okaynav

Progressively Collapsing Navigation Links

okaynav is a responsive and mobile-friendly navigation plugin that automatically hides overflowing items and shows them in a off-canvas sidebar navigation when screen's size is too small to fit all menu items.

Usage

<header>
	<h1>Logo</h1>
	<nav id="navigation">
		<ul>
			<li><a href="/shop">Shop</a></li>
			<li><a href="/blog">Blog</a></li>
			...
		</ul>
	</nav>
</header>

var okaynav = new OkayNav(target, options);

target

Type: Selector || Element

The element containing navigation items.

Options

Optionally, you may override any of okaynav’s configuration.

measure

Type: Selector || Element
Default: target.parentNode

The element whose width and children’s widths determine the overflow.

items

Type: Selector || Array-like
Default: target.querySelector("li")

The items which may be overflowed.

toggle

Type: Selector || Element
Default: target.appendChild(document.createElement("ul")

The element toggling the visibility of overflowed navigation.

overflow

Type: Selector || Element
Default: target.appendChild(document.createElement("ul"))

The element containing overflowed items.

toggleContent

Type: HTML || Element
Default: ⋮

The contents of the toggle element.

priority

Type: Attribute || Function
Default: data-order

The method used to prioritize navigation items from being overflowed.

Events

okaynav dispatches many bubbling custom events you may find useful.

okaynav:initialized

Dispatched from the target when okaynav is activated.

okaynav:removeitem

Dispatched from an item when it is hidden from the navigation.

okaynav:additem

Dispatched from an item when it is added back to the navigation.

okaynav:showtoggle

Dispatched from the target when the toggle element becomes visible.

okaynav:hidetoggle

Dispatched from the target when the toggle element becomes hidden.

okaynav:showoverflow

Dispatched from the target when the overflow navigation becomes visible.

okaynav:hideoverflow

Dispatched from the target when the overflow navigation becomes hidden.

Accessibility

ARIA attributes are automatically added to and toggled on elements to improve the accessibility of overflowed navigation.

• The toggle element is given an aria-expanded attribute which is true when overflowed navigation is visible and false when it is hidden.

• The toggle element is given an aria-expanded attribute which is true when overflowed navigation is visible and false when it is hidden.

aria-haspopup="true"

aria-label="submenu"