Navigation & Menu Animation Principles

Apply Disney's 12 principles to navigation for fluid, intuitive wayfinding.

Principles Applied to Navigation

1. Squash & Stretch

Menu items can compress slightly on click. Mobile hamburger icon lines should squash during transformation to X.

2. Anticipation

Before dropdown opens, trigger item can lift or highlight. Sidebar toggle icon rotates slightly before panel slides.

3. Staging

Active nav item should be clearly distinguished. Dropdown menus appear above other content via z-index and shadow. Focus hierarchy matters.

4. Straight Ahead & Pose to Pose

Define clear states: closed, opening, open, closing. Each menu item has default, hover, active, selected poses.