Creating a Responsive Navbar Guide

A clean, responsive navbar is essential for any website. Whether you're building a portfolio or a startup landing page, this guide will show you how to create a simple, mobile-friendly navigation bar using just HTML and CSS.

What You'll Learn

How to build a semantic navbar with HTML
Styling it using modern CSS (Flexbox + Media Queries)

Making it responsive for mobile devices


  <!DOCTYPE html>
  <html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>Responsive Navbar</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
  </head>
  <body>
   <nav class="navbar">
    <div class="logo">MySite</div>

    <ul class="nav-links">
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Projects</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
    </ul>

    <div class="menu-icon" id="menu-icon">
      &#9776; <!-- this is the ☰ icon -->
    </div>
  </nav>
  </body>
  </html>

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
}

.navbar {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
  background-color: #0d1117;
  padding: 1rem 2rem;
}

.logo {
  color: #ffffff;
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  font-weight: bold;
}

.nav-links {
  list-style: none;
  display: flex;
  gap: 1.5rem;
}

.nav-links a {
  color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration: none;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.nav-links a:hover {
  color: #58a6ff;
}
@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .nav-links {
    flex-direction: column;
    position: absolute;
    top: 70px;
    right: 20px;
    background-color: #0d1117;
    padding: 1rem;
    display: none;
  }

  .nav-links.active {
    display: flex;
  }
}
.menu-icon {
  display: none;
  font-size: 2rem;
  color: #ffffff;
  cursor: pointer;
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .nav-links {
    flex-direction: column;
    position: absolute;
    top: 70px;
    right: 20px;
    background-color: #0d1117;
    padding: 1rem;
    display: none;
  }

  .nav-links.active {
    display: flex;
  }

  .menu-icon {
    display: block;
  }
}

 const menuIcon = document.getElementById('menu-icon');
  const navLinks = document.querySelector('.nav-links');

  menuIcon.addEventListener('click', () => {
    navLinks.classList.toggle('active');
  });

Final Output

You’ll have a dark-themed responsive navbar that adjusts on small screens. Want to add a toggle menu for mobile? That’s a great next step!

https://codepen.io/24R11D5804-KESARI-SRAVANI/pen/jEEGQNK

Conclusion

This was a quick intro to building a responsive navbar using HTML and CSS. Practice by:

Changing the layout
Adding a logo image
Experimenting with animations

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