/*Global Navigation styles--------------------------------------------- */
nav {
  background-color: #000000;
  position: fixed;
  width: 100%;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 999;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
  transition: transform 0.3s ease;
}

/* .brand-logo-container {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  padding: 10px 0;
} */

.brand-logo {
  height: 70px;
  width: auto;
  top: 10px;
  left: 0px;
  position: absolute;
}

nav ul {
  list-style-type: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-end; /* Align items at the bottom */
  justify-content: center; /* Center items horizontally */
  height: 100px;
}

nav ul li a {
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-end;
  justify-content: center;
  color: #fff;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 8px 10px;
  border-radius: 10px;
  text-decoration: none;
  margin-right: 15px;
  margin-bottom: 6px;
  font-weight: bold;
  transition: background-color 0.3s ease, transform 0.3s ease, box-shadow 0.3s ease;
  transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out, text-decoration 0.3s ease-in-out, transform 0.3s ease-in-out;
}

nav ul li a:hover {
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2); /* Light white background */
  transform: scale(1.05); /* Slight zoom effect */
  box-shadow: 0 4px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); /* Subtle shadow effect */
  color: lightyellow;
}

nav ul li .active {
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2); /* Light white background */
  padding: 8px 10px;
  color: lightyellow;
  transform: scale(1.05); /* Slight zoom effect */
  /* text-decoration: underline; */
}

/* Hamburger menu styles-------------------------------------------------- */
.menu-toggle {
  display: none; /* not to show in pc size */
}

/* Styles for when the menu is active */
.menu-toggle.bar-active .bar:nth-child(1) {
  transform: rotate(45deg) translate(5px, 5px);
}

.menu-toggle.bar-active .bar:nth-child(2) {
  transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(5px, -5px);
  /* opacity: 0; */
}

.menu-toggle.bar-active .bar:nth-child(3) {
  /* transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(5px, -5px); */
  opacity: 0;
}

/* Mobile view nav styling for smaller screen */
@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .brand-logo {
    height: 50px;
    width: auto;
    top: 1px;
    left: 1px;
  }

  .menu-toggle {
    display: flex;
    float: right;
    margin-right: 10px;
    width: 40px;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
  }

  .menu-toggle .bar {
    height: 3px;
    width: 30px;
    background-color: white;
    margin: 6px 0;
    transition: 0.4s;
  }

  nav {
    height: 53px;
  }

  .nav-menu {
    /* display: none; */
    flex-direction: column;
    width: 100%;
    text-align: left;
    position: absolute;
    top: -500px;
    left: 0;
    background-color: #333;
    z-index: 1000;
    transition: top 0.5s ease-in-out;
  }

  .nav-menu.active {  
    display: flex;
    top: 50px;
  }

  nav ul {
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: flex-start;
    height: auto;
    padding: 0;
  }

  nav ul li {
    width: 100%;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
    text-align: left;
  }

  nav ul li a {
    width: 100%;
    padding: 12px 16px;
    align-items: center;
    text-align: left;
    transition: color 0.3s ease; 
  }

  nav ul li .active {
    background-color: #bbb;
    color: #000;
    text-decoration: none;
  }
}

/*only for blog and finance-news page nav css */
#blog-page nav ul,
#financial-calculators-page nav ul {
  margin-top: -80px;
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {
  #blog-page .nav-menu,
  #financial-calculators-page .nav-menu {
    margin-top: 0px;
  }
}