How to create: Icon navigation bar

How to create an icon bar

Step 1 - Add HTML:

<!-- Add icon library -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<div class="icon-bar">
  <a class="active" href="#"><i class="fa fa-home"></i></a>
  <a href="#"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></a>
  <a href="#"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a>
  <a href="#"><i class="fa fa-globe"></i></a>
  <a href="#"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i></a>
</div>

Step 2 - Add CSS:

Vertical instance

.icon-bar {
  width: 90px; /* Set specific width */
  background-color: #555; /* Dark gray background */
}
.icon-bar a {
  display: block; /* Make links vertically aligned instead of parallel */
  text-align: center; /* Center align text */
  padding: 16px; /* Add inner padding */
  transition: all 0.3s ease; /* Add transition animation for hover effect */
  color: white; /* Text color is white */
  font-size: 36px; /* Increase font size */
}
.icon-bar a:hover {
  background-color: #000; /* Add hover color */
}
.active {
  background-color: #04AA6D; /* Add activity/current color */
}

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Horizontal instance

.icon-bar {
  width: 100%; /* Full width */
  background-color: #555; /* Dark gray background */
  overflow: auto; /* Overflow caused by floating */
}
.icon-bar a {
  float: left; /* Float links in parallel */
  text-align: center; /* Center align text */
  width: 20%; /* Equal width (5 icons, each icon width is 20% = 100%) */
  padding: 12px 0; /* Some top and bottom inner padding */
  transition: all 0.3s ease; /* Add transition animation for hover effect */
  color: white; /* Text color is white */
  font-size: 36px; /* Increase font size */
}
.icon-bar a:hover {
  background-color: #000; /* Add hover color */
}
.active {
  background-color: #04AA6D; /* Add activity/current color */
}

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Related Pages

Tutorial:CSS Navigation Bar

Tutorial:Icon Tutorial