Why is my transformed hamburger menu close button uneven?

Question

I'm trying to create a hamburger menu in which after you click it, it turns into a close ("X") button. So I put together this HTML for the hamburger menu

<div id="mobile-nav">

        <div class="menuContainer">
                <div class="bar1"></div>
                <div class="bar2"></div>
                <div class="bar3"></div>
        </div>

     <nav>
           <a href='#'>Vote</a>
           <a href='#'>Search</a>
           <a href='#'>Contact</a>
     </nav>
</div>

and these styles

.menuContainer {
    display: inline-block;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.bar1, .bar2, .bar3 {
    width: 25px;
    height: 4px;
    background-color: #333;
    margin: 5px 0;
    transition: 0.4s;
}

.change .bar1 {
    -webkit-transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-9px, 6px);
    transform: rotate(-45deg) translate(-9px, 6px);
}

.change .bar2 {opacity: 0;}

.change .bar3 {
    -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg) translate(-8px, -8px);
    transform: rotate(45deg) translate(-8px, -8px);
}

However, when I click on the button, the "X" seems cut off on the right side -- https://jsfiddle.net/8jvrrcqq/3/ . What can I do to make the X even on both the left and right sides?

Answer 1

You just needed to tweak your translate values a bit. Also consider that you can use translateY and rotateZ since you only care about these directions for the animation.

 $('.close-btn').click(function() {
   $('.responsive-menu').removeClass('expand')
   $('.menu-btn').removeClass('btn-none')
 })

 $('.menuContainer').click(function() {
   $(this).toggleClass('change');
   $('nav').toggleClass('nav-open');
 });

#mobile-nav {
  display: block;
}

.menuContainer {
  display: inline-block;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.bar1,
.bar2,
.bar3 {
  width: 25px;
  height: 4px;
  background-color: #333;
  margin: 5px 0;
  transition: 0.4s;
}

.change .bar1 {
  transform: translateY(9px) rotateZ(45deg);
}

.change .bar2 {
  opacity: 0;
}

.change .bar3 {
  transform: translateY(-9px) rotateZ(-45deg);
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="mobile-nav">
  <div class="menuContainer">
    <div class="bar1"></div>
    <div class="bar2"></div>
    <div class="bar3"></div>
  </div>
</div>