Build a Sticky Menu

How to make a sticky menu and change it's visual properties on scroll

To make a menu sticky, you need to put the menu and all contents in a container (site wrapper) along with making the following changes to the menu settings:

Layout > Position set to Sticky.

Layout > Z-Index > Custom set to 100.

Layout > Type > Uniform > Inset 0.

Watch the following tutorial to see how to build a Sticky Menu, along with adding a drop shadow and frosted glass effect.

Advanced Sticky Menu Tutorial - Part 2

In this advanced tutorial we use some Javascript to adjust the look of the menu when the user scrolls down the page.

You can click here to open the Space Demo Project in Elements.

Code Examples

Adding and Removing Standard CSS Classes:

<script>
	const menu = document.getElementById('fancymenu');
	window.addEventListener('scroll', () => {
	  if (window.scrollY > 800) {
		menu.style.setProperty("width", "100%");
		menu.style.setProperty("height", "80px");
		menu.style.setProperty("margin-top", "0");
		menu.style.setProperty("background", "#ffffff");
	  } else {
		menu.style.removeProperty("width");
		menu.style.removeProperty("height");
		menu.style.removeProperty("margin-top");
		menu.style.removeProperty("background");
	  }
	});
</script>

Adding and Removing Tailwind Classes:


	<script>
	const menu = document.getElementById('fancymenu');
	window.addEventListener('scroll', () => {
	  if (window.scrollY > 500) {
		menu.classList.add('w-auto');
		menu.classList.remove('w-[1000px]', 'mt-10');
	  } else {
		menu.classList.add('w-[1000px]', 'mt-10');
		menu.classList.remove('w-auto');
	  }
	});
 </script>

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