var items = document.getElementsByClassName('menu-item');
var clipPath = document.getElementById('clip-path');
var last = items[0];
for (i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
items[i].addEventListener('click', function() {
var x = this.getBoundingClientRect().left + (this.offsetWidth / 2) - 20;
var currentX = clipPath.getAttribute('transform').replace('translate(', '');
currentX = parseInt(currentX.replace(', 0)', ''), 10);
animStart(currentX, x);
last = this;
})
}
function animStart(begin, end) {
if (begin < end) {
for (start = begin; start <= end; start += 0.1) {
anim(start);
}
} else {
var c = end;
for (start = begin; end <= start; start -= 0.1) {
animD(start, c);
c += 0.1
}
}
}
function anim(start) {
setTimeout(function() {
clipPath.setAttribute('transform', 'translate(' + start + ', 0)');
}, 1 * start);
}
function animD(start, c) {
setTimeout(function() {
clipPath.setAttribute('transform', 'translate(' + start + ', 0)');
}, 1 * c);
}
function align() {
var x = last.getBoundingClientRect().left + (last.offsetWidth / 2) - 20;
animStart(0, x);
}
function resize() {
var x = last.getBoundingClientRect().left + (last.offsetWidth / 2) - 20;
clipPath.setAttribute('transform', 'translate(' + x + ', 0)');
}
window.onresize = resize;
window.onload = align;
body {
background: #222222;
margin: 0;
}
.nav-container {
top: 20px;
position: relative;
width: 100%;
height: 50px;
background: repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, palegoldenrod 5px, palegreen 10px, palegreen 15px, paleturquoise 15px, paleturquoise 20px, plum 20px, plum 25px);
}
.nav {
width: 600px;
height: 50px;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
}
.menu-item {
display: inline-block;
width: 70px;
padding: 17px 20px;
color: #222222;
font-size: 14px;
}
.menu-item:hover {
color: seagreen;
cursor: pointer;
}
#bottom {
width: 100%;
height: 35px;
background: repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, palegoldenrod 5px, palegreen 10px, palegreen 15px, paleturquoise 15px, paleturquoise 20px, plum 20px, plum 25px);
}
<body>
<div class="nav-container">
<div class="nav">
<div id="menu-item-1" class="menu-item">Home</div>
<div id="menu-item-2" class="menu-item">About</div>
<div id="menu-item-3" class="menu-item">Services</div>
<div id="menu-item-4" class="menu-item">Locations</div>
<div id="menu-item-5" class="menu-item">Contact Us</div>
</div>
<svg style="position: relative; top: -1px;" class="svg-defs" height="35" width="100%">
<defs>
<clipPath id="clipping">
<path id="clip-path" transform="translate(0,0)" d="M0,0 L40,0 L20,15z M20,6 m-5,0 a5,5 0 1,0 10,0 a5,5 0 1,0 -10,0z" />
</clipPath>
</defs>
<foreignObject x="0" y="0" clip-path="url(#clipping)" height="35" width="100%">
<div id="bottom"></div>
</foreignObject>
</svg>
</div>
</body>