2021-08-26
2201
#css
Hulya Karakaya
64375
Aug 26, 2021 ⋅ 7 min read

Building a responsive navbar in Tailwind CSS

Hulya Karakaya A frontend developer interested in open source and building amazing websites. I believe in building through collaboration and contribution.

Recent posts:

The Replay (10/22/25): AI-assisted coding, Wasm 3.0, and more

Discover what’s new in The Replay, LogRocket’s newsletter for dev and engineering leaders, in the October 22nd issue.

Matt MacCormack
Oct 22, 2025 ⋅ 29 sec read
Where AI-assisted coding accelerates development — and where it doesn’t

Where AI-assisted coding accelerates development — and where it doesn’t

John Reilly discusses how software development has been changed by the innovations of AI: both the positives and the negatives.

John Reilly
Oct 22, 2025 ⋅ 12 min read
Debugging with Chrome DevTools MCP: Giving AI eyes in the browser

Debugging with Chrome DevTools MCP: Giving AI eyes in the browser

Learn how to effectively debug with Chrome DevTools MCP server, which provides AI agents access to Chrome DevTools directly inside your favorite code editor.

Emmanuel John
Oct 21, 2025 ⋅ 6 min read
Goodbye, useState? Smarter state modeling for modern React apps

Goodbye, useState? Smarter state modeling for modern React apps

Ever opened a React file and found a graveyard of useState hooks? The problem isn’t React; it’s how we model state. Here’s how to do it smarter.

Oscar Jite-Orimiono
Oct 21, 2025 ⋅ 9 min read
View all posts

4 Replies to "Building a responsive navbar in Tailwind CSS"

  1. This is bs. This is not responsive navbar. A responsive navbar would switch the color of the page you are on after you click on it. This is a hovering effect, not responsive. Please tell me what is so responsive about this? Total waste of my time setting this all up. If I wanted a hover effect, I couldve just implemented it. Responsive in my eyes is when you click the button, the button lights up to tell you which page your on.

    1. “Responsive” means the component behaves correctly when the screen size changes. e.g. a navbar turns into a hamburger menu on mobile instead of running miles off the side of the page.

      Responsive has nothing to do with spiffing effects like color changes.

      The only total waste of time around here is the energy you spent spouting off at something because you didn’t have the requisite knowledge to understand what’s going on. Be more polite to those that have provided free information that is actually useful to those who know what’s going on.

  2. Hi,
    I’m refactoring an Aurelia 1x app to htmx and using tailwindcss when I thankfully found this post. My routes are parital re-loads and not full page reloads. When in mobile mode I’d like to toggle menu off after making a menu selection which I know is just missing some extra javascript code. Any assistance appeciated,
    Thanks for this terrific post.
    John


    works


Leave a Reply

Hey there, want to help make our blog better?

Join LogRocket’s Content Advisory Board. You’ll help inform the type of content we create and get access to exclusive meetups, social accreditation, and swag.

Sign up now