Products not showing up when using main Menu Items

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Topic summary

Issue: In a Shopify store using the Dawn theme, clicking a top-level menu item that has submenus only expands the submenu and does not navigate or load products. The top-level item is linked to a collection (a grouped set of products), which displays correctly when accessed via a collection list on the homepage.

  • Expected behavior: Clicking the main menu item should open its linked collection and show all associated products.
  • Observed behavior: Only the submenu opens; no page navigation or product loading occurs.
  • Verification: The collection contains products and loads as expected from other site links.
  • Suspected need: Possibly requires a theme.liquid or theme code change, but the user does not know what code or where to place it.
  • Status: No solution or guidance provided yet; the request remains open for how to enable navigation on the parent menu item while retaining submenu functionality.
Summarized with AI on January 12. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi, new to the community. I’ve got a site based on the Dawn Theme. I have a top menu with submenus. When I click on the main menu links it opens the menu to display the submenu but does not load any new products. I would like it to display all the products associated with the main menu link. The top link item is linked to a collection, the collection shows products associated with it when checking it in the Products Section. The link from the Home Page (from a collection list section) to this collection brings back the results I want and expect to get when clicking the top menu item.

It seems like it would be common for it to work this way but have not been able to find an answer. I think it is probably some code I need to add to the theme.liquid theme file, but I do not know what code or where to place it.

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