navigation-menus
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.
5. Follow Through & Overlapping Action
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