How can I apply an underline effect when hovering over navigation links in a responsive menu?

I've successfully added an underline effect on hover for the navigation menu. However, I encountered an issue with the responsiveness of the menu. When viewed on screens smaller than 600px, the underline effect covers the entire width of the block instead of just the navigation link, unlike how it behaves on larger screens.

Here's the website, or you can check out the code snippet below.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

function myFunction() {
  var x = document.getElementById("myNavbar");
  if (x.className === "navbar") {
    x.className += " responsive";
  } else {
    x.className = "navbar";
  }
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Lyon";
  src: url("http://staging1.oakpark.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lyon-Text-Regular.otf");
  src: url("http://staging1.oakpark.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lyon-Text-Regular.otf") format("woff"), url("http://staging1.oakpark.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lyon-Text-Regular.otf") format("opentype"), url("http://staging1.oakpark.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lyon-Text-Regular.otf") format("svg");
}

body {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  background: white;
}

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

h1 {
  font-family: 'Lyon';
  font-size: 24px;
  max-width: 800px;
  text-align: center;
  margin: auto;
  padding-top: 16px;
  padding-left: 16px;
  padding-right: 16px;
}

.navbar {
  z-index: 1;
  font-family: 'Lyon';
  background-color: white;
  position: fixed;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 100%;
  border-top: .05rem solid;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  padding: 14px 16px;
}

.navbar a {
  color: black;
  font-family: 'Lyon';
  font-size: 24px;
  text-align: center;
  text-decoration: none;
  position: relative;
}

.navbar a:hover {
  color: black;
  font-family: 'Lyon';
  text-decoration: none;
}

.navbar a:before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 2px;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  background-color: #000;
  visibility: hidden;
  -webkit-transform: scaleX(0);
  transform: scaleX(0);
  -webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
  transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
}

.navbar a:hover:before {
  visibility: visible;
  -webkit-transform: scaleX(1);
  transform: scaleX(1);
}

.navbar a.active {
  background-color: white;
  color: black;
  font-style: none;
  font-family: 'Lyon';
}

.navbar .icon {
  display: none;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
  .navbar a {
    display: none;
    padding-top: 6px;
  }
  .navbar a.icon {
    float: right;
    display: block;
  }
  .navbar.responsive .icon {
    position: absolute;
    left: 10px;
    top: 8px;
  }
  .navbar.responsive a {
    float;
    none;
    display: block;
    text-align: center;
  }
  .navbar.responsive {
    display: block;
  }
  .navbar.responsive a:before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 2px;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    background-color: #000;
    visibility: hidden;
    -webkit-transform: scaleX(0);
    transform: scaleX(0);
    -webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
    transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
  }
  .navbar.responsive a:hover:before {
    visibility: visible;
    -webkit-transform: scaleX(1);
    transform: scaleX(1);
  }
}

p {
  margin: 10px 0;
}
<div class="navbar" id="myNavbar">
  <a href="#about" class="active">About</a>
  <a href="#lindsay">Lindsay</a>
  <a href="#contact">Branding</a>
  <a href="#contact">Photography</a>
  <a href="#contact">Instagram</a>
  <a href="javascript:void(0);" style="font-size:18px;" class="icon" onclick="myFunction()">i</a>
</div>

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Answer №1

I've reviewed your CSS, and I noticed that the issue lies with the a tag having the property of display:block, which expands the tag itself rather than the text within it. To maintain space when the display is smaller, consider wrapping each a tag in a list item or a div and applying the property of display:block.

Here's an example illustrating what I advised:

function myFunction() {
  var x = document.getElementById("myNavbar");
  if (x.className === "navbar") {
    x.className += " responsive";
  } else {
    x.className = "navbar";
  }
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Lyon";
  src: url("http://staging1.oakpark.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lyon-Text-Regular.otf");
  src: url("http://staging1.oakpark.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lyon-Text-Regular.otf") format("woff"), url("http://staging1.oakpark.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lyon-Text-Regular.otf") format("opentype"), url("http://staging1.oakpark.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lyon-Text-Regular.otf") format("svg");
}

body {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  background: white;
}

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

h1 {
  font-family: 'Lyon';
  font-size: 24px;
  max-width: 800px;
  text-align: center;
  margin: auto;
  padding-top: 16px;
  padding-left: 16px;
  padding-right: 16px;
}
.navbar {
  z-index: 1;
  font-family: 'Lyon';
  background-color: white;
  position: fixed;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 100%;
  border-top: .05rem solid;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  padding: 14px 16px;
margin: 0;
}

.navbar a {
  color: black;
  font-family: 'Lyon';
  font-size: 24px;
  text-align: center;
  text-decoration: none;
  position: relative;
}

.navbar a:hover {
  color: black;
  font-family: 'Lyon';
  text-decoration: none;
}
.navbar li{
list-style:none;
}

.navbar a:before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 2px;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  background-color: #000;
  visibility: hidden;
  -webkit-transform: scaleX(0);
  transform: scaleX(0);
  -webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
  transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
}

.navbar a:hover:before {
  visibility: visible;
  -webkit-transform: scaleX(1);
  transform: scaleX(1);
}

.navbar a.active {
  background-color: white;
  color: black;
  font-style: none;
  font-family: 'Lyon';
}

.navbar .icon {
  display: none;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
  .navbar a{
    display: none;
    padding-top: 6px;
  }
  .navbar .icon {
    float: right;
    display: block;
  }
  .navbar.responsive .icon {
    position: absolute;
 left: 10px;
    top: 8px;
  }
  .navbar.responsive li a {
    float;
    none;
    display: inline;
    text-align: center;
margin: 4px;
  }
.navbar.responsive li {
    float;
    none;
    text-align: center;
margin: 6px 00px;
  }
  .navbar.responsive {
   align-content: center;
flex-flow:column;
  }
  .navbar.responsive li a:before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 2px;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    background-color: #000;
    visibility: hidden;
    -webkit-transform: scaleX(0);
    transform: scaleX(0);
    -webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
    transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
  }
  .navbar.responsive li a:hover:before {
    visibility: visible;
    -webkit-transform: scaleX(1);
    transform: scaleX(1);
  }
}
<ul class="navbar" id="myNavbar">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" style="font-size:18px;" class="icon" onclick="myFunction()">i</a>
<li><a href="#about" class="active">About</a></li>
<li><a href="#lindsay">Lindsay</a></li>
<li><a href="#contact">Branding</a></li>
<li><a href="#contact">Photography</a></li>
<li><a href="#contact">Instagram</a></li>
</ul>

Answer №2

Anticipating something like this?

Quick Fix

I've just implemented nth-child and added scaling for each link.

function myFunction() {
  var x = document.getElementById("myNavbar");
  if (x.className === "navbar") {
    x.className += " responsive";
  } else {
    x.className = "navbar";
  }
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Lyon";
  src: url("http://staging1.oakpark.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lyon-Text-Regular.otf");
  src: url("http://staging1.oakpark.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lyon-Text-Regular.otf") format("woff"), url("http://staging1.oakpark.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lyon-Text-Regular.otf") format("opentype"), url("http://staging1.oakpark.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lyon-Text-Regular.otf") format("svg");
}

body {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  background: white;
}

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

h1 {
  font-family: 'Lyon';
  font-size: 24px;
  max-width: 800px;
  text-align: center;
  margin: auto;
  padding-top: 16px;
  padding-left: 16px;
  padding-right: 16px;
}

.navbar {
  z-index: 1;
  font-family: 'Lyon';
  background-color: white;
  position: fixed;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 100%;
  border-top: .05rem solid;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  padding: 14px 16px;
}

.navbar a {
  color: black;
  font-family: 'Lyon';
  font-size: 24px;
  text-align: center;
  text-decoration: none;
  position: relative;
}

.navbar a:hover {
  color: black;
  font-family: 'Lyon';
  text-decoration: none;
}

.navbar a:before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 2px;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  background-color: #000;
  visibility: hidden;
  -webkit-transform: scaleX(0);
  transform: scaleX(0);
  -webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
  transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
}

.navbar a:hover:before {
  visibility: visible;
  -webkit-transform: scaleX(1);
  transform: scaleX(1);
}

.navbar a.active {
  background-color: white;
  color: black;
  font-style: none;
  font-family: 'Lyon';
}

.navbar .icon {
  display: none;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
  .navbar a {
    display: none;
    padding-top: 6px;
  }
  .navbar a.icon {
    float: right;
    display: block;
  }
  .navbar.responsive .icon {
    position: absolute;
    left: 10px;
    top: 8px;
  }
  .navbar.responsive a {
    float:none;
    display: block;
    text-align: center;
  }
  .navbar.responsive {
    display: block;
  }
  .navbar.responsive a:before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    height: 2px;
    width:100%;

    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    background-color: #000;
    visibility: hidden;
    -webkit-transform: scaleX(0);
    transform: scaleX(0);
    -webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
    transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;
  }
  .navbar.responsive a:hover:nth-child(1):before {
    visibility: visible;
    -webkit-transform: scaleX(.18);
    transform: scaleX(.18);
  }
  .navbar.responsive a:hover:nth-child(2):before {
    visibility: visible;
    -webkit-transform: scaleX(.22);
    transform: scaleX(.22);
  }
  .navbar.responsive a:hover:nth-child(3):before {
    visibility: visible;
    -webkit-transform: scaleX(.25);
    transform: scaleX(.25);
  }
  .navbar.responsive a:hover:nth-child(4):before {
    visibility: visible;
    -webkit-transform: scaleX(.33);
    transform: scaleX(.33);
  }
  .navbar.responsive a:hover:nth-child(5):before {
    visibility: visible;
    -webkit-transform: scaleX(.26);
    transform: scaleX(.26);
  }
}

p {
  margin: 10px 0;
}
<div class="navbar" id="myNavbar">
  <a href="#about" class="active">About</a>
  <a href="#lindsay">Lindsay</a>
  <a href="#contact">Branding</a>
  <a href="#contact">Photography</a>
  <a href="#contact">Instagram</a>
  <a href="javascript:void(0);" style="font-size:18px;" class="icon" onclick="myFunction()">i</a>
</div>

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