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JavaScript

Posted by Jeremy Coleman
Jeremy Coleman
5,449 Points

Toggling navigation on hover

I am making a navigation menu I wish to toggle upon click and hover.

I would like the menu to toggle off only when the cursor selects a item on the list or leaves the menu.

This is what I have for now. 

$( '.toggle' ).click( function() {
    $( 'ul.nav' ).slideToggle();
});

I have a navigation that will have 3 sections in the navigation. I don't have a solid version of what I have so here is a example of what I am trying to do. 

<ul>
  <li>
    <ul>
      <span>Navigation</span>
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Portfolio</a>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <a href="#">Template 1</a>
            <a href="#">Template 2</a>
            <a href="#">Template 3</a>
            <a href="#">Template 4</a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
    </ul>

    <ul>
      <span>Social Media</span>
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
    </ul>
  </li>
</ul>

1 Answer

Daniel Newman
PLUS
Daniel Newman
Courses Plus Student 10,715 Points
Daniel Newman
Daniel Newman
Courses Plus Student 10,715 Points

You can make it with pure CSS:

.menu_ul .submenu_ul { display:none; }

.menu_li > .submenu_ul { display: block; }

Or if you prefer JQuery-way: $('.someSelector').on("mouseenter", function(){ ...something happening... } );

Hope it will be helpful.