Make the sidebar collapse linear and avoid vertical misalignments - html

Question

I have implemented a sidebar and the collapse function (for minimizing the sidebar) works quite okay, but whenever I click on 'collapse' again to maximize the sidebar, the elements inside the sidebar are misaligned during few milliseconds and the logo text appears above the body. Please see the images below
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How could I make it smoother and avoid the misalignments? It should be something linear without any vertical changes.
I've tried so many things but it was impossible for me to make it work.

Answer 1

Edit(2): This code is from Coding Lab, the way he did it is by replacing the class with another class every time you click the hamburger icon, changing it from bx-menu-alt-right to bx-menu or vice versa.
Since you minimize your sidebar basically to width: 0 when it reaches screen width of 786px, you could just make the logo and the whole sidebar content to disappear. Refer to this this JS fiddle, I've added some css style on your media query to not display the logo when your media query is true.
/* Google Font Link */
#import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins:wght#200;300;400;500;600;700&display=swap');
*{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
font-family: "Poppins" , sans-serif;
}
.sidebar{
position: fixed;
left: 0;
top: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 78px;
background: #11101D;
padding: 6px 14px;
z-index: 99;
transition: all 0.5s ease;
}
.sidebar.open{
width: 250px;
}
.sidebar .logo-details{
height: 60px;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
position: relative;
}
.sidebar .logo-details .icon{
opacity: 0;
transition: all 0.5s ease;
}
.sidebar .logo-details .logo_name{
color: #fff;
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: 600;
opacity: 0;
transition: all 0.5s ease;
}
.sidebar.open .logo-details .icon,
.sidebar.open .logo-details .logo_name{
opacity: 1;
}
.sidebar .logo-details #btn{
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
right: 0;
transform: translateY(-50%);
font-size: 22px;
transition: all 0.4s ease;
font-size: 23px;
text-align: center;
cursor: pointer;
transition: all 0.5s ease;
}
.sidebar.open .logo-details #btn{
text-align: right;
}
.sidebar i{
color: #fff;
height: 60px;
min-width: 50px;
font-size: 28px;
text-align: center;
line-height: 60px;
}
.sidebar .nav-list{
margin-top: 20px;
height: 100%;
}
.sidebar li{
position: relative;
margin: 8px 0;
list-style: none;
}
.sidebar li .tooltip{
position: absolute;
top: -20px;
left: calc(100% + 15px);
z-index: 3;
background: #fff;
box-shadow: 0 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
padding: 6px 12px;
border-radius: 4px;
font-size: 15px;
font-weight: 400;
opacity: 0;
white-space: nowrap;
pointer-events: none;
transition: 0s;
}
.sidebar li:hover .tooltip{
opacity: 1;
pointer-events: auto;
transition: all 0.4s ease;
top: 50%;
transform: translateY(-50%);
}
.sidebar.open li .tooltip{
display: none;
}
.sidebar input{
font-size: 15px;
color: #FFF;
font-weight: 400;
outline: none;
height: 50px;
width: 100%;
width: 50px;
border: none;
border-radius: 12px;
transition: all 0.5s ease;
background: #1d1b31;
}
.sidebar.open input{
padding: 0 20px 0 50px;
width: 100%;
}
.sidebar .bx-search{
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 0;
transform: translateY(-50%);
font-size: 22px;
background: #1d1b31;
color: #FFF;
}
.sidebar.open .bx-search:hover{
background: #1d1b31;
color: #FFF;
}
.sidebar .bx-search:hover{
background: #FFF;
color: #11101d;
}
.sidebar li a{
display: flex;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
border-radius: 12px;
align-items: center;
text-decoration: none;
transition: all 0.4s ease;
background: #11101D;
}
.sidebar li a:hover{
background: #FFF;
}
.sidebar li a .links_name{
color: #fff;
font-size: 15px;
font-weight: 400;
white-space: nowrap;
opacity: 0;
pointer-events: none;
transition: 0.4s;
}
.sidebar.open li a .links_name{
opacity: 1;
pointer-events: auto;
}
.sidebar li a:hover .links_name,
.sidebar li a:hover i{
transition: all 0.5s ease;
color: #11101D;
}
.sidebar li i{
height: 50px;
line-height: 50px;
font-size: 18px;
border-radius: 12px;
}
.sidebar li.profile{
position: fixed;
height: 60px;
width: 78px;
left: 0;
bottom: -8px;
padding: 10px 14px;
background: #1d1b31;
transition: all 0.5s ease;
overflow: hidden;
}
.sidebar.open li.profile{
width: 250px;
}
.sidebar li .profile-details{
display: flex;
align-items: center;
flex-wrap: nowrap;
}
.sidebar li img{
height: 45px;
width: 45px;
object-fit: cover;
border-radius: 6px;
margin-right: 10px;
}
.sidebar li.profile .name,
.sidebar li.profile .job{
font-size: 15px;
font-weight: 400;
color: #fff;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.sidebar li.profile .job{
font-size: 12px;
}
.sidebar .profile #log_out{
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
right: 0;
transform: translateY(-50%);
background: #1d1b31;
width: 100%;
height: 60px;
line-height: 60px;
border-radius: 0px;
transition: all 0.5s ease;
}
.sidebar.open .profile #log_out{
width: 50px;
background: none;
}
.home-section{
position: relative;
background: #E4E9F7;
min-height: 100vh;
top: 0;
left: 78px;
width: calc(100% - 78px);
transition: all 0.5s ease;
z-index: 2;
}
.sidebar.open ~ .home-section{
left: 250px;
width: calc(100% - 250px);
}
.home-section .text{
display: inline-block;
color: #11101d;
font-size: 25px;
font-weight: 500;
margin: 18px
}
#media (max-width: 420px) {
.sidebar li .tooltip{
display: none;
}
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<!-- Created by CodingLab |www.youtube.com/CodingLabYT-->
<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<!--<title> Responsive Sidebar Menu | CodingLab </title>-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
<!-- Boxicons CDN Link -->
<link href='https://unpkg.com/boxicons#2.0.7/css/boxicons.min.css' rel='stylesheet'>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
</head>
<body>
<div class="sidebar">
<div class="logo-details">
<i class='bx bxl-c-plus-plus icon'></i>
<div class="logo_name">CodingLab</div>
<i class='bx bx-menu' id="btn" ></i>
</div>
<ul class="nav-list">
<li>
<i class='bx bx-search' ></i>
<input type="text" placeholder="Search...">
<span class="tooltip">Search</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<i class='bx bx-grid-alt'></i>
<span class="links_name">Dashboard</span>
</a>
<span class="tooltip">Dashboard</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<i class='bx bx-user' ></i>
<span class="links_name">User</span>
</a>
<span class="tooltip">User</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<i class='bx bx-chat' ></i>
<span class="links_name">Messages</span>
</a>
<span class="tooltip">Messages</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<i class='bx bx-pie-chart-alt-2' ></i>
<span class="links_name">Analytics</span>
</a>
<span class="tooltip">Analytics</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<i class='bx bx-folder' ></i>
<span class="links_name">File Manager</span>
</a>
<span class="tooltip">Files</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<i class='bx bx-cart-alt' ></i>
<span class="links_name">Order</span>
</a>
<span class="tooltip">Order</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<i class='bx bx-heart' ></i>
<span class="links_name">Saved</span>
</a>
<span class="tooltip">Saved</span>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<i class='bx bx-cog' ></i>
<span class="links_name">Setting</span>
</a>
<span class="tooltip">Setting</span>
</li>
<li class="profile">
<div class="profile-details">
<!--<img src="profile.jpg" alt="profileImg">-->
<div class="name_job">
<div class="name">Prem Shahi</div>
<div class="job">Web designer</div>
</div>
</div>
<i class='bx bx-log-out' id="log_out" ></i>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<section class="home-section">
<div class="text">Dashboard</div>
</section>
<script>
let sidebar = document.querySelector(".sidebar");
let closeBtn = document.querySelector("#btn");
let searchBtn = document.querySelector(".bx-search");
closeBtn.addEventListener("click", ()=>{
sidebar.classList.toggle("open");
menuBtnChange();//calling the function(optional)
});
searchBtn.addEventListener("click", ()=>{ // Sidebar open when you click on the search iocn
sidebar.classList.toggle("open");
menuBtnChange(); //calling the function(optional)
});
// following are the code to change sidebar button(optional)
function menuBtnChange() {
if(sidebar.classList.contains("open")){
closeBtn.classList.replace("bx-menu", "bx-menu-alt-right");//replacing the iocns class
}else {
closeBtn.classList.replace("bx-menu-alt-right","bx-menu");//replacing the iocns class
}
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
#media (max-width: 768px) {
svg, #sidebarLinks{
display: none;
}
}
Edit: If you want to minimize and expand the sidebar using a toggle-button and leave the icons then you should separate the icons from their title/description and hide ONLY the title/description on clicking the toggle-button. Change sidebar width whenever you click using .style.property. Anyway here is a video tutorial about this same feature.

Answer 2

Beyond a certain width your icons and texts are bound to wrap around or overlap. It's not really a misalignment but default behavior.
What you can do is reduce the font size of your text on minimize/maximize sidebar for a range of width, say from 0px to 150px width, change your text font size to be smaller. You can also use vmin, vmax instead of px or rem for font size. Also, restrict the sidebar minimum width by changing 0 to a specific value in .card class.
Or, you can only display the icons on collapse and hide the text.