Menu

Simple grid-based list of menu items intended for subnavigation. Columns can be controlled using u-size* utilities.

<ul class="Menu">
          <li class="Menu-cell u-md-size1of2">
            <a class="Menu-item" href="">
              Ida Cooper
            </a>
          </li>
          <li class="Menu-cell u-md-size1of2">
            <a class="Menu-item" href="">
              Craig Palmer
            </a>
          </li>
          <li class="Menu-cell u-md-size1of2">
            <a class="Menu-item" href="">
              Eddie Webster
            </a>
          </li>
          <li class="Menu-cell u-md-size1of2">
            <a class="Menu-item" href="">
              Lydia Fields
            </a>
          </li>
          <li class="Menu-cell u-md-size1of2">
            <a class="Menu-item" href="">
              Caleb Mendoza
            </a>
          </li>
          <li class="Menu-cell u-md-size1of2">
            <a class="Menu-item" href="">
              Mamie Powell
            </a>
          </li>
      </ul>
      

It can be helpful to highlight the currently selected item in a menu.

We recommend using the aria-current attribute for this, but if that's not possible you can achieve the same styling with the is-current state class.

<ul class="Menu">
        <li class="Menu-cell">
          <a class="Menu-item"
            
            href="#">
            Cecelia Cain
          </a>
        </li>
        <li class="Menu-cell">
          <a class="Menu-item"
            
            href="#">
            Francis Hoffman
          </a>
        </li>
        <li class="Menu-cell">
          <a class="Menu-item"
            aria-current="page"
            href="#">
            Glen Cruz
          </a>
        </li>
        <li class="Menu-cell">
          <a class="Menu-item"
            
            href="#">
            Alvin Chambers
          </a>
        </li>
        <li class="Menu-cell">
          <a class="Menu-item"
            
            href="#">
            Evelyn Holt
          </a>
        </li>
        <li class="Menu-cell">
          <a class="Menu-item"
            
            href="#">
            Delia Rodriguez
          </a>
        </li>
      </ul>
      

You can nest Menus inside of other menus. When doing this you should include the Menu--nested modifier on the nested menus.

Theoretically you could create a very deeply nested menu structure, but in practice we don't recommend nesting menus more than 3 levels deep.

This pattern works best with single column menus.

<ul class="Menu">
          <li class="Menu-cell">
            <a class="Menu-item" href="">
              Edwin Ferguson
            </a>
            <ul class="Menu Menu--nested">
                <li class="Menu-cell">
                  <a class="Menu-item" href="">
                    Rose Carson
                  </a>
                </li>
                <li class="Menu-cell">
                  <a class="Menu-item" href="">
                    Emilie Webb
                  </a>
                </li>
                <li class="Menu-cell">
                  <a class="Menu-item" href="">
                    Andre Gibbs
                  </a>
                </li>
            </ul>
          </li>
          <li class="Menu-cell">
            <a class="Menu-item" href="">
              Leah Robinson
            </a>
            <ul class="Menu Menu--nested">
                <li class="Menu-cell">
                  <a class="Menu-item" href="">
                    Russell Davis
                  </a>
                </li>
                <li class="Menu-cell">
                  <a class="Menu-item" href="">
                    Troy Mathis
                  </a>
                </li>
                <li class="Menu-cell">
                  <a class="Menu-item" href="">
                    Maude Goodwin
                  </a>
                </li>
            </ul>
          </li>
      </ul>
      

By default the menu is horizontally aligned with other page content. If you'd prefer the menu cells to be horizontally aligned with other page content you can achieve this with the Menu--flush modifier.

Use care when using this modifier. It relies on negative margins, so may extend out of its container.

<div class="u-pad1">
        <h4>Flush Menu</h4>
      
        <ul class="Menu Menu--flush">
            <li class="Menu-cell u-md-size1of2">
              <a class="Menu-item" href="">
                Dustin Brown
              </a>
            </li>
            <li class="Menu-cell u-md-size1of2">
              <a class="Menu-item" href="">
                Irene Clark
              </a>
            </li>
            <li class="Menu-cell u-md-size1of2">
              <a class="Menu-item" href="">
                Hunter Carter
              </a>
            </li>
            <li class="Menu-cell u-md-size1of2">
              <a class="Menu-item" href="">
                Emily Larson
              </a>
            </li>
            <li class="Menu-cell u-md-size1of2">
              <a class="Menu-item" href="">
                Harry Watson
              </a>
            </li>
            <li class="Menu-cell u-md-size1of2">
              <a class="Menu-item" href="">
                Bill Collins
              </a>
            </li>
        </ul>
      </div>
      

A more product-like menu display can be achieved using the optional Menu-object and Menu-label descendants.

<ul class="Menu">
          <li class="Menu-cell u-size1of2 u-md-size1of3 u-lg-size1of4">
            <a class="Menu-item" href="">
              <img class="Menu-object" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=US-ASCII,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3Crect%20fill%3D%22%23116bb1%22%20width%3D%22100%25%22%20height%3D%22100%25%22%2F%3E%3Ctext%20fill%3D%22%23c7e4fa%22%20font-family%3D%22sans-serif%22%20font-size%3D%2230%22%20dy%3D%2212%22%20font-weight%3D%22bold%22%20x%3D%2250%25%22%20y%3D%2250%25%22%20text-anchor%3D%22middle%22%3E%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" alt="">
              <span class="Menu-label">
                Bryan Wright
              </span>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li class="Menu-cell u-size1of2 u-md-size1of3 u-lg-size1of4">
            <a class="Menu-item" href="">
              <img class="Menu-object" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=US-ASCII,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3Crect%20fill%3D%22%23116bb1%22%20width%3D%22100%25%22%20height%3D%22100%25%22%2F%3E%3Ctext%20fill%3D%22%23c7e4fa%22%20font-family%3D%22sans-serif%22%20font-size%3D%2230%22%20dy%3D%2212%22%20font-weight%3D%22bold%22%20x%3D%2250%25%22%20y%3D%2250%25%22%20text-anchor%3D%22middle%22%3E%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" alt="">
              <span class="Menu-label">
                Angel Rios
              </span>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li class="Menu-cell u-size1of2 u-md-size1of3 u-lg-size1of4">
            <a class="Menu-item" href="">
              <img class="Menu-object" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=US-ASCII,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3Crect%20fill%3D%22%23116bb1%22%20width%3D%22100%25%22%20height%3D%22100%25%22%2F%3E%3Ctext%20fill%3D%22%23c7e4fa%22%20font-family%3D%22sans-serif%22%20font-size%3D%2230%22%20dy%3D%2212%22%20font-weight%3D%22bold%22%20x%3D%2250%25%22%20y%3D%2250%25%22%20text-anchor%3D%22middle%22%3E%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" alt="">
              <span class="Menu-label">
                Johanna Rivera
              </span>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li class="Menu-cell u-size1of2 u-md-size1of3 u-lg-size1of4">
            <a class="Menu-item" href="">
              <img class="Menu-object" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=US-ASCII,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3Crect%20fill%3D%22%23116bb1%22%20width%3D%22100%25%22%20height%3D%22100%25%22%2F%3E%3Ctext%20fill%3D%22%23c7e4fa%22%20font-family%3D%22sans-serif%22%20font-size%3D%2230%22%20dy%3D%2212%22%20font-weight%3D%22bold%22%20x%3D%2250%25%22%20y%3D%2250%25%22%20text-anchor%3D%22middle%22%3E%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" alt="">
              <span class="Menu-label">
                Frances Henderson
              </span>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li class="Menu-cell u-size1of2 u-md-size1of3 u-lg-size1of4">
            <a class="Menu-item" href="">
              <img class="Menu-object" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=US-ASCII,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3Crect%20fill%3D%22%23116bb1%22%20width%3D%22100%25%22%20height%3D%22100%25%22%2F%3E%3Ctext%20fill%3D%22%23c7e4fa%22%20font-family%3D%22sans-serif%22%20font-size%3D%2230%22%20dy%3D%2212%22%20font-weight%3D%22bold%22%20x%3D%2250%25%22%20y%3D%2250%25%22%20text-anchor%3D%22middle%22%3E%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" alt="">
              <span class="Menu-label">
                Lelia Gonzales
              </span>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li class="Menu-cell u-size1of2 u-md-size1of3 u-lg-size1of4">
            <a class="Menu-item" href="">
              <img class="Menu-object" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=US-ASCII,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3Crect%20fill%3D%22%23116bb1%22%20width%3D%22100%25%22%20height%3D%22100%25%22%2F%3E%3Ctext%20fill%3D%22%23c7e4fa%22%20font-family%3D%22sans-serif%22%20font-size%3D%2230%22%20dy%3D%2212%22%20font-weight%3D%22bold%22%20x%3D%2250%25%22%20y%3D%2250%25%22%20text-anchor%3D%22middle%22%3E%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" alt="">
              <span class="Menu-label">
                Lora Ingram
              </span>
            </a>
          </li>
      </ul>