How to use CSS Position Property In CSS

Using Flexbox and space-between

The CSS ‘ position: absolute’ property allows an element to be positioned relative to its nearest positioned ancestor or the initial containing block. Elements with `position: absolute` are positioned based on their nearest positioned ancestor, creating layouts with more control over element placement.

Approach

Create the structure of the navbar in HTML using different types of the elements including <div>, <ul>, <li>, and button. There is unordered list defined where four list items are defined.
Cretae a external stylesheet and link to the index.html file for defining the style to the navbar.
Style the list item and set the position property to absolute and right to 20px. It will give the effect of split navigation bar.
Use fontawsome icons and different CSS properties to style the navbar.

Example 2: The example shows split navigation bar using CSS with position property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <meta charset="UTF-8"> 
    <meta name="viewport" 
          content="width=device-width, 
                   initial-scale=1.0"> 
    <title>Navbar</title> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.5.1/css/all.min.css"> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div class="box"> 
  
        <div class="navlist"> 
            <ul> 
                <li> 
                    <a href="#"> 
                        <i class="fa fa-solid fa-house"></i> 
                        Home 
                    </a> 
                </li> 
                <li> 
                    <a href="#"> 
                        <i class="fa fa-solid fa-address-card"></i> 
                        About 
                    </a> 
                </li> 
                <li> 
                    <a href="#"> 
                        <i class="fa fa-solid fa-address-book"></i> 
                        Contact Us 
                    </a> 
                </li> 
                <li class="split"> 
                    <a href="#"> 
                        <i class="fa fa-solid fa-book"></i> 
                        Courses 
                    </a> 
                </li> 
            </ul> 
        </div> 
    </div> 
</body> 
  
</html>

CSS

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins&display=swap'); 
  
* { 
    margin: 0; 
    padding: 0; 
    box-sizing: border-box; 
} 
  
.box { 
    background-color: rgb(187, 121, 189); 
    font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; 
} 
  
ul { 
    list-style: none; 
} 
  
.navlist ul { 
    display: flex; 
    align-items: center; 
    gap: 20px; 
    margin-left: 20px; 
    height: 10vh; 
} 
  
li { 
    font-size: 20px; 
    transition: .2s linear; 
} 
  
li:hover { 
    transform: translateX(3px); 
} 
  
a { 
    text-decoration: none; 
    color: rgb(89, 10, 94); 
} 
  
a:hover { 
    color: rgb(68, 16, 67); 
    font-weight: 700; 
} 
  
.split { 
    position: absolute; 
    right: 20px; 
} 
  
@media only screen and (max-width: 513px) { 
    li { 
        font-size: 15px; 
    } 
} 
  
@media only screen and (max-width: 424px) { 
    li { 
        font-size: 10px; 
    } 
}

Output:

Output

How to create a split navigation bar using CSS ?

The article will demonstrate how to create a split navigation bar using CSS. There are two ways to make the split navigation bar these are with the help of flexbox properties and CSS position property. A split navigation bar is a popular layout where navigation links are divided into two sections. It is used to achieve a balanced look for the navbar.

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