<nav>
	<a href="#">
		<span class="text">Animation</span>
		<div class="slide"></div>
	</a>
	<a href="#">
		<span class="text">Branding</span>
		<div class="slide"></div>
	</a>
	<a href="#">
		<span class="text">Illustration</span>
		<div class="slide"></div>
	</a>
</nav>



<div class="support">
	<a href="https://twitter.com/DevLoop01" target="_blank"><i class="fab fa-twitter-square"></i></a>
	<a href="https://dribbble.com/devloop01" target="_blank"><i class="fab fa-dribbble"></i></a>
</div>
* {
	box-sizing: border-box;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

body {
	width: 100%;
	height: 100vh;
	display: flex;
	justify-content: center;
	align-items: center;
	background: #141212;
	overflow: hidden;
}

nav {
	display: flex;
	justify-content: center;
	align-items: center;
	a {
		position: relative;
		text-decoration: none;
		font-family: "Montserrat";
		font-weight: bold;
		color: #5a5753;
		margin: 0 1rem;
		transition: text-shadow 300ms ease, color 300ms ease;

		.slide {
			position: absolute;
			left: 0;
			top: 0;
			width: 100%;
			height: 100%;
			background: #4df9ff;
			transform: scaleX(0);

		}
		&.active {
			color: #4df9ff;
			text-shadow: 0 0 20px #4df9ff7c;
		}

		&:focus {
			outline: none;
			border: none;
		}
	}
}


.support{
	position: absolute;
	right: 10px;
	bottom: 10px;
	padding: 10px;
	display: flex;
	a{
		margin: 0 10px;
		color: #fff;
		font-size: 1.8rem;
		backface-visibility: hidden;
		transition: all 150ms ease;
		&:hover{
			transform: scale(1.1);
		}
	}

}
View Compiled
console.clear();

const { gsap } = window;

let currentLink;
let currentIndex = 0;
const links = document.querySelectorAll("nav a");

links.forEach((link, index) => {
	link.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
		addActive(e, index);
	});
});

function addActive(e, i) {
	const target = e.currentTarget;
	if (target != currentLink) {
		let direction;
		if (currentIndex < i) direction = "right";
		else direction = "left";
		const slide = target.querySelector(".slide");

		gsap.timeline()
			.call(() => {
			links.forEach((link) => {
				link.classList.remove("active");
			});
		})
			.fromTo(
			slide,
			{
				transformOrigin: `${direction == "left" ? "right" : "left"} center`,
				scaleX: 0,
			},
			{
				delay: 0.1,
				duration: 0.25,
				scaleX: 1,
			}
		)
			.call(() => {
			target.classList.add("active");
		})
			.to(slide, {
			delay: 0.25,
			duration: 0.25,
			transformOrigin: `${direction} center`,
			scaleX: 0,
		});
		currentLink = target;
		currentIndex = i;
	}
}

External CSS

  1. https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.8.1/css/all.min.css
  2. https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat&amp;display=swap"rel="stylesheet

External JavaScript

  1. https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gsap/3.1.1/gsap.min.js