<nav role='navigation' class="main-nav">
  <ul>
    <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Clients</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Contact Us</a></li>
  </ul>
</nav>

<h1>Line Menu Icon OR IS IT?!</h1>
  
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@import url(//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Boogaloo);

body {
  background: #F06D06;
  padding: 2rem 4rem 2rem 8rem;
  color: white;
  font-family: "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  line-height: 1.4;
  overflow: scroll;
}

.main-nav {
  ul {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
  }
  li {
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 5px;
  }
  a {
    color: white;
    text-decoration: none;
  }
  .close-button {
    display: none;
  }
}

.csstransforms .main-nav {
  position: absolute;
  top: 2.4rem;
  left: 2rem;
  width: 20rem;
  border: solid 1rem white;
  background: rgba(#F06D06, 0.75);
  box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(black, 0.2);
  padding: 4rem;
  transition: 0.3s ease;
  transform: scale(0.11) translateZ(0);
  transform-origin: top left;
  cursor: pointer;
  ul {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    pointer-events: none;
  }
  a {
    font-family: 'Boogaloo', cursive;
    font-size: 1.6rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    display: block;
    margin: 0 0 2rem 0;
    padding: 0.5rem;
    color: transparent;
    &:hover, &:focus {
      background: black;
      color: white !important;
    }
  }
  li {
    background: white;
    display: block;
    padding: 0;
  }
  li:last-child a {
    margin: 0;
  }
  &.open {
    transform: scale(1.0);
    padding: 2rem;
    ul {
      pointer-events: auto;
    }
    a {
      color: black;
    }
    .close-button {
      opacity: 1;
    }
  }
  .close-button {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    top: -2rem;
    left: -2rem;
    border: 0.5rem white solid;
    border-radius: 50%;
    background: #F06D06;
    text-align: center;
    width: 4rem;
    height: 4rem;
    color: white;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 2rem;
    opacity: 0;
    transition: opacity 0.2s ease;
    outline: 0;
    span {
      position: relative;
      top: -3px;
    }
    &:hover, &:active {
      background: black; 
    }
  }
}

h1 {
  font-family: 'Boogaloo', cursive;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 3rem;
}

.visually-hidden {
  position: absolute;
  top: -9999px;
  left: -9999px;
}
View Compiled
$('<button class="close-button">\
    <b class="visually-hidden">Close</b>\
    <span aria-hidden="true">\
      ×\
    </span>\
  </button>').appendTo(".main-nav");

$(".main-nav").on("click", function() {
   $(this).toggleClass("open");
  return false;
});

External CSS

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External JavaScript

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