Dropdown Menu Disappears When Navigating From Submenu to Main Menu

[alyxklem]

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password: Ruxton

Hi,

See the below screenshot. My dropdown menu disappears once I move the mouse below "Featured". 

Help?

Thank you.

Alyx

[ecoboostify · Accepted solution]

It seems you’re implementing custom code to automatically open a list when hovering over an item. There are two issues with this custom code:

1. Event Listener Overlap Causes Memory Leak

The custom code is listening to nested events, which leads to memory leaks. Each time a user hovers over the menu, multiple event listeners are being added. (https://prnt.sc/cPMkjbmuj7t4)

Override your custom code to fix: 

<script>
      const inlineMenu = document.querySelector(".header__inline-menu");
      const detailsItems = inlineMenu.querySelectorAll("details");
      detailsItems.forEach(item => {
        item.addEventListener("mouseover", () => {
          item.setAttribute("open", true);
        });
        item.addEventListener("mouseleave", () => {
          item.removeAttribute("open");
        });
      });
  </script>

2. Vertical Menu Design Conflict with Hover Actions

For a vertical menu, using hover to toggle open/close actions isn’t ideal.
When a user hovers away from the Landscape menu, it automatically closes. This shortens the Shop menu’s height, causing the cursor to move outside the Shop menu area, which also closes it. (https://prnt.sc/BdFpASTSInig) (https://prnt.sc/fSZxrgPP1i5R)

• Quick fixes: Move the Landscape Menu to the Bottom (https://prnt.sc/TltqhVnWaTus)
  This prevents the height adjustment issue from affecting other menus when hovering out.
• Redesign the Menu for Horizontal Expansion: Change the menu’s behavior so that hovering over an item expands it horizontally to the right, instead of vertically.

 Hope this guide is helpful to you! 😊

[alyxklem]

Very concise. Thank you!