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The various easiest ways of creating a Menu Icon for phone or PC

Tuesday, January 1, 2019
METHOD 1 - BY USING AN ICON LIBRARY

 <!-- Load an icon library for example-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css"> in the head section

 CODE SUMMARY FOR USING AN ICON LIBRARY
<head>
<!-- Loading an icon library starts here -->

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css"/>

<!-- Loading an icon library ends here -->
</head>


METHOD 2 - BY USING CSS TO CREATE A BASIC MENU ICON

 Step 1 - Add HTML:

 <div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>

 Step 2 - Ad CSS

 div {
  width: 35px; /* Specifies the width of each bar */
  height: 5px;  /* Specifies the height of each bar */
  background-color: black;  /* Background colour for each bar */
  margin: 6px 0;}  /* Create some distance between each bar with a top and bottom margin */

 CODE SUMMARY FOR BASIC MENU ICON:
<head>
<!-- Creating a menu icon for head section starts here -->

<style>
div {
  width: 35px;
  height: 5px;
  background-color: black;
  margin: 6px 0;
}
</style>

<!-- Creating a menu icon for head section ends here -->
</head>

<body>
<!-- Creating a menu icon for body section starts here -->

<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>

<!-- Creating a menu icon for body section ends here -->
</body>



METHOD 2 - BY USING CSS AND JAVASCRIPT TO CREATE AN ANIMATED MENU ICON BY CHANGING THE MENU ICON TO A "CANCEL/REMOVE" ICON WHEN IT IS CLICKED ON

Step 1 - Add HTML
<div class="container" onclick="myFunction(this)">
  <div class="bar1"></div>
  <div class="bar2"></div>
  <div class="bar3"></div>
</div>

Step 2 - Add CSS

.container {
  display: inline-block;
  cursor: pointer;}

.bar1, .bar2, .bar3 {
  width: 35px;
  height: 5px;
  background-color: #333;
  margin: 6px 0;
  transition: 0.4s;}

/* Rotate first bar */
.change .bar1 {
  -webkit-transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-9px, 6px) ;
  transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-9px, 6px) ;}

/* Fade out the second bar */
.change .bar2 {
  opacity: 0;}

/* Rotate last bar */
.change .bar3 {
  -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg) translate(-8px, -8px) ;
  transform: rotate(45deg) translate(-8px, -8px) ;}
Step 3 - Add Java Script

 function myFunction(x) {
  x.classList.toggle("change");
}
We use the same HTML and CSS styles as before, only this time, we wrap a container element around each <div> element and we specify a class name for each.

The container element is used to show a pointer symbol when the user moves the mouse over the divs (bars). When it is clicked on, it will execute a JavaScript function that adds a new class name to it, which will change the styles of each horizontal bar: the first and the last bar is transformed and rotated to the letter "x". The bar in the middle fades out and becomes invisible.


CODE SUMMARY FOR ANIMATED MENU ICON:
<head>
<!-- Creating an animated menu icon for head section starts here -->

<style>
.container {
  display: inline-block;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.bar1, .bar2, .bar3 {
  width: 35px;
  height: 5px;
  background-color: #333;
  margin: 6px 0;
  transition: 0.4s;
}

.change .bar1 {
  -webkit-transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-9px, 6px);
  transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-9px, 6px);
}

.change .bar2 {opacity: 0;}

.change .bar3 {
  -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg) translate(-8px, -8px);
  transform: rotate(45deg) translate(-8px, -8px);
}
</style>

<!-- Creating an animated menu icon for head section ends here -->
</head>

<body>
<!-- Creating an animated menu icon for body section starts here -->

<div class="container" onclick="myFunction(this)">
  <div class="bar1"></div>
  <div class="bar2"></div>
  <div class="bar3"></div>
</div>

<script>
function myFunction(x) {
  x.classList.toggle("change");
}
</script>


<!-- Creating an animated menu icon for body section ends here -->
</body>


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