look at the sessionStorage API: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/sessionStorage
A couple of things to point you in the right direction:
When you load the page, you should access the state of the sidebar. I think opened
or closed
would be enough to remember the state of the sidebar. Something like:
const navBarKey = "navBarState"; // using variable to prevent typos
const navBarState = sessionStorage.getItem(navBarKey);
const open = "open"; // using variable to prevent typos
const navOpen = 'nav-open'; // using variable to prevent css class typos
if(navBarState === open){
// this code will run when first started. If not, you may need to add some window.onload logic.
// if the saved state is open, add 'nav-open'
body.classList.add(navOpen);
}
const navToggle = document.querySelector('.nav__toggle');
navToggle.addEventListener('click', () => {
if(body.classList.contains(navOpen)) {
// if already open, remove 'nav-open' and remove 'navBarState' from sessionStorage
body.classList.remove(navOpen);
sessionStorage.removeItem(navBarKey)
} else {
// if not open, add 'mav-open' and add 'navBarState' to sessionStorage
body.classList.add(navOpen);
sessionStorage.setItem(navBarKey, open)
}
});
sessionStorage
will persist only while the window/tab is open, and will clear if you exit the browser.
localStorage
, however, will persist even after the brower is closed. So, if you wanted to persist after restarting the browser, you should instead use localStorage.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/localStorage
I hope this is enough for you to get started! There are of course, different ways to handle this/refactoring opportunities, but for the given code you have at hand, this should suffice.