Top 10 Trendy HTML & CSS Navigation Menu Designs

Hey friends, if you're looking for responsive, trendy, and free navigation menu designs for your website then you're at the right place. As you may know, A navigation menu bar or navbar is a section of a graphical UI (user interface) displayed as a horizontal list of hyperlinks at the top of every page. With the help of navigation links (nav links), your visitors or content viewers can easily get the information that they want.

In this blog, you'll see the collection of some free navigation menu with elegant hover animation. In the previous blog, I have shared Stunning CSS3 Cards Collection, and not I'm going to share Trendy HTML & CSS Navigation Menu Designs.  All navigations that are shared on this blog are free and ready to use for your website and each navbar is created with modern design using html5, css3, javascript, and jquery. I hope you'll find the best navigation design for your website. So without wasting time, let's start.

1. Simple Dropdown Menu Design

This is a simple but elegant navigation menu with a dropdown menu feature. This menu is created using pure html and css with clean codes. If you're looking for a simple navbar with a dropdown feature then this dropdown menu is made for you. You can easily customize this menu for your site. 

Simple Dropdown Menu Design




2. Hamburger Menu Slide Animation

This is menu has click animation which means when you click on the hamburger menu, the side navigation menu appears with a sliding animation. This click animation also based on pure html and css. If you're looking for a side navigation menu that is shown when the menu icon clicked then this menu is best for you. 

Hamburger Menu Slide Animation




3. Fancy Icon Menu with Click Animation

This menu is can be used as iconified tabs that reveal an icon's name on icon click.  If you didn't understand what I mean to say then look at the image below, there is a menu with some icons right but when you click on the particular icon that menu expands and the icon name visible. This can be very useful if you want a menu that takes less space on your site. 

Fancy Icon Menu with Click Animation




4. Responsive Sticky Navigation Menu Bar

This is a sticky or fixed navbar on the scroll. The best part of this navbar is, it fully responsive for all devices. As you can see in the image below, on the desktop, pc this navbar displayed as a horizontal line, and on mobile devices, this navbar displayed as a vertical line. Basically, at first, it has no background color on the navbar but when you scroll a little bit down then the background color appears and this navbar locked or fixed on the top of the webpage.

Responsive Sticky Navigation Menu Bar




5. Fullscreen Navigation Menu Design

This navigation menu is simple and expands to the fullscreen on a button click. At first, there is only a menu button but when you click on that button then the navigation menu appears and fits on the webpage screen. This type of navigation bar is widely used on different websites.

Fullscreen Navigation Menu Design




6. Vertical Dark Menu with Dropdown Menu

This is a simple dark menu with icons and it is created with pure html and css. This menu has a dropdown or submenu too which appears on hover. If you're looking for a vertical menu with the dropdown feature then this menu won't disappoint you.

Vertical Dark Menu with Dropdown Menu




7. Pure CSS Floating Menu Animation

This is a simple and elegant css floating menu animation. At first, there is shown a menu button only but when you click on that button then the menu expands and the icon appears on the right and left side of this button. This click animation is purely based on html and css. If you're looking for a floating menu with animation for your website then it will be your best choice.

Pure CSS Floating Menu Animation




8. Side Navigation Menu Bar Design

This is a sidebar menu with a multi-level dropdown or submenu. Af first, there is only a hamburger icon and when you click on this icon then the sidebar appears from the left side with a sliding animation. This sidebar design looks too awesome and unique and you won't be disappointed to use this sidebar on your website. With the features of the multi-level menu, it can be used for any kind of website.

Side Navigation Menu Bar Design




9. Responsive Navbar with Search Box

This is a fully responsive navbar with a search box. It's an eye-catching menu with a useful design. If you're looking for a navbar that must have a search box and created with pure html, css & javascript with clean codes then this navbar is made for you. Just download the code files of this design and use them without any limitation. 

Responsive Navbar with Search Box




10. Active Tab Hover Animation on Menu

This is a fancy menu with active tab hover animation. As you can see in the image, there is an icon with an underline which slides on a particular icon hover. This underline informs the user about which tab is currently active. You can also write some text after icon like home, about, message, etc. This sliding tab animation is pure created using only html and css. 

Active Tab Hover Animation on Menu





Comment a navigation menu that you like most. If you have also published the navigation menu designs on codepen, please let me know so I can extend this list :)

Note: All navigation menu designs that are shown on this blog are published on codepen. alert-info

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