Apple-Style Glassmorphism Sidebar with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Apple-Style Glassmorphism Sidebar with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

This time, I implemented an Apple-style glassmorphism sidebar layout inspired by a CodePen demo. The interface uses a soft gradient background, frosted glass panels, rounded surfaces, subtle borders, and hover interactions to create a polished dashboard-style UI.

The demo includes a sidebar navigation, profile area, welcome content, and three statistic cards. The sidebar has an active menu state, animated icon feedback, and a liquid-style highlight effect on hover. The dashboard cards also respond to mouse movement with a gentle 3D tilt interaction.

Features

  • Apple-inspired glassmorphism sidebar layout
  • Frosted glass surfaces using backdrop-filter
  • Responsive collapsed sidebar behavior
  • Interactive navigation active state
  • Liquid hover highlight on menu items
  • 3D tilt effect on dashboard cards
  • Font Awesome icons loaded from CDN
  • Scoped CSS so it can be inserted into a Blogger post

Implementation Notes

The original CodePen used global selectors such as body, .container, .content, and header. For Blogger, I wrapped the entire demo in a dedicated .apple-sidebar-demo container and scoped the CSS so the blog theme is not affected.

The JavaScript is also scoped to this demo area. That means the menu click behavior and card tilt effect only apply inside the live demo below, not to the rest of the blog page.

Live Demo

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Below is the test code used for this implementation. The HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are separated so they can be copied individually.

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