<ul class="Menu">
  <li class="Menu-item js-MenuItem">
    <a class="Menu-item-link" href="#">
      Widgets
    </a>
  </li>
  <li class="Menu-item js-MenuItem">
    <a class="Menu-item-link" href="#">
      Doodads
    </a>
  </li>
  <li class="Menu-item js-MenuItem">
    <a class="Menu-item-link" href="#">
      Whatchamacallits
    </a>
  </li>
  <li class="Menu-item js-MenuItem">
    <a class="Menu-item-link" href="#">
      Thingamajigs
    </a>
  </li>
  <li class="Menu-item js-MenuItem">
    <a class="Menu-item-link" href="#">
      Whoseywhatsits
    </a>
  </li>
</ul>
html {
  font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont,
    "Segoe UI", "Roboto", "Oxygen",
    "Ubuntu", "Cantarell", "Fira Sans",
    "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
  font-size: calc(18px + 1vh);
  height: 100%;
}

body {
  background: #111;
  color: #fff;
  display: flex;
  line-height: 1;
  margin: 0;
  min-height: 100%;
  overflow-x: hidden;
}

.Menu {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width: 100%;
}

.Menu-item {
  display: flex;
  flex: 100%;
  transition: transform 0.5s ease;
  transition-delay: calc(0.025s * var(--index, 0));
}

.Menu-item.is-pulled {
  transform: translateX(-100%);
}

.Menu-item-link {
  align-items: center;
  color: #fff;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  padding: 1.25rem 1.5rem;
  text-decoration: none;
  touch-action: manipulation;
  transition: filter 0.25s cubic-bezier(1, 0, 0, 1);
  width: 100%;
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
}

.Menu-item-link:active {
  filter: brightness(1.2);
}

.Menu-item:nth-child(5n+1) .Menu-item-link {
  background-color: #4B6C96;
  color: #d3dff1;
}

.Menu-item:nth-child(5n+2) .Menu-item-link {
  background-color: #DFDBC9;
  color: #656048;
}

.Menu-item:nth-child(5n+3) .Menu-item-link {
  background-color: #9FC7CC;
  color: #496063;
}

.Menu-item:nth-child(5n+4) .Menu-item-link {
  background-color: #9B8DAA;
  color: #f2e5ff;
}

.Menu-item:nth-child(5n+5) .Menu-item-link {
  background-color: #D1535D;
  color: #ffd9dc;
}

.Menu-item-link::after {
  border: solid currentColor;
  border-width: 0.125rem 0.125rem 0 0;
  content: "";
  height: 0.5rem;
  transform: rotate(45deg);
  width: 0.5rem;
}
var elements = document.querySelectorAll('.js-MenuItem');

elements.forEach((element, index) => {
  var elementsByDistance = [];
  
  elements.forEach((thisElement, thisIndex) => {
    var distance = Math.abs(index - thisIndex);
    
    if (!elementsByDistance[distance]) {
      elementsByDistance[distance] = [];
    }
    
    elementsByDistance[distance].push(thisElement);
  });
  
  element.addEventListener('click', event => {
    event.preventDefault();
    
    Object.keys(elementsByDistance).forEach(distance => {
      elementsByDistance[distance].forEach(element => {
        element.style.setProperty('--index', distance);
      });
    });
    
    elements.forEach(element => {
      const listener = event => {
        if (event.target === element) {
          element.removeEventListener('transitionend', listener);
          element.classList.remove('is-pulled');
        }
      };
      
      element.addEventListener('transitionend', listener);
      element.classList.add('is-pulled');
    });
  });
});

// Enable :active styles on mobile
document.addEventListener('touchstart', ()=>{}, true);
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