Navigation links that flow inline on narrow screens.

ⓘ Notice

To enforce appropriate semantic HTML, a <nav> is required.

⚠️ Important

  • For list navigation, use <ul> or <ol> (with <li> children).
    Inside this kind of nav, whitespace in client client will not render.
  • For non-list navigation, i.e. direct <a> children (no <li>), add class c-nav--no-list.
    Inside this kind of nav, whitespace in client client will render.*

* To remove whitespace with CSS would break or complicate font-size cascade.

Class Description
.c-nav changes from list to cloud on narrow screens
.c-nav--boxed adds box around nav
.c-nav--piped adds pipes (” | “) between links
.c-nav--no-list shows as cloud of links on all screen sizes

Variants:

Class Description
.c-nav--piped
.c-nav--piped--after adds pipes (” | “) after links (default)
.c-nav--plain--before adds pipes (” | “) before links
<dl>
  <dt>
    Unordered List<br />
    <small>
      <code>c-nav</code>
    </small>
  </dt>
  <dd>
    <nav class="c-nav">
      <ul>  <li>
    <a
      href="#alabama"
      id="alabama"
      
    >
      Alabama
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#alaska"
      id="alaska"
      
    >
      Alaska
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#arizona"
      id="arizona"
      
    >
      Arizona
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#arkansas"
      id="arkansas"
      
    >
      Arkansas
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#california"
      id="california"
      
    >
      California
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#colorado"
      id="colorado"
      
    >
      Colorado
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#connecticut"
      id="connecticut"
      
    >
      Connecticut
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#deleware"
      id="deleware"
      
    >
      Delware
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#florida"
      id="florida"
      
    >
      Florida
    </a>
  </li>
</ul>
    </nav>
  </dt>
</dl>
<dl>
  <dt>
    Ordered List<br />
    <small>
      <code>c-nav</code>
    </small>
  </dt>
  <dd>
    <nav class="c-nav">
      <ol>  <li>
    <a
      href="#alabama"
      id="alabama"
      
    >
      Alabama
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#alaska"
      id="alaska"
      
    >
      Alaska
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#arizona"
      id="arizona"
      
    >
      Arizona
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#arkansas"
      id="arkansas"
      
    >
      Arkansas
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#california"
      id="california"
      
    >
      California
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#colorado"
      id="colorado"
      
    >
      Colorado
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#connecticut"
      id="connecticut"
      
    >
      Connecticut
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#deleware"
      id="deleware"
      
    >
      Delware
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a
      href="#florida"
      id="florida"
      
    >
      Florida
    </a>
  </li>
</ol>
    </nav>
  </dt>
</dl>
<dl>
  <dt>
    No List<br />
    <small>
      <code>c-nav</code>
      <code>c-nav--no-list</code>
      
    </small>
  </dt>
  <dd>
    <nav class="c-nav c-nav--no-list">
        <a
          href="#alabama"
          id="alabama"
          
        >
          Alabama
        </a>
        <a
          href="#alaska"
          id="alaska"
          
        >
          Alaska
        </a>
        <a
          href="#arizona"
          id="arizona"
          
        >
          Arizona
        </a>
        <a
          href="#arkansas"
          id="arkansas"
          
        >
          Arkansas
        </a>
        <a
          href="#california"
          id="california"
          
        >
          California
        </a>
        <a
          href="#colorado"
          id="colorado"
          
        >
          Colorado
        </a>
        <a
          href="#connecticut"
          id="connecticut"
          
        >
          Connecticut
        </a>
        <a
          href="#deleware"
          id="deleware"
          
        >
          Delware
        </a>
        <a
          href="#florida"
          id="florida"
          
        >
          Florida
        </a>
    </nav>
  </dd>
</dl>
  • Content:
    /* This CSS is ONLY for the pattern library. It is NOT part of the pattern. */
    
    main {
      display: flex;
      flex-wrap: wrap;
      gap: var(--global-space--grid-gap);
    }
    dd {
      display: flex;
      flex-wrap: wrap;
      gap: calc( var(--global-space--grid-gap) / 2);
    }
    
    small > code:not(:last-child)::after {
      content: '';
      padding-inline: 0.5em;
      display: inline;
    }
    
  • URL: /components/raw/c-nav/demo.css
  • Filesystem Path: src/lib/_imports/components/c-nav/demo.css
  • Size: 356 Bytes
{
  "shouldSkipPattern": true,
  "bootstrap4Styles": [
    {
      "isInternal": true,
      "layer": "foundation",
      "path": "/assets/core-styles.bootstrap4.css"
    }
  ],
  "bootstrap5Styles": [
    {
      "isInternal": true,
      "layer": "foundation",
      "path": "/assets/core-styles.bootstrap5.css"
    }
  ],
  "globalStyles": [
    {
      "isInternal": true,
      "layer": "base",
      "path": "/assets/core-styles.demo.css"
    },
    {
      "isInternal": true,
      "layer": "base",
      "path": "/assets/core-styles.base.css"
    }
  ],
  "cmsStyles": [
    {
      "isInternal": true,
      "layer": "base",
      "path": "/assets/core-styles.cms.css"
    }
  ],
  "docsStyles": [
    {
      "isInternal": true,
      "layer": "base",
      "path": "/assets/core-styles.docs.css"
    }
  ],
  "portalStyles": [
    {
      "isInternal": true,
      "layer": "base",
      "path": "/assets/core-styles.portal.css"
    }
  ],
  "subdir": "components",
  "links": [
    {
      "name": "Alabama",
      "href": "#alabama",
      "id": "alabama"
    },
    {
      "name": "Alaska",
      "href": "#alaska",
      "id": "alaska"
    },
    {
      "name": "Arizona",
      "href": "#arizona",
      "id": "arizona"
    },
    {
      "name": "Arkansas",
      "href": "#arkansas",
      "id": "arkansas"
    },
    {
      "name": "California",
      "href": "#california",
      "id": "california"
    },
    {
      "name": "Colorado",
      "href": "#colorado",
      "id": "colorado"
    },
    {
      "name": "Connecticut",
      "href": "#connecticut",
      "id": "connecticut"
    },
    {
      "name": "Delware",
      "href": "#deleware",
      "id": "deleware"
    },
    {
      "name": "Florida",
      "href": "#florida",
      "id": "florida"
    }
  ],
  "modifiers": [
    []
  ]
}