Styling the Responsive Navigation and Menu Button
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Styling a Responsive Design for Mobile Devices
Styling the Responsive Navigation and Menu Button
The responsive navigation includes the horizontal navigation on desktop devices, plus the menu button and navigation headers and links in mobile devices.
The Menu button (also called the hamburger menu, because it displays as three horizontal lines, similar to a hamburger) shows only in mobile devices (the viewport is 768px or narrower). It replaces the horizontal menu navigation at the top of the page.
Clicking on the menu button on a live page displays the navigation (headers and links) vertically.
Clicking on the menu button here in Site Designer allows you to customize it. Remember to customize for both 768px (tablet) and 447px (mobile phone) breakpoints.
If you're ever unsure what a button does, hover over it for a second. Its function will appear as a tooltip.
Background
You have several options for the background of your responsive navigation.
You can select a color from the color palette. You can upload a background image. You can also keep the background as is, with no changes, or revert to the default for your style.
You also have full control, in the Advanced Styles overlay, of the positioning and tiling of any background image that you upload.
Background Color
- Click on the Color Palette button.
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Click on the palette to select a color. Click on the rainbow slider to choose another color base for the palette.
Or enter a 6 character hex value. Or, if you've already saved colors, choose one from Your Custom Colors. Or select Transparent.
Or click on Reset to Template Default to go back to the original background color. - Click Set Background Color to save this selection. Click Cancel to close the tool and make no change.
Select a background color that suits your style's overall color scheme.
For example, if your style's color scheme is various shades of green, you may want to choose another shade of green. Or perhaps a brown color would work.
But a pink or a bright orange would not likely be a good choice.
Click on the color palette button to open the color picker.
Select your color by clicking on the palette or dragging the small circle around the palette. Click on the rainbow slider to reach the desired palette of colors.
Or you can enter a 6 character hex value for the color you want to use.
You can also choose from a color in Your Custom Colors, which is available after you've selected at least one custom color in any of the color pickers. Hover over any color to see where else in your design that you've used that color.
Another option is to choose Transparent. This will make the background beneath your callout text the color of the column where you put the Menu button.
Click on Set Background Color to save your change. The overlay window will close and your new background color will appear. Be sure to set this for both 768px and 447px.
Upload Background Image
- Click on the Upload Image button.
- Click on the Browse button (Choose File if you're using Safari). Navigate to the desired background image and select it.
- Click on the Upload New Background Image button.
If you would like the navigation to sit on something more than just a background color, you can upload an image.
Most background images are small images that are then "tiled," that is, they're repeated from left to right, or from top to bottom, or both.
So ensure that you have an image that looks good when repeated multiple times across and down the page, especially since the responsive navigation is horizontal in desktop devices and vertical in phones.
You may have to experiment with different image widths and heights until you find the right image size that looks good when tiled.
Click on the Upload Image button (second from the left in the toolbar). This will open an overlay window...
Click on Browse (Choose File if you're using Safari) to locate the file. Click to select the file.
Click on Upload New Background Image to upload it.
The overlay window will close. You'll see the navigation with your new background image. Be sure to set this for both 768px and 447px.
Remove Background Image
- Click on the Remove Image button.
If you uploaded a background image, but decide you'd like to have no image, you can remove it.
The background image appearing in the responsive navigation will disappear, leaving you with the current background color.
Reset
- Click on the Reset button.
You can also reset the background image changes you made. This resets only the background image settings.
It does not affect the text settings you made (above) or any other changes to your style.
Advanced Styles
- Click on the gears button to open the Advanced Styles overlay.
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Click on Position V and select from Top, Center and Bottom.
And/or click on Position H and select from Left, Center and Right. -
Click on the Background Repeat Down arrow button to activate image tiling vertically.
Click on the Background Repeat Right arrow to activate image tiling horizontally, if required. - Click again on the Down arrow button to deactivate tiling vertically. Click again on the Right arrow to deactivate tiling horizontally.
- Click on the Download Background Image Down button to download the background image, if your design comes with one.
If you uploaded a background image, you have full control over it.
You can change the position of the image (Position V or Position H) or tile it down the button height or across the button width (Down arrow and Right arrow buttons).
For the responsive navigation, activate the tiling (there will be a border around the activated button) so that the image fills the entire navigation area.
Click on the Download Background Image Down button to download the background image, if your design comes with one.
(Hamburger) Menu Button Text
With the Text tools, you can customize the following for the Menu Button label's text...
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font type
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font size
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bold and italic
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text color
You can also customize other options by opening the Advanced Styles overlay.
Font Picker
- Click on the A button.
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Hover over a font to preview it. Click on a font to select it.
Or click on Reset to Template Default to return to the default font. - Click on Set Font to save this selection, Cancel to close the tool and make no change.
Click on the A button to change the font of your Menu button text. An overlay window opens on top of your style.
Hover over each font to see what it looks like in the preview box at the top of the picker.
Choose a font that suits the look of your style.
Click on the font you want to use. It will now have a red border.
Click on Set Font to save your selection.
The overlay window will close and the word Menu will immediately appear with the selected font.
Font Size
- Click on the + button to increase the size of the text. Click on the – button to decrease the text size.
- Or click on the number to open the edit box. Double-click on the number and type in the new size.
The Menu button is very important for your mobile visitors. So make the font size big enough for them to notice, and big enough to tap on. The bigger the font size, the taller is the button, which makes it easier to tap.
Click on the + button to make the text larger. We recommend that you not make it any smaller.
The word Menu will immediately appear in a different size (one pixel bigger, per click) in the style. The size indicator will also change to the current pixel size.
Click on that button again to continue increasing the font size. The size indicator will continue to change.
You can also click on the current size number (in the screenshot below, 15). This opens a small edit box. Double-click on the number to highlight it, then type in the size you want. Click anywhere in the toolbar to close the box. You'll see your new number there, and the text will display in that new size.
Bold and Italic
- Click on the B button to add bold to the button text.
- Click on the I button to italicize the text.
Depending on the design you chose, the word Menu may already be bolded. We recommend leaving it as it is.
Click on the B button to make the word bold, if it's not already.
Click on the I button to italicize the word.
Bold and italic can be combined (click on both buttons).
Text Color
- Click on the Color Palette button to open the color picker.
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Select a color from the palette. Click on the rainbow slider to choose another color base for the palette.
Or enter a 6 character hex value. Or, if you've already saved colors, choose one from Your Custom Colors.
Or click on Reset to Template Default to go back to the original text color. - Click Set Text Color to save this selection. Click Cancel to close the tool and make no change.
The color of the word Menu should suit the overall look of your style. More importantly, it needs to stand out against the button background color (which you can also customize -- see below).
Click on the Color Palette button. This opens an overlay window with the color picker.
Select the color you want from the palette, enter a 6 character hex value, or select a color from Your Custom Colors.
You can also go back to the original color in your style by clicking on Reset to Template Default.
Click on Set Text Color to save your selection. The overlay window will close. You'll see the word Menu with this color change.
Tips
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The color inside the small circle is indicated in the hex value box. Alternately, entering a 6 character hex value changes the location of the small circle inside the palette.
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Dragging the slider in the rainbow column leaves the small circle in the same position on the palette, as the colors change beneath it.
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As you set colors in the various color pickers (text, border, background), those colors are added to a "crayon box" (called Your Custom Colors) for easy access when editing other parts of your style. Use Your Custom Colors to create a color scheme for your site.
Advanced Styles
- Click on the gears button to open the Advanced Styles overlay.
- Adjust the letter spacing, word spacing and line height. Use the font variant and text transform, if desired.
- Click on the x in the top left corner of the overlay to close it.
Letter Spacing lets you add or remove space between the letters in the word Menu.
Click on the + button to add space, and the – button to remove space. Or click on the Revert button to go back to the default spacing.
Font Variant lets you switch to an ALL CAPS version of your font. Any letter that would normally be capitalized has a slightly larger height than the "lowercase" letters.
Text Transform lets you set each word to start with a Capitalized Letter, or have every word start with a lower text letter, or make every letter a CAPITAL.
When you're done, click on the x in the top left corner of the overlay to close it and return to the Site Designer main toolbar.
Menu Button Border
You can add (or remove) a border or parts of a border around the Menu button, change its width and color, and change the type of border.
Border Width
- Click on the + button to add a border and increase the width of the border.
- Click on the – button to decrease the width of the border and remove a border.
- Continue clicking to increase or decrease the border width.
Click on the + button to increase the width of the border. This affects all the sides that have a border. You cannot increase the width of an individual border.
Click on the – button to decrease the width of the border. This affects all the sides that have a border. You cannot decrease the width of an individual border.
The four buttons that indicate the left, right, top and bottom (discussed below) will also change. The dark edge around each button will disappear, indicating that the border has been turned off.
Border Color
- Click on the Color Palette button.
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Click on the palette to select a color. Use the rainbow slider to reach the color base you want to use in the palette.
Or enter a 6 character hex value. Or, if you've already saved colors, choose one from Your Custom Colors.
Or click on Reset to Template Default to go back to the original border color. - Click Set Border Color to save this selection. Click Cancel to close the tool and make no change.
You can change the border's color. Use a color that's part of your style's overall color scheme.
If your style is mostly green, or brown, choosing a brown or green will likely suit your colors. But hot pink or bright red would not.
Click on the Color Palette button to open the color picker overlay.
Select a color from the palette by clicking anywhere on the palette, or by dragging the small circle.
To reach the palette's color base you want (e.g., red, purple, green, etc.), click on and drag the rainbow slider.
The palette color you select appears in the square on the right.
If you know the exact color you want for the border, type in the 6-character hex value in the text box next to the # symbol. Enter only letters and/or numbers -- don't add the # symbol. The color you want will then appear in the square on the right, above the hex value.
If you've selected at least one custom color, you'll be able to select a color from Your Custom Colors as well.
If, after a few color selections, you decide that you don't like any of them, you can start over again by clicking on Reset to Template Default. This will give the border the original color specified in the style's CSS file.
Once you're satisfied with the border color, click Set Border Color to save that selection. Or click Cancel to leave the tool without making any changes to the border color.
Individual Borders
Click on any of the four buttons to activate the border for that side of the Menu button. Click again to deactivate it.
Advanced Styles
- Click on any of the Radius rounded corner buttons to activate that rounded corner. Click on the + button to increase the rounding. Click on the – button to decrease it.
- Click on any of the Style buttons to add that type of border.
- Click on the first Style button to remove any border you added.
- Click on the X in the top left to close the overlay.
You can select the type of border you want (solid, dotted, etc.) and whether to use rounded corners.
Rounded Corners (Radius)
You can choose whether to have the Menu button have rounded corners (with or without a border). Each corner can be set individually.
Click on the + button to increase the rounding. Click on the – button to decrease it.
Border Style
You can choose the type of border you'd like to have around your Menu button. There are 4 styles to choose from, plus no border (the first button).
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A regular solid border.
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A dashed (broken) border.
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A dotted border.
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A two-line border. Note that the space between the lines is "hollow" and will show part of any color or background image beneath it.
Menu Button Background
You have several options for the background of your Menu button.
You can select a color from the color palette. You can upload a background image. You can also keep the background as is, with no changes, or revert to the default for your style.
You also have full control, in the Advanced Styles overlay, of the positioning and tiling of any background image that you upload.
Background Color
- Click on the Color Palette button.
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Click on the palette to select a color. Click on the rainbow slider to choose another color base for the palette.
Or enter a 6 character hex value. Or, if you've already saved colors, choose one from Your Custom Colors. Or select Transparent.
Or click on Reset to Template Default to go back to the original background color. - Click Set Background Color to save this selection. Click Cancel to close the tool and make no change.
Select a background color that suits your style's overall color scheme.
For example, if your style's color scheme is various shades of green, you may want to choose another shade of green. Or perhaps a brown color would work.
But a pink or a bright orange would not likely be a good choice.
Click on the color palette button to open the color picker.
Select your color by clicking on the palette or dragging the small circle around the palette. Click on the rainbow slider to reach the desired palette of colors.
Or you can enter a 6 character hex value for the color you want to use.
You can also choose from a color in Your Custom Colors, which is available after you've selected at least one custom color in any of the color pickers. Hover over any color to see where else in your design that you've used that color.
Another option is to choose Transparent. This will make the background beneath the button text the color of the location where you put the Menu button.
Click on Set Background Color to save your change. The overlay window will close and your new background color will appear.
Upload Background Image
- Click on the Upload Image button.
- Click on the Browse button (Choose File if you're using Safari). Navigate to the desired background image and select it.
- Click on the Upload New Background Image button.
If you would like the word Menu to sit on something more than just a background color, you can upload an image.
Click on the Upload Image button (second from the left in the toolbar). This will open an overlay window...
Click on Browse (Choose File if you're using Safari) to locate the file. Click to select the file.
Click on Upload New Background Image to upload it.
The overlay window will close. You'll see the Menu button with your new background image.
Remove Background Image
- Click on the Remove Image button.
If you uploaded a background image, but decide you'd like to have no image, you can remove it.
The background image appearing in the Menu button will disappear, leaving you with the current background color.
Reset
- Click on the Reset button.
You can also reset the background image changes you made. This resets only the background image settings.
It does not affect the text settings you made (above) or any other changes to your style.
Advanced Styles
- Click on the gears button to open the Advanced Styles overlay.
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Click on Position V and select from Top, Center and Bottom.
And/or click on Position H and select from Left, Center and Right. -
Click on the Background Repeat Down arrow button to activate image tiling vertically.
Click on the Background Repeat Right arrow to activate image tiling horizontally, if required. - Click again on the Down arrow button to deactivate tiling vertically. Click again on the Right arrow to deactivate tiling horizontally.
- Click on the Download Background Image Down button to download the background image, if your design comes with one.
If you uploaded a background image, you have full control over it.
You can change the position of the image (Position V or Position H) or tile it down the button height or across the button width (Down arrow and Right arrow buttons).
For the Menu button, given its small size, it's unlikely that you will need to tile the background image.
Click on the Download Background Image Down button to download the background image, if your design comes with one.