CSS: Beautiful Horizontal Navigation Bar with Emojis

Previously, I shared a simple horizontal navigation bar using the CSS and explained well how to create it. In this tutorial, I am just giving an example of another but beautiful horizontal navigation bar example using the CSS. This navigation bar having the pretty emojis 💖with each menu option which increases the look and feel of the menu bar.

HTML Code for Horizontal Navigation Bar

In the below clean HTML code, replace the # with your links. Also, change the menu options name and emojis according to your needs.

<nav class="foxnav">
  <ul class="foxnav-items">
    <li class="foxnav-item"><a class="item-link" onclick="select(this)" href="#">🙋‍ Get Started</a></li>
    <li class="foxnav-item"><a class="item-link" onclick="select(this)" href="#">📖 Docs</a></li>
    <li class="foxnav-item"><a class="item-link" onclick="select(this)" href="#">📰 Blog</a></li>
    <li class="foxnav-item"><a class="item-link" onclick="select(this)" href="#">👨‍💻 Community</a></li>
    <div class="separator"></div>
    <li class="foxnav-item"><a class="item-link" onclick="select(this)" href="#">💖 Contribute</a></li>
    <div class="foxnav-indicator"></div>
  </ul>
</nav>

CSS Code

.foxnav {
  max-width: 100%;
  padding: 0 2em;
  background-color: #FFF;
  border-radius: 0.3rem;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 2px #CCC;
  line-height: 4em;
  font-weight: bold;
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: auto;
}

.foxnav-items {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
  display: inline-grid;
  grid-auto-flow: column;
  grid-gap: 1em;
}
.foxnav-items > *:nth-child(1) {
  grid-column: 1 / 2;
}
.foxnav-items > *:nth-child(2) {
  grid-column: 2 / 3;
}
.foxnav-items > *:nth-child(3) {
  grid-column: 3 / 4;
}
.foxnav-items > *:nth-child(4) {
  grid-column: 4 / 5;
}
.foxnav-items > *:nth-child(5) {
  grid-column: 5 / 6;
}
.foxnav-items > *:nth-child(6) {
  grid-column: 6 / 7;
}

.foxnav-item {
  padding: 0 0.75em;
  display: inline;
  grid-row: 1/1;
}
.foxnav-item.active .item-link {
  color: #2DA;
}

.item-link {
  color: #456;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: color 256ms;
}
.item-link:hover {
  color: #297;
  text-decoration: undelrine;
}

.separator {
  width: 1px;
  height: 60%;
  margin: 10% 0;
  background-color: #CCC;
  align-self: center;
}

.foxnav-indicator {
  --index: 1;
  height: 3px;
  background-color: #2DA;
  border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
  grid-column: var(--index)/calc(var(--index) + 1) !important;
  grid-row: 1/1;
  align-self: end;
}

body {
  min-height: 100vh;
  background: #EEE;
  font-family: "Roboto", sans-serif;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
}

*, *:before, *:after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

JavaScript Code

function select (link) {
  const item = link.parentNode
  const nav = item.parentNode
  const index = Array.prototype.indexOf.call(nav.children, item)
  const items = nav.querySelectorAll('.foxnav-item')
  const indicator = nav.querySelector('.foxnav-indicator')
  
  indicator.style.setProperty('--index', index + 1)
  items.forEach(item => item.classList.remove('active'))
  item.classList.add('active')
}
const items = document.querySelectorAll('.item-link')
const randomItem = items[Math.round(Math.random() * (items.length - 1))]

select(randomItem)