Toggle the navigation bar on the screen

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Everyone loves to press the menu switch button: it makes you feel like a boss, who has a remote control for things in his hands. Of course, there are users who are annoyed by this, but in any case, there is no better practice for managing navigation.

You can do some redesigning and turn the vertical floating menu for the site into a collapsible one, which will create more free space on the screen.

It is possible to switch even the display of automotive mailing list submenu items, which fits in well with important interface design concepts that reduce page loading time and the number of HTTP requests.

Toggle navigation bars visible/invisible
The current trend is to discuss a method for switching a multi-level menu for a website, which is called by many names: a three-bar menu, a pull-out or hidden menu, and a hamburger menu.

This was first widely used in iOS mobile applications. The concept was liked by web developers, who adopted it and began to use it in adaptive website design.

Most pop-up side menus for websites cause the page content to shift to the side, i.e. the user's attention is switched to navigation links. This is one of the most pressing problems of browsers that do not support JavaScript.

Another way to draw the user's attention to the navigation is to dim the page content after the sidebar is opened. This is powerful when done well, and equally annoying when done poorly.

There are arguments for and against this type of menu, but there is a good reason to consider its use appropriate on modern resources. This option helps save space on the screen, and also displays the links of the upper and subordinate levels of the menu so that everything looks aesthetically pleasing.

Navigation restructuring
Grouping website menu elements, changing only their location, is another trend in interface design.

For wide screens, uniform placement of menu elements and formation of a block somewhat shorter than the page itself would be justified. But for mobile users, this does not play such a big role. But the font size should definitely be paid attention to: it should be easy to read even if the navigation elements are divided into several lines.

As the window size decreases, the links will begin to rearrange themselves and will stand on top of each other, and the transition between sections will be carried out as before. This is a new look at the method of rearranging the menu for a site, it is perfect, for example, for a portfolio site.