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Bootstrap Navbar without jQuery
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<!-- The above 3 meta tags *must* come first in the head; any other head content must come *after* these tags -->
<title>Navbar Template for Bootstrap</title>
<!-- Bootstrap core CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.4/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<!-- Custom styles for this template -->
<style>
body {
padding-top: 20px;
padding-bottom: 20px;
}
.navbar {
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
</style>
<!-- Styles for avoiding jQuery -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="navbar.css">
<!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js for IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.2/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<!-- Static navbar -->
<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbar" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="navbar">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Project name</a>
</div>
<div id="navbar" class="navbar-collapse collapse">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
<li class="dropdown">
<div href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-expanded="false">Dropdown <span class="caret"></span></div>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
<li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li class="dropdown-header">Nav header</li>
<li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li>
<li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div><!--/.nav-collapse -->
</div><!--/.container-fluid -->
</nav>
<!-- Main component for a primary marketing message or call to action -->
<div class="jumbotron">
<h1>Navbar example</h1>
<p>This is adapted from the default Bootstrap navbar example to work without JavaScript on larger devices and work without jQuery on smaller devices (but with JavaScript).</p>
<p>
<a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" href="//mpetroff.net/2015/03/bootstrap-navbar-without-jquery/" role="button">View blog post about this &raquo;</a>
</p>
</div>
</div> <!-- /container -->
<!-- Navbar JavaScript -->
<script src="navbar.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
/*
* Open dropdowns on hover instead of click.
*/
@media (min-width: 768px) {
.dropdown:hover {
background: #e7e7e7;
}
.dropdown:hover > .dropdown-menu {
display: block;
}
}
/*
* The following is needed since the dropdowns are <div> elements instead
* of <a> elements
*/
.nav > li > div {
position: relative;
display: block;
padding: 10px 15px;
cursor: default;
}
.navbar-nav > li > div {
padding-top: 15px;
padding-bottom: 15px;
line-height: 20px;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > div {
color: rgb(119, 119, 119);
}
.navbar-collapse.collapse {
display: none;
}
.dropdown-open {
background: #e7e7e7;
}
// Navbar and dropdowns
var toggle = document.getElementsByClassName('navbar-toggle')[0],
collapse = document.getElementsByClassName('navbar-collapse')[0],
dropdowns = document.getElementsByClassName('dropdown');;
// Toggle if navbar menu is open or closed
function toggleMenu() {
collapse.classList.toggle('collapse');
collapse.classList.toggle('in');
}
// Close all dropdown menus
function closeMenus() {
for (var j = 0; j < dropdowns.length; j++) {
dropdowns[j].getElementsByClassName('dropdown-toggle')[0].classList.remove('dropdown-open');
dropdowns[j].classList.remove('open');
}
}
// Add click handling to dropdowns
for (var i = 0; i < dropdowns.length; i++) {
dropdowns[i].addEventListener('click', function() {
if (document.body.clientWidth < 768) {
var open = this.classList.contains('open');
closeMenus();
if (!open) {
this.getElementsByClassName('dropdown-toggle')[0].classList.toggle('dropdown-open');
this.classList.toggle('open');
}
}
});
}
// Close dropdowns when screen becomes big enough to switch to open by hover
function closeMenusOnResize() {
if (document.body.clientWidth >= 768) {
closeMenus();
collapse.classList.add('collapse');
collapse.classList.remove('in');
}
}
// Event listeners
window.addEventListener('resize', closeMenusOnResize, false);
toggle.addEventListener('click', toggleMenu, false);
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ghost commented Jun 18, 2016

Your navbar.js in 5 lines.

const classChildren = x => document.getElementsByClassName(`navbar-${x}`)[0];

classChildren(‘toggle’).addEventListener(‘click’, () => {
classChildren(‘collapse’).classList.toggle(‘collapse’);
}, false);

The bootstrap framework automatically expands and shrinks the navbar according to the user screen width, no need to perform explicit checks and close it manually, neither we need to add and remove classes to do that.

The only thing we care is that when the navbar becomes too crammed and replaced by the 'hambuger' button, to provide a way for the user to invoke the dropdown menu. When the screen width becomes large enough, the 'hambuger' button will be replaced by the bootstrap framework with the full navbar width.

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