OK, so what I need is fairly straightforward.
I have set up a navbar with some dropdown menus in it (using class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown"), and it works fine.
The thing is it works "onClick", while I would prefer if it worked "onHover".
Is there any built-in way to do this?
For CSS it goes crazy when you also click on it. This is the code that I'm using, it also don't change anything for mobile view.
$('.dropdown').mouseenter(function(){
if(!$('.navbar-toggle').is(':visible')) { // disable for mobile view
if(!$(this).hasClass('open')) { // Keeps it open when hover it again
$('.dropdown-toggle', this).trigger('click');
}
}
});
In Twitter Bootstrap is not implemented but you can use the this plugin
Update 1:
Sames question here
Hover over the nav items to see that they activate on hover. http://cameronspear.com/demos/twitter-bootstrap-hover-dropdown/#
So you have this code:
<a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Show menu</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
<li>Link 1</li>
<li>Link 2</li>
<li>Link 3</li>
</ul>
Normally it works on click event, and you want it work on hover event. This is very simple, just use this javascript/jquery code:
$(document).ready(function () {
$('.dropdown-toggle').mouseover(function() {
$('.dropdown-menu').show();
})
$('.dropdown-toggle').mouseout(function() {
t = setTimeout(function() {
$('.dropdown-menu').hide();
}, 100);
$('.dropdown-menu').on('mouseenter', function() {
$('.dropdown-menu').show();
clearTimeout(t);
}).on('mouseleave', function() {
$('.dropdown-menu').hide();
})
})
})
This works very well and here is the explanation: we have a button, and a menu. When we hover the button we display the menu, and when we mouseout of the button we hide the menu after 100ms. If you wonder why i use that, is because you need time to drag the cursor from the button over the menu. When you are on the menu, the time is reset and you can stay there as many time as you want. When you exit the menu, we will hide the menu instantly without any timeout.
I've used this code in many projects, if you encounter any problem using it, feel free to ask me questions.
This is what I use to make it dropdown on hover with some jQuery
$(document).ready(function () {
$('.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li.dropdown').hover(function () {
$('ul.dropdown-menu', this).stop(true, true).slideDown('fast');
$(this).addClass('open');
}, function () {
$('ul.dropdown-menu', this).stop(true, true).slideUp('fast');
$(this).removeClass('open');
});
});
This will help you make your own hover class for bootstrap:
CSS:
/* Hover dropdown */
.hover_drop_down.input-group-btn ul.dropdown-menu{margin-top: 0px;}/*To avoid unwanted close*/
.hover_drop_down.btn-group ul.dropdown-menu{margin-top:2px;}/*To avoid unwanted close*/
.hover_drop_down:hover ul.dropdown-menu{
display: block;
}
Margins are set to avoid unwanted close and they are optional.
HTML:
<div class="btn-group hover_drop_down">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-toggle="dropdown"></button>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
...
</ul>
</div>
Don't forget to remove the button attribute data-toggle="dropdown" if you want to remove onclick open, and this also will work when input is append with dropdown.
This only hovers the navbar when you are not on a mobile device, because I find that hovering the navigation does not work well on mobile divices:
$( document ).ready(function() {
$( 'ul.nav li.dropdown' ).hover(function() {
// you could also use this condition: $( window ).width() >= 768
if ($('.navbar-toggle').css('display') === 'none'
&& false === ('ontouchstart' in document)) {
$( '.dropdown-toggle', this ).trigger( 'click' );
}
}, function() {
if ($('.navbar-toggle').css('display') === 'none'
&& false === ('ontouchstart' in document)) {
$( '.dropdown-toggle', this ).trigger( 'click' );
}
});
});
I try other solutions, i'm using bootstrap 3, but dropdown menu closes too quickly to move over it
supposed that you add class="dropdown" to li, i added a timeout
var hoverTimeout;
$('.dropdown').hover(function() {
clearTimeout(hoverTimeout);
$(this).addClass('open');
}, function() {
var $self = $(this);
hoverTimeout = setTimeout(function() {
$self.removeClass('open');
}, 150);
});
I have published a proper plugin for the dropdown hover functionality, in which you can even define what happens when clicking on the dropdown-toggle element:
https://github.com/istvan-ujjmeszaros/bootstrap-dropdown-hover
I had issues with all the previously existing solutions. The simple CSS ones are not using the .open class on the .dropdown, so there will be no feedback on the dropdown toggle element when the dropdown is visible.
The js ones are interfering with clicking on .dropdown-toggle, so the dropdown shows up on hover, then hides it when clicking on an opened dropdown, and moving out the mouse will trigger the dropdown to show up again. Some of the js solutions are braking iOS compatibility, some plugins are not working on modern desktop browsers which are supporting the touch events.
That's why I made the Bootstrap Dropdown Hover plugin which prevents all these issues by using only the standard Bootstrap javascript API, without any hack.
Triggering a click event with a hover has a small error. If mouse-in and then a click creates vice-versa effect. It opens when mouse-out and close when mouse-in. A better solution:
$('.dropdown').hover(function() {
if (!($(this).hasClass('open'))) {
$('.dropdown-toggle', this).trigger('click');
}
}, function() {
if ($(this).hasClass('open')) {
$('.dropdown-toggle', this).trigger('click');
}
});
html
<div class="dropdown">
<button class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-toggle="dropdown">
Dropdown Example <span class="caret"></span>
</button>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="#">HTML</a></li>
<li><a href="#">CSS</a></li>
<li><a href="#">JavaScript</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
jquery
$(document).ready( function() {
/* $(selector).hover( inFunction, outFunction ) */
$('.dropdown').hover(
function() {
$(this).find('ul').css({
"display": "block",
"margin-top": 0
});
},
function() {
$(this).find('ul').css({
"display": "none",
"margin-top": 0
});
}
);
});
The solution I am proposing detects if its not touch device and that the navbar-toggle (hamburger menu) is not visible and makes the parent menu item revealing submenu on hover and and follow its link on click.
Also makes tne margin-top 0 because the gap between the navbar and the menu in some browser will not let you hover to the subitems
$(function(){
function is_touch_device() {
return 'ontouchstart' in window // works on most browsers
|| navigator.maxTouchPoints; // works on IE10/11 and Surface
};
if(!is_touch_device() && $('.navbar-toggle:hidden')){
$('.dropdown-menu', this).css('margin-top',0);
$('.dropdown').hover(function(){
$('.dropdown-toggle', this).trigger('click').toggleClass("disabled");
});
}
});<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<ul id="nav" class="nav nav-pills clearfix right" role="tablist">
<li><a href="#">menuA</a></li>
<li><a href="#">menuB</a></li>
<li class="dropdown"><a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">menuC</a>
<ul id="products-menu" class="dropdown-menu clearfix" role="menu">
<li><a href="">A</a></li>
<li><a href="">B</a></li>
<li><a href="">C</a></li>
<li><a href="">D</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">menuD</a></li>
<li><a href="#">menuE</a></li>
</ul>$(function(){
$("#nav .dropdown").hover(
function() {
$('#products-menu.dropdown-menu', this).stop( true, true ).fadeIn("fast");
$(this).toggleClass('open');
},
function() {
$('#products-menu.dropdown-menu', this).stop( true, true ).fadeOut("fast");
$(this).toggleClass('open');
});
});<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<ul id="nav" class="nav nav-pills clearfix right" role="tablist">
<li><a href="#">menuA</a></li>
<li><a href="#">menuB</a></li>
<li class="dropdown"><a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">menuC</a>
<ul id="products-menu" class="dropdown-menu clearfix" role="menu">
<li><a href="">A</a></li>
<li><a href="">B</a></li>
<li><a href="">C</a></li>
<li><a href="">D</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">menuD</a></li>
<li><a href="#">menuE</a></li>
</ul>Bootstrap drop-down Work on hover, and remain close on click by adding property display:block; in css and removing these attributes data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" from button tag
.dropdown:hover .dropdown-menu {
display: block;
}<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="dropdown">
<button class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle">Dropdown Example
<span class="caret"></span></button>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="#">HTML</a></li>
<li><a href="#">CSS</a></li>
<li><a href="#">JavaScript</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>