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How to make each current element in loop centered in container

As the container slides to the left, I want each tab to be centered for a brief moment in the container.
Before the animation begins, I want the very first tab to be centered in the container on page load before the animation begins. I know I need to divide each element's offsetWidth by 2 so that it is calculated to be centered but I'm not sure where/how to do that.
Link to JS Fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/nb5a92x3/
window.onload = function() {
const tabsContainer = document.querySelector('.tabsContainer');
const tabs = tabsContainer.querySelectorAll('.tab');
function animate(target) {
let siblings = [];
let elm = target;
let keyframes = [];
let offset;
// Push the widths of each previous element to an array
while (elm = elm.previousElementSibling) {
siblings.push(elm.offsetWidth);
}
// Add the sum of all previous elements
offset = siblings.reduce((prev, current) => prev + current, 0);
// Animate the container to the left
setTimeout(function() {
tabsContainer.style.left = `calc(50% - ${offset}px)`;
}, i * 800);
}
// Run the code
for (i = 0; i < tabs.length; i++) {
animate(tabs[i]);
}
}
body {
background: #ccc;
}
section {
text-align: center;
width: 375px;
background: white;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 16px;
position: relative;
display: flex;
overflow: hidden;
}
.tabsContainer {
display: flex;
position: relative;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
gap: 0 16px;
transition: left 0.2s ease;
.tab {
border-radius: 25px;
background: gray;
text-align: center;
height: 34px;
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
padding: 0 16px;
}
}
<section>
<ul class="tabsContainer">
<li class="tab">TAB ONE</li>
<li class="tab">ANOTHER TAB HERE</li>
<li class="tab">A REALLY LONG TAB HERE</li>
<li class="tab">LAST TAB</li>
</ul>
</section>

If you set in CSS your container to margin-left: 50%
than all you need is x = EL_curr.offsetLeft + EL_curr.offsetWidth / 2
and apply that x value to the slider-container CSS translateX (which is far more performant than animating the CSS left property, since transform can be hardware accelerated).
// Utility functions:
const EL = (sel, par) => (par || document).querySelector(sel);
const ELS = (sel, par) => (par || document).querySelectorAll(sel);
// Tabs animator:
const tabsAnimator = (EL_slider) => {
const ELS_items = ELS(".tab", EL_slider);
const tot = ELS_items.length;
let curr = 0;
let tOut;
const anim = () => {
const EL_curr = ELS_items[curr];
const x = EL_curr.offsetLeft + EL_curr.offsetWidth / 2;
EL_slider.style.transform = `translateX(-${x}px)`;
curr += 1; // Increment counter
if (curr > tot - 1) curr = 0; // Reset counter
tOut = setTimeout(anim, 1500);
};
anim(); // Init!
};
ELS(".tabsContainer").forEach(tabsAnimator);
* {
margin: 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.tabsWrapper {
width: 375px;
margin: 20px auto;
padding: 16px 0;
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
background: #ccc;
border-radius: 3em;
}
.tabsContainer {
position: relative;
padding: 0;
display: inline-flex;
list-style: none;
gap: 0 15px;
transition: transform 0.3s;
margin-left: 50%;
}
.tabsContainer .tab {
border-radius: 25px;
background: gold;
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 5px 15px;
}
<section class="tabsWrapper">
<ul class="tabsContainer">
<li class="tab">5 OFF FRIDAY</li>
<li class="tab">10 OFFSUMMER</li>
<li class="tab">SAVE MORE</li>
<li class="tab">HALF OFF EVERYTHING</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section class="tabsWrapper">
<ul class="tabsContainer">
<li class="tab">JavaScript</li>
<li class="tab">HTML</li>
<li class="tab">CSS</li>
</ul>
</section>
don't use horizontal paddings on the wrapper or container slider.
don't just use section as a selector. It's too common. Use rather a specific class like .tabsWrapper on the wrapper parent.
Additionally, if you'd like to pause the animation on "mouseenter", use clearTimeout(tOut); — and just anim() in the "mouseleave" Event.

Using getBoundingClientRect() when resizing the window

I have this navbar and everytime I click an option in the navbar the absolute positioned indicator gets the position of the option on the left and the width with the help of getBoundingClientRect() and it is moved to the target.
The problem is when I resize the window the indicator changes it's position and moves away.To stay in the same place when I resize the window I applied an eventListener to the window and everytime is resized I get the new values of left and width with getBoundingClientRect().
It works but I wonder if that is a bad way to do it because of the calculations that happen everytime the window is resized and if that is the case what is a better way to do this.
Here is the code:
const navigator = document.querySelector('.navigator');
const firstOption = document.querySelector('.first-option');
const navOptions = document.querySelectorAll('.nav-option');
const nav = document.querySelector('nav');
navigator.style.left = `${firstOption.getBoundingClientRect().left}px`;
navigator.style.width = `${firstOption.getBoundingClientRect().width}px`;
nav.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
if(e.target.classList.contains('nav-option')) {
navOptions.forEach(option => option.classList.remove('nav-option-active'));
e.target.classList.add('nav-option-active');
navigator.style.left = `${e.target.getBoundingClientRect().left}px`;
navigator.style.width = `${e.target.getBoundingClientRect().width}px`;
};
});
window.addEventListener('resize', function() {
let navOptionActive = nav.querySelector('.nav-option-active');
navigator.style.left = `${navOptionActive.getBoundingClientRect().left}px`;
navigator.style.width = `${navOptionActive.getBoundingClientRect().width}px`;
});
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
nav {
position: relative;
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
align-items: center;
margin: 100px auto;
padding: 7vh 30vw;
width: auto;
background:#eeeeee;
}
.nav-option {
padding: 0 15px;
font-size: 22px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.navigator {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
bottom: 0;
height: 5px;
background: orangered;
transition: .4s ease all;
}
#media (max-width: 1200px) {
.nav-option {
font-size: 18px;
padding: 10px;
}
}
<nav>
<div class="navigator"></div>
<div class="nav-option first-option nav-option-active">HOME</div>
<div class="nav-option">INFO</div>
<div class="nav-option">CONTACT</div>
<div class="nav-option">ABOUT</div>
<div class="nav-option">MENU</div>
</nav>

You can make your <nav> element tightly wrap the buttons, then position the underline relative to the <nav>. A new wrapper <div> around the <nav> takes care of the margins and gray background. Instead of getBoundingClientRect() you then need to use offsetLeft and offsetWidth.
Note that this doesn't handle the changes in response to your #media query. For that, you could add a resize listener that specifically only handles changes across the 1200px threshold. Alternatively, you could reparent the underline to be a child of the actual nav button while it's not animating. Neither solution is great, but both would get the job done.
const navigator = document.querySelector('.navigator');
const firstOption = document.querySelector('.first-option');
const navOptions = document.querySelectorAll('.nav-option');
const nav = document.querySelector('nav');
navigator.style.left = `${firstOption.offsetLeft}px`;
navigator.style.width = `${firstOption.offsetWidth}px`;
nav.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
if(e.target.classList.contains('nav-option')) {
navOptions.forEach(option => option.classList.remove('nav-option-active'));
e.target.classList.add('nav-option-active');
navigator.style.left = `${e.target.offsetLeft}px`;
navigator.style.width = `${e.target.offsetWidth}px`;
};
});
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.nav-wrapper {
margin: 100px 0;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
background: #eeeeee;
}
nav {
position: relative;
display: flex;
}
.nav-option {
padding: 7vh 15px;
font-size: 22px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.navigator {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
bottom: 0;
height: 5px;
background: orangered;
transition: .4s ease all;
}
#media (max-width: 1200px) {
.nav-option {
font-size: 18px;
padding: 10px;
}
}
<div class="nav-wrapper">
<nav>
<div class="navigator"></div>
<div class="nav-option first-option nav-option-active">HOME</div>
<div class="nav-option">INFO</div>
<div class="nav-option">CONTACT</div>
<div class="nav-option">ABOUT</div>
<div class="nav-option">MENU</div>
</nav>
</div>

If you have to use getBoundingClientRect (which honestly has nothing wrong with it), you can throttle the call, so that only the last resize after sufficient time has passed will execute. There are zillion ways of doing this, I will leave one example:
window.onresize = (function(id = null, delay = 600, oEvent = null){
return function fire(event){
return (new Promise(function(res,rej){
if (id !== null){
oEvent = event;
rej("busy");
return;
}
id = setTimeout(function(){
res(oEvent || event);
},delay);
})).then(function(event){
id = null;
console.log(event, "do getBoundingClientRect call");
}).catch(function(){void(0);});
};
}());
Replace console.log with what you want to do.
Your other option is to switch to intersection observer, if you can restructure your rendering logic. That will require some work

How to stop slider on the last slide

I'm trying to make a carousel and I'm kind of stuck on stopping it from scrolling when the last slide is reached.
So far I have this JS code
var width = 130; //width of one slide
var position = 0;
var carousel = document.getElementById('carousel');
var list = carousel.querySelector('ul');
carousel.querySelector('.prev').onclick = function() {
position = Math.min(position + width, 0)
console.log(position)
list.style.marginLeft = position + 'px';
};
carousel.querySelector('.next').onclick = function() {
position = position - width
console.log(position)
list.style.marginLeft = position + 'px';
};
So I'm taking width of one slide and based on that change margin of container.
When scrolling left I solved the problem by setting position to 0 with Math.min.This way when I 'm on the first slide it doesn`t scroll left.
But I'm not sure how to do the same when on my last slide.
Link to working exmaple

Here's what you want , I just added a test comparing the position and the size of all the sliders.
var width = 130;
var carousel = document.getElementById('carousel');
var list = carousel.querySelector('ul');
var position = 0;
var carouselwidth = document.getElementsByClassName('gallery')[0].offsetWidth;
//number of silder
var nbslider = list.getElementsByTagName("li").length;
//number of silder per page
var nbsliderp = carouselwidth / width
console.log(nbsliderp);
//size of silders per page
var szsliderp = nbsliderp * width;
carousel.querySelector('.prev').onclick = function() {
position = Math.min(position + width, 0)
console.log(position)
list.style.marginLeft = position + 'px';
};
carousel.querySelector('.next').onclick = function() {
//console.log((position - szsliderp) + (nbslider * width))
if (((position - szsliderp) + (nbslider * width)) > 0) {
position = position - width
//console.log(position)
list.style.marginLeft = position + 'px';
}
};
body {
padding: 10px;
}
.carousel {
position: relative;
width: 398px;
padding: 10px 40px;
background: #eee;
}
.carousel img {
width: 130px;
height: 130px;
margin-right: 2px;
display: block;
}
.arrow {
position: absolute;
top: 60px;
padding: 0;
font-size: 24px;
line-height: 24px;
color: #444;
display: block;
}
.arrow:focus {
outline: none;
}
.arrow:hover {
background: #ccc;
cursor: pointer;
}
.prev {
left: 7px;
}
.next {
right: 7px;
}
.gallery {
width: 390px;
overflow: hidden;
}
.gallery ul {
height: 130px;
width: 9999px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
transition: margin-left 250ms;
font-size: 0;
}
.gallery li {
display: inline-block;
}
<div id="carousel" class="carousel">
<button class="arrow prev"></button>
<div class="gallery">
<ul class="images">
<li><img src="https://cdn.houseplans.com/product/o2d2ui14afb1sov3cnslpummre/w1024.jpg?v=15"></li>
<li><img src="https://cdn.houseplans.com/product/o2d2ui14afb1sov3cnslpummre/w1024.jpg?v=15"></li>
<li><img src="https://cdn.houseplans.com/product/o2d2ui14afb1sov3cnslpummre/w1024.jpg?v=15"></li>
<li><img src="https://cdn.houseplans.com/product/o2d2ui14afb1sov3cnslpummre/w1024.jpg?v=15"></li>
<li><img src="https://cdn.houseplans.com/product/o2d2ui14afb1sov3cnslpummre/w1024.jpg?v=15"></li>
<li><img src="https://cdn.houseplans.com/product/o2d2ui14afb1sov3cnslpummre/w1024.jpg?v=15"></li>
</ul>
</div>
<button class="arrow next">></button>
</div>

Move to specific div based on button click

I was trying to move the divs (here it's question number) based on the prev and next button. So that the selected question is always visible on screen.
Here is the demo : http://jsfiddle.net/arunslb123/trxe4n3u/12/
Screen :
click and question number and click prev or next button to understand my issue.
My code :
$("#next")
.click(function () {
$(".c.current-question")
.each(function () {
var divIdx = $(this)
.attr('id');
var scrollTo = $('#' + divIdx)
.position()
.left;
$("#scrollquestion")
.animate({
'scrollLeft': scrollTo
}, 800);
});
});
$("#prev")
.click(function () {
$(".c.current-question")
.each(function () {
var divIdx = $(this)
.attr('id');
var scrollTo = $('#' + divIdx)
.position()
.left;
$("#scrollquestion")
.animate({
'scrollLeft': -scrollTo
}, 800);
});
});

Using scrollLeft is a bit tricky. I did a small redo of your use-case based on positioning and then moving it based on left of the container. The tricky part is to reliably calculate the negative position when scrolled to the extreme right. Also, need to take into account the widths and margins.
Check the below snippet:
var $wrap = $("#numWrap"), $strip = $("#strip"),
$leftArrow = $(".wrapper > .arrows").first(),
wrapWidth = $wrap.width() + $leftArrow.width(),
margin = 10;
fill(20); select($(".numberItem").first());
$strip.on("click", ".numberItem", function() { select($(this)); });
function select($elem) {
$(".numberItem").removeClass("selected");
$elem.addClass("visited").addClass("selected");
focus($elem[0]);
}
function focus(elem) {
var stripPos = $strip.position(),
numPos = $(elem).offset(),
elemWidth = $(elem).width() + margin,
numRight = numPos.left + elemWidth;
if (numRight > wrapWidth) {
$strip.css({"left": stripPos.left - elemWidth});
}
if (numPos.left < (margin + $leftArrow.width())) {
$strip.css({"left": stripPos.left + elemWidth});
}
}
$(".wrapper").on("click", "a.arrow", function() {
var stripPos = $strip.position();
if (this.id == "lft") {
$strip.css({"left": stripPos.left + (wrapWidth / 2)});
} else {
$strip.css({"left": stripPos.left - (wrapWidth / 2)});
}
});
$(".controls").on("click", "a.arrow", function() {
var $sel = $(".selected"), numPos, $sel, elemWidth;
$elem = $sel.length > 0 ? $sel.first() : $(".numberItem").first();
if (this.id == "lft") {
$sel = $elem.prev().length > 0 ? $elem.prev() : $elem;
select($sel);
} else {
$sel = $elem.next().length > 0 ? $elem.next() : $elem;
select($sel);
}
numPos = $sel.offset(); elemWidth = $sel.width() + margin;
numRight = numPos.left + elemWidth;
if (numPos.left > wrapWidth) {
$strip.css({"left": -($sel.text()) * $sel.width() });
}
if (numRight < 0) {
$strip.css({"left": +($sel.text()) * $sel.width() });
}
});
function fill(num){
for (var i = 1; i <= num; i++) {
var $d = $("<a href='#' class='numberItem'>" + i + "</a>");
$strip.append($d);
}
}
* { box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0; margin: 0; font-family: sans-serif; }
div.wrapper {
background-color: #ddd; width: 100vw; height: 64px;
clear: both; overflow: hidden; margin-top: 16px;
}
div.arrows {
float: left; width: 10%; min-width: 24px; height: 64px; line-height: 64px;
text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; overflow: hidden;
}
div.numWrap {
float: left; height: 64px; line-height: 64px;
width: 80%; vertical-align: middle;
overflow: hidden; position: relative;
}
div.strip {
position: absolute; left: 0px;
width: auto; white-space: nowrap;
transition: left 1s;
}
a.numberItem {
display: inline-block; text-align: center; margin: 0px 8px;
background-color: #fff; border-radius: 50%; width: 48px; height: 48px;
font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 48px; text-decoration: none;
}
a.numberItem.visited { background-color: #fff; color: #000; border: 2px solid #01aebc; }
a.numberItem.selected { background-color: #01aebc; color: #fff; }
div.controls { clear: both; }
div.controls > div.arrows { width: auto; margin: 0 12px; }
a, a:focus, a:active, a:link, a:visited {
display: inline-block;
text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="arrows">
<a id="lft" class="arrow" href="#">〈</a>
</div>
<div id="numWrap" class="numWrap">
<div id="strip" class="strip"></div>
</div>
<div class="arrows">
<a id="rgt" class="arrow" href="#">〉</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="controls">
<div class="arrows">
<a id="lft" class="arrow" href="#">〈 Previous</a>
</div>
<div class="arrows">
<a id="rgt" class="arrow" href="#">Next 〉</a>
</div>
<div>
Explanation:
Using absolute positioning on the number container, which is nested to get 100% width.
Markup:
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="arrows"><a id="lft" class="arrow" href="#">〈</a></div>
<div id="numWrap" class="numWrap">
<div id="strip" class="strip"></div> <!-- nesting here -->
</div>
<div class="arrows"><a id="rgt" class="arrow" href="#">〉</a></div>
</div>
CSS:
div.wrapper {
background-color: #ddd; width: 100vw; height: 64px;
clear: both; overflow: hidden; margin-top: 16px;
}
div.arrows {
float: left; width: 10%; min-width: 24px; height: 64px; line-height: 64px;
text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; overflow: hidden;
}
div.numWrap {
float: left; height: 64px; line-height: 64px;
width: 80%; vertical-align: middle;
overflow: hidden; position: relative; /* relatively positioned */
}
div.strip {
position: absolute; left: 0px; /* absolutely positioned */
width: auto; white-space: nowrap;
transition: left 1s; /* instead of jquery animate */
}
With this structure, we can now use left to control the scrolling.
For partially obscured numbers, try to gently focus-in (nudge into view) a number which is partially obscured. This can be done by checking the position relative to parent and adding the width/margin to it and also accounting for width of the left arrow (it might peep thru).
Javascript:
function focus(elem) {
var stripPos = $strip.position(),
numPos = $(elem).offset(),
elemWidth = $(elem).width() + margin,
numRight = numPos.left + elemWidth;
// if it is towards right side, nudge it back inside
if (numRight > wrapWidth) {
$strip.css({"left": stripPos.left - elemWidth});
}
// if it is towards left side, nudge it back inside
if (numPos.left < (margin + $leftArrow.width())) {
$strip.css({"left": stripPos.left + elemWidth});
}
}
Once the user has scrolled the list too far and then tries to click on previous / next buttons to select a question, then we need to move the entire container upto the selected number. We can easily do this by multiplying the question number with element width and then changing the left in positive (if towards right) or in negative (if towards left).
Javascript:
// if left of element is more than the width of parent
if (numPos.left > wrapWidth) {
$strip.css({"left": -($sel.text()) * $sel.width() });
}
// if right of element is less than 0 i.e. starting position
if (numRight < 0) {
$strip.css({"left": +($sel.text()) * $sel.width() });
}
Here is a fiddle to play with: http://jsfiddle.net/abhitalks/aw166qhx/
You will need to further adapt it to your use-case, but you get the idea.

adding more button for list in responsive navigation

I have a navigation of lets say 12 items, and when resolution gets smaller items drop in a new line. I need to make that when an item doesn't fit on a navigation anymore it should put a "MORE" dropdown button on the right side of nav. and put that item that doesn't fit in a dropdown.
If you don't understand me there is image below.
But the problem is that navigation items aren't always the same width because navigation items are generated from REST api.
I tryed to make jQuery script for calculating items width and adding them to navigation.
Here is the script I created, I made it in a hurry so it's really bad.
I need to help on how to properly calculate items witdh and navigation width and calculating when to add items to navigation or remove items from navigation.
Here is image if you don't get it: http://img.hr/aagV
/*
* Here we check how many items can we put on the navigation bar
* If item doesn't fit we clone it on the more dropdown button
*/
function removeMany() {
var i = $items.length - 1;
if (itemsWidth > navWidth) {
while (itemsWidth > navWidth) {
$($items[i]).removeClass('first-level-item').addClass('second-level-item');
dropdownItems.push($items[i]);
$($items[i]).removeClass('showed');
$items.pop();
i--;
getItemsWidth();
}
$nav.append($navMore);
dropdownItems.reverse().forEach(function (element, index, array) {
$('ul.second-level').append(element);
});
getItems();
}
}
//If window is resized to bigger resolution we need to put back items on the navbar
function addMany() {
var i = dropdownItems.length - 1;
if (dropdownItems.length != 0) {
do {
$('ul.first-level').append(dropdownItems.reverse()[i]);
$items.push(dropdownItems[i]);
dropdownItems.pop();
i--;
getItemsWidth();
} while (itemsWidth < navWidth);
$navMore.remove();
$items.each(function (i) {
$(this).addClass('first-level-item showed').removeClass('second-level-item');
});
if (!(dropdownItems != 0)) {
return;
} else {
$nav.append($navMore);
}
}
}
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0; }
ul, li {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none; }
ul.second-level li {
display: block !important; }
ul.second-level li > a {
color: black; }
a {
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: uppercase; }
.second-level-item a {
color: #333 !important; }
.navigation {
width: 960px;
max-width: 100%;
background: #211;
color: #aaa;
margin: 0 auto; }
.first-level .first-level-item {
display: inline-block;
padding: 10px; }
.first-level .item-more {
display: inline-block; }
.first-level .item-more .second-level-item {
display: inline-block; }
.second-level {
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
right: 0;
width: 200px;
background: #fff;
padding: 10px;
box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); }
.has-second-level {
position: relative; }
.has-second-level .second-level {
display: none; }
.has-second-level:hover {
background: #fff;
color: #000; }
.has-second-level:hover .second-level {
display: block; }
/*# sourceMappingURL=style.css.map */
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>DropDown</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/reset.css"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css"/>
</head>
<body>
<nav class="navigation">
<ul class="first-level">
<li class="first-level-item showed">Introduction to Irish Culture</li>
<li class="first-level-item showed">Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology</li>
<li class="first-level-item showed">Guitar foundations</li>
<li class="first-level-item showed">Startup Inovation</li>
<li class="first-level-item showed">Astrophysics</li>
<li class="first-level-item item-more has-second-level">
<span> More </span>
<ul class="second-level">
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

If you have fixed-width list-items, then it is simple to collect extra list-items and push them into a separate list. Here is a simple example. Explanation is in the code comments.
View the snippet in full-screen and try changing the window width.
Also a Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/abhitalks/860LzgLL/
Full Screen: http://jsfiddle.net/abhitalks/860LzgLL/embedded/result/
Snippet:
var elemWidth, fitCount, fixedWidth = 120,
$menu = $("ul#menu"), $collectedSet;
// Assuming that the list-items are of fixed-width.
collect();
$(window).resize(collect);
function collect() {
// Get the container width
elemWidth = $menu.width();
// Calculate how many list-items can be accomodated in that width
fitCount = Math.floor(elemWidth / fixedWidth) - 1;
// Create a new set of list-items more than the fit count
$collectedSet = $menu.children(":gt(" + fitCount + ")");
// Empty the collection submenu and add the cloned collection set
$("#submenu").empty().append($collectedSet.clone());
}
* { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
div { position: relative; background-color: #ccc; height: 32px; overflow: visible; }
ul#menu, ol { height: 32px; max-width: 80%; overflow: hidden; }
ul#menu > li, ol > li { display: block; float: left; height: 32px; width: 120px; padding: 4px 8px; }
ol { position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; overflow: visible; }
ol > li { min-width: 120px; }
ol ul { position: absolute; top: 120%; right: 10%; }
ol li ul > li { list-style: none; background-color: #eee; border: 1px solid gray; padding: 4px 8px;}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div>
<ul id="menu">
<li>Option One</li><li>Option Two</li><li>Option Three</li>
<li>Option Four</li><li>Option Five</li><li>Option Six</li>
</ul>
<ol><li>Collected<ul id="submenu"></ul></li></ol>
</div>
Update:
This is regarding your query on differing / variable widths of list-items. There would be a minor change.
Also a Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/abhitalks/tkbmcupt/1/
Full Screen: http://jsfiddle.net/abhitalks/tkbmcupt/1/embedded/result/
Snippet:
var elemWidth, fitCount, varWidth = 0, ctr, $menu = $("ul#menu"), $collectedSet;
// Get static values here first
ctr = $menu.children().length; // number of children will not change
$menu.children().each(function() {
varWidth += $(this).outerWidth(); // widths will not change, so just a total
});
collect(); // fire first collection on page load
$(window).resize(collect); // fire collection on window resize
function collect() {
elemWidth = $menu.width(); // width of menu
// Calculate fitCount on the total width this time
fitCount = Math.floor((elemWidth / varWidth) * ctr) - 1;
// Reset display and width on all list-items
$menu.children().css({"display": "block", "width": "auto"});
// Make a set of collected list-items based on fitCount
$collectedSet = $menu.children(":gt(" + fitCount + ")");
// Empty the more menu and add the collected items
$("#submenu").empty().append($collectedSet.clone());
// Set display to none and width to 0 on collection,
// because they are not visible anyway.
$collectedSet.css({"display": "none", "width": "0"});
}
* { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
div { position: relative; background-color: #ccc; height: 32px; overflow: visible; }
ul#menu, ol { height: 32px; max-width: 80%; overflow: hidden; }
ul#menu > li, ol > li { display: block; float: left; height: 32px; white-space: nowrap; padding: 4px 8px; }
ol { position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; overflow: visible; }
ol > li { min-width: 120px; }
ol ul { position: absolute; top: 120%; right: 10%; }
ol li ul > li { list-style: none; background-color: #eee; border: 1px solid gray; padding: 4px 8px;}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div>
<ul id="menu">
<li>Option One</li><li>Option Two</li><li>Option Three</li>
<li>Option Four</li><li>Option Five</li><li>Option Six</li>
</ul>
<ol><li>Collected<ul id="submenu"></ul></li></ol>
</div>

Can and SHOULD be optimised (as it is quite inefficient from what i've tested), but that's up to you.
$(document).ready(function(){
var moreW = $(".more").outerWidth(), //width of your "more" element
totalW = -moreW, //cumulated width of list elements
totalN = $('.nav li').length - 1, //number of elements minus the "more" element
dw = document.documentElement.clientWidth;
$('.nav li').each(function(){
totalW += $(this).outerWidth();
});
function moveToDropdown(){
dw = document.documentElement.clientWidth;
//moves elements into the list
while(totalW > (dw - moreW)){
var temp = $(".nav li:nth-last-child(2)"); //element to be moved
totalW = totalW - temp.outerWidth();
$(".dropdown").append(temp.clone());
temp.remove();
}
//moves elements out of the list
var newList = $('.dropdown li').length; //check if we have elements
if(newList > 0){
var element = $('.dropdown li:last-child'), //element to be moved
elementW = $('.dropdown li:last-child').outerWidth(); //width of element to be moved
if(totalW + elementW < dw - moreW){
while(totalW + elementW < dw - moreW ){
var element = $('.dropdown li:last-child'),
elementW = $('.dropdown li:last-child').outerWidth();
totalW = totalW + elementW;
$(".nav > li:last-child").before(element.clone());
element.remove();
}
}
}
}
moveToDropdown();
$(window).resize(moveToDropdown)
});
.clearfix:after{
display:block;
content:'';
clear:both;
}
body,html{
width:100%;
height:100%;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
ul{
list-style:none;
width:100%;
padding:0;
margin:0;
}
ul li{
float:left;
padding:5px;
}
.nav > li {
position:relative;
}
.nav ul{
position:absolute;
top:25px;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<ul class="nav clearfix">
<li>Item</li>
<li>Item</li>
<li>Item</li>
<li>Item</li>
<li>Item</li>
<li>Item</li>
<li>Item</li>
<li class="more">
more
<ul class="dropdown">
<!-- we'll add elements here -->
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

This question is too old, but i want to post my answer too. Maybe this is more cleaner and easier way. I have created a pen: https://codepen.io/sergi95/pen/bmNoML
<div id="mainMenu" class="main-menu">
<ul id="autoNav" class="main-nav">
<li>
home
</li>
<li>
about us
</li>
<li>
portfolio
</li>
<li>
team
</li>
<li>
blog
</li>
<li>
contact
</li>
<li id="autoNavMore" class="auto-nav-more">
more
<ul id="autoNavMoreList" class="auto-nav-more-list">
<li>
policy
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
const $mainMenu = $("#mainMenu");
const $autoNav = $("#autoNav");
const $autoNavMore = $("#autoNavMore");
const $autoNavMoreList = $("#autoNavMoreList");
autoNavMore = () => {
let childNumber = 2;
if($(window).width() >= 320) {
// GET MENU AND NAV WIDTH
const $menuWidth = $mainMenu.width();
const $autoNavWidth = $autoNav.width();
if($autoNavWidth > $menuWidth) {
// CODE FIRES WHEN WINDOW SIZE GOES DOWN
$autoNav.children(`li:nth-last-child(${childNumber})`).prependTo($autoNavMoreList);
autoNavMore();
} else {
// CODE FIRES WHEN WINDOW SIZE GOES UP
const $autoNavMoreFirst = $autoNavMoreList.children('li:first-child').width();
// CHECK IF ITEM HAS ENOUGH SPACE TO PLACE IN MENU
if(($autoNavWidth + $autoNavMoreFirst) < $menuWidth) {
$autoNavMoreList.children('li:first-child').insertBefore($autoNavMore);
}
}
if($autoNavMoreList.children().length > 0) {
$autoNavMore.show();
childNumber = 2;
} else {
$autoNavMore.hide();
childNumber = 1;
}
}
}
// INIT
autoNavMore();
$(window).resize(autoNavMore);
.main-menu {
max-width: 800px;
}
.main-nav {
display: inline-flex;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
.main-nav li a {
padding: 10px;
text-transform: capitalize;
white-space: nowrap;
font-size: 30px;
font-family: sans-serif;
text-decoration: none;
}
.more-btn {
color: red;
}
.auto-nav-more {
position: relative;
}
.auto-nav-more-list {
position: absolute;
right: 0;
opacity: 0;
visibility: hidden;
transition: 0.2s;
text-align: right;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
background: grey;
border-radius: 4px;
}
.auto-nav-more:hover .auto-nav-more-list {
opacity: 1;
visibility: visible;
}

The script that Abhitalks made did not work properly for different element sizes. I modified the code a little bit do that it does:
$(function() {
function makeMenuFit() {
//Get data
var menuSize = menu.width();
//Determine how many items that fit
var menuTotalWidth = 0;
var itemThatFit = 0;
for(var i = 0; i < menuItems.length; i++) {
menuTotalWidth += menuItems[i];
if(menuTotalWidth <= menuSize) {
itemThatFit++;
continue;
}
break;
}
menu.children().css({"display": "block", "width": "auto"});
var collectedSet = menu.children(":gt(" + (itemThatFit - 1) + ")");
$("#submenu").empty().append(collectedSet.clone());
collectedSet.css({"display": "none", "width": "0"});
}
var menu = $(".tabletNavigation > ul");
var menuItems = [];
menu.children().each(function() {
menuItems.push($(this).outerWidth());
});
$(window).resize(makeMenuFit);
makeMenuFit();
});