Text Alignment The w3-left-align and the w3-right-align classes are used to align text.
Left aligned text.
Right aligned text.
Example
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Centering Elements The w3-center class is used to center-align elements:
Centered Content
Some centered text.
Example
Centered Content
Some centered text.
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Wide Text The w3-wide class specifies a wider text:
This text is normal.
This text is wider.
Example
The w3-wide class
specifies a wider text.
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Text Opacity The w3-opacity class is designed to work with all colors:
Text Opacity
Text Opacity
Text Opacity
Text Opacity
Example
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Text Shadow The CSS3 text-shadow property can be used to add shadow or blur effects to text:
Text Shadow
Text Shadow
Text Shadow
Text Shadow
Example
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Special Effects
Text Opacity + Bold
Yellow Text + Shadow + Bold
Orange Text + Shadow + Bold
Example
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Yellow Text + Shadow + Bold
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Text Shadow does not work in IE 9 and earlier.
W3.CSS Navigation Bar Classes W3.CSS provides the following classes for navigation bars:
Class Defines w3-bar
Horizontal container for HTML elements
w3-bar-block
Vertical container for HTML elements
w3-bar-item
Container bar elements
w3-sidebar
Vertical sidebar for HTML elements
w3-mobile
Makes any bar element mobile-first responsive
w3-dropdown-hover
Hoverable dropdown element
w3-dropdown-click
Clickable dropdown element (instead of hover)
Basic Navigation The w3-bar class is a container for displaying HTML elements horizontally.
The w3-bar-item class defines the container elements.
It is a perfect tool for creating navigation bars:
Example
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Responsive Navigation The w3-mobile class makes any bar elements responsive (horizontal on large screens and vertical on small).
Medium and large
screens:
Example
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Colored Navigation Bars Use a w3-color class to add a color to the navigation bar:
Example
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Bordered Navigation Bars Use a w3-border or w3-card class to add borders around the navigation bar, or to display it as a card:
Example
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Active/Current Link Add a w3-color class to a link to highlight it:
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Hoverable Links When you mouse over a button, the background color will change to grey.
If you want a different background color on hover, use any of the
w3-hover- color classes:
Example
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If you want to change the text color instead, turn off the default hover effect with the w3-hover-none class, and add a w3-hover-text class.
Example
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Spend
some time to play around with different hover effects:
Example
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Right-Aligned Links Use the w3-right class on a list item to right-align a specific link:
Example
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Navigation Bar Size Use a w3-size class to change the font-size of the links inside
the navbar:
Example
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Use a w3-padding class to change the padding of each link inside the navbar:
Example
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Note:
You can also add padding to the navigation bar, instead of each button. However, if you do this, note that the links do not get full padding on hover:
Customize the width of the links with the CSS width property
(Note : Use w3-mobile to transform the links to 100% width on small screens):
Example
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Navigation Bar with Icons
Example
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The "fa fa" classes in the example above display "Font Awesome" icons.
Learn more about how to display icons in the chapter W3.CSS Icons.
Navigation Bar
Text If you want text instead of buttons inside the navigation bar, use the w3-bar-item class to get the same padding as the buttons.
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Navigation Bar with Dropdown Move the mouse over the "Dropdown" link:
Example
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Clickable Dropdown Use w3-dropdown-click if you prefer to click on the dropdown link
instead of hover:
Example
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Remove the w3-bar-block class from the dropdown container if you want the dropdown links to display horizontally instead of vertically:
Example
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Responsive Navbar with Responsive Dropdown Use the w3-mobile class on all links including the dropdown
container to create a responsive navbar with responsive dropdown links.
Resize the browser window to see the effect:
Example
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Fixed Navigation Bar To force the navigation bar to stay at the top or at the bottom of the page, even when the user scrolls the page, wrap a
element around the bar and add the
w3-top or
w3-bottom class:
Fixed Top
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Fixed Bottom
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Vertical Navigation Bar The w3-bar-block class is a container for displaying HTML elements vertically.
Example
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Collapsing the Navigation Bar When the navigation bar takes up too much space on a small screen, and you do not want to
display it vertically by default, you can use hide and show classes on specific links in the navigation bar.
In the example below, the navigation bar is replaced with a button (☰) in the top right corner when shown on tablets and mobile devices. When the button is clicked, the links in the navigation bar will vertically stack:
Side Navigation The w3-sidebar class creates a side navigation:
Go to the
next chapter to learn more about the side navigation.
