primer-navigation

Primer CSS Navigation

Primer comes with several navigation components. Some were designed with singular purposes, while others were design to be more flexible and appear quite frequently.

This repository is a module of the full primer-css repository.

Install

This repository is distributed with npm. After installing npm, you can install primer-navigation with this command.

$ npm install --save primer-navigation

Usage

The source files included are written in Sass (scss) You can simply point your sass include-path at your node_modules directory and import it like this.

@import "primer-navigation/index.scss";

You can also import specific portions of the module by importing those partials from the /lib/ folder. Make sure you import any requirements along with the modules.

Build

For a compiled css version of this module, a npm script is included that will output a css version to build/build.css The built css file is also included in the npm package.

$ npm run build

Documentation

Primer comes with several navigation components. Some were designed with singular purposes, while others were design to be more flexible and appear quite frequently.

{:toc}

Menu

The menu is a vertical list of navigational links. A menu's width and placement must be set by you. If you like, just use our grid columns as a parent. Otherwise, apply a custom width.

<nav class="menu" aria-label="Person settings">
  <a class="menu-item selected" href="#url" aria-current="page">Account</a>
  <a class="menu-item" href="#url">Profile</a>
  <a class="menu-item" href="#url">Emails</a>
  <a class="menu-item" href="#url">Notifications</a>
</nav>

There are a few subcomponents and add-ons that work well with the menu, including avatars, counters, and Octicons.

<nav class="menu" aria-label="Person settings">
  <a class="menu-item selected" href="#url" aria-current="page">
    <%= octicon "tools" %>
    Account
  </a>
  <a class="menu-item" href="#url">
    <%= octicon "person" %>
    Profile
  </a>
  <a class="menu-item" href="#url">
    <%= octicon "mail" %>
    Emails
  </a>
  <a class="menu-item" href="#url">
    <%= octicon "radio-tower" %>
    <span class="Counter">3</span>
    Notifications
  </a>
</nav>

You can also add optional headings to a menu. Feel free to use nearly any semantic element with the .menu-heading class, including inline elements, headings, and more.

<nav class="menu" aria-labelledby="menu-heading">
  <span class="menu-heading" id="menu-heading">Menu heading</span>
  <a class="menu-item selected" href="#url" aria-current="page">Account</a>
  <a class="menu-item" href="#url">Profile</a>
  <a class="menu-item" href="#url">Emails</a>
  <a class="menu-item" href="#url">Notifications</a>
</nav>

Underline nav

Use .UnderlineNav to style navigation with a minimal underlined selected state, typically used for navigation placed at the top of the page. This component comes with variations to accommodate icons, containers and other content.

<nav class="UnderlineNav">
  <div class="UnderlineNav-body">
    <a href="#url" role="tab" title="Item 1" class="UnderlineNav-item selected">Item 1</a>
    <a href="#url" role="tab" title="Item 2" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 2</a>
    <a href="#url" role="tab" title="Item 3" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 3</a>
    <a href="#url" role="tab" title="Item 4" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 4</a>
  </div>
</nav>

Use .UnderlineNav-actions to place another element, such as a button, to the opposite side of the navigation items.

<nav class="UnderlineNav" aria-label="Foo bar">
  <div class="UnderlineNav-body">
    <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item selected">Item 1</a>
    <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 2</a>
    <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 3</a>
    <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 4</a>
  </div>
  <div class="UnderlineNav-actions">
    <a class="btn">Button</a>
  </div>
</nav>

Use .UnderlineNav--right to right align the navigation.

<nav class="UnderlineNav UnderlineNav--right">
  <div class="UnderlineNav-body">
    <a href="#url" role="tab" title="Item 1" class="UnderlineNav-item selected">Item 1</a>
    <a href="#url" role="tab" title="Item 2" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 2</a>
    <a href="#url" role="tab" title="Item 3" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 3</a>
    <a href="#url" role="tab" title="Item 4" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 4</a>
  </div>
</nav>

.UnderlineNav--right also works with when used with .UnderlineNav-actions.

<nav class="UnderlineNav UnderlineNav--right" aria-label="Foo bar">
  <div class="UnderlineNav-actions">
    <a class="btn">Button</a>
  </div>
  <div class="UnderlineNav-body">
    <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item selected">Item 1</a>
    <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 2</a>
    <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 3</a>
    <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 4</a>
  </div>
</nav>

.Counters and .octicons can be used with navigation items. Use .UnderlineNav-octicon to add color and hover styles.

<nav class="UnderlineNav" aria-label="Foo bar">
  <div class="UnderlineNav-body">
    <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item selected">
      <%= octicon "tools", :class => "UnderlineNav-octicon" %>
      Item 1
    </a>
    <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item">
      <%= octicon "tools", :class => "UnderlineNav-octicon" %>
      Item 2
      <span class="Counter">10</span>
     </a>
     <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item">
       <%= octicon "tools", :class => "UnderlineNav-octicon" %>
       Item 3
    </a>
    <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item">
      <%= octicon "tools", :class => "UnderlineNav-octicon" %>
      Item 4
     </a>
  </div>
</nav>

Use .UnderlineNav--full in combination with container styles and .UnderlineNav-container to make navigation fill the width of the container.

<nav class="UnderlineNav UnderlineNav--full" aria-label="Foo bar">
  <div class="container-lg UnderlineNav-container">
    <div class="UnderlineNav-body">
      <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item selected">Item 1</a>
      <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 2
        <span class="Counter">10</span>
       </a>
      <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 3</a>
      <a href="#url" class="UnderlineNav-item">Item 4</a>
    </div>
    <div class="UnderlineNav-actions">
      <a class="btn">Button</a>
    </div>
  </div>
</nav>

Tabnav

When you need to toggle between different views, consider using a tabnav. It'll given you a left-aligned horizontal row of... tabs!

<div class="tabnav">
  <nav class="tabnav-tabs" aria-label="Foo bar">
    <a href="#url" class="tabnav-tab selected" aria-current="page">Foo tab</a>
    <a href="#url" class="tabnav-tab">Bar tab</a>
  </nav>
</div>

Use .float-right to align additional elements in the .tabnav:

<div class="tabnav">
  <a class="btn btn-sm float-right" href="#url" role="button">Button</a>
  <nav class="tabnav-tabs" aria-label="Foo bar">
    <a href="#url" class="tabnav-tab selected" aria-current="page">Foo Tab</a>
    <a href="#url" class="tabnav-tab">Bar Tab</a>
  </nav>
</div>

Additional bits of text and links can be styled for optimal placement with .tabnav-extra:

<div class="tabnav">
  <div class="tabnav-extra float-right">
    Tabnav widget text here.
  </div>
  <nav class="tabnav-tabs" aria-label="Foo bar">
    <a href="#url" class="tabnav-tab selected" aria-current="page">Foo Tab</a>
    <a href="#url" class="tabnav-tab">Bar Tab</a>
  </nav>
</div>

<div class="tabnav">
  <div class="float-right">
    <a class="tabnav-extra" href="#url">
      Tabnav extra link
    </a>
    <a class="tabnav-extra" href="#url">
      Tabnav extra link
    </a>
  </div>
  <nav class="tabnav-tabs" aria-label="Foo bar">
    <a href="#url" class="tabnav-tab selected" aria-current="page">Foo Tab</a>
    <a href="#url" class="tabnav-tab">Bar Tab</a>
  </nav>
</div>

Filter list

A vertical list of filters. Grey text on white background. Selecting a filter from the list will fill its background with blue and make the text white.

<ul class="filter-list">
  <li>
    <a href="#url" class="filter-item selected" aria-current="page">
      <span class="count" title="results">21</span>
      First filter
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="#url" class="filter-item">
      <span class="count" title="results">3</span>
      Second filter
    </a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="#url" class="filter-item">
      Third filter
    </a>
  </li>
</ul>

Sub navigation

.subnav is navigation that is typically used when on a dashboard type interface with another set of navigation above it. This helps distinguish navigation hierarchy.

<nav class="subnav" aria-label="Respository">
  <a href="#url" class="subnav-item selected" aria-current="page">Item 1</a>
  <a href="#url" class="subnav-item">Item 2</a>
  <a href="#url" class="subnav-item">Item 3</a>
</nav>

You can have subnav-search in the subnav bar.

<div class="subnav">
  <nav class="subnav-links" aria-label="Repository">
    <a href="#url" class="subnav-item selected" aria-current="page">Item 1</a>
    <a href="#url" class="subnav-item">Item 2</a>
    <a href="#url" class="subnav-item">Item 3</a>
  </nav>
  <div class="subnav-search float-left">
    <input type="search" name="name" class="form-control subnav-search-input" value="" aria-label="Search site">
    <%= octicon "search", :class => "subnav-search-icon" %>
  </div>
</div>

You can also use a subnav-search-context to display search help in a select menu.

<div class="subnav">
  <nav class="subnav-links">
    <a href="#url" class="subnav-item selected">Item 1</a>
    <a href="#url" class="subnav-item">Item 2</a>
    <a href="#url" class="subnav-item">Item 3</a>
  </nav>
  <div class="float-left ml-3 select-menu js-menu-container js-select-menu subnav-search-context">
    <button type="button" name="button" class="btn select-menu-button js-menu-target" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true">Filters </button>
    <div class="select-menu-modal-holder js-menu-content js-navigation-container" aria-hidden="true">
      <div class="select-menu-modal">
        <div class="select-menu-list">
          <a href="#url" class="select-menu-item js-navigation-item">
            <div class="select-menu-item-text">
              Search filter 1
            </div>
          </a>
          <a href="#url" class="select-menu-item js-navigation-item">
            <div class="select-menu-item-text">
              Search filter 2
            </div>
          </a>
          <a href="#url" class="select-menu-item js-navigation-item">
            <div class="select-menu-item-text">
              Search filter 3
            </div>
          </a>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="subnav-search float-left">
    <input type="search" name="name" class="form-control subnav-search-input" value="" aria-label="Search site">
    <%= octicon "search", :class => "subnav-search-icon" %>
  </div>
</div>

License

MIT © GitHub