Make parent menu clickable

Question

Is there a way to make the top level menu items clickable while still having the dropdowns show up?

see website

I am using bootstrap 3 on my Wordpress site using these instructions: http://www.creativewebdesign.ro/en/blog/wordpress/create-a-responsive-wordpress-theme-with-bootstrap-3-header-and-footer/

header.php

        <?php
            wp_nav_menu( array(
                'menu'              => 'primary',
                'theme_location'    => 'primary',
                'depth'             => 2,
                'container'         => 'div',
                'container_class'   => 'collapse navbar-collapse navbar-ex1-collapse menu_left',
                'menu_class'        => 'nav navbar-nav menu_left_middle',
                'fallback_cb'       => 'wp_bootstrap_navwalker::fallback',
                'walker'            => new wp_bootstrap_navwalker())
            );
        ?>

        <?php
            wp_nav_menu( array(
                'menu'              => 'submenu',
                'theme_location'    => 'primary',
                'depth'             => 2,
                'container'         => 'div',
                'container_class'   => 'collapse navbar-collapse navbar-ex1-collapse menu_right',
                'menu_class'        => 'nav navbar-nav menu_right_middle',
                'fallback_cb'       => 'wp_bootstrap_navwalker::fallback',
                'walker'            => new wp_bootstrap_navwalker())
            );
        ?>

</nav>

Thanks

Solution 1

For me it worked this way: I assume you make usage of the wp-bootstrap-navwalker

Open up the wp-bootstrap-navwalker.php with your editor and look up for line approx. 83

// If item has_children add atts to a.
if ( $args->has_children && $depth === 0 ) {
   $atts['href']        = '#';
   $atts['data-toggle'] = 'dropdown';
   $atts['class']           = 'dropdown-toggle';
} else {
   $atts['href'] = ! empty( $item->url ) ? $item->url : '';
}

Change this piece of code to:

// If item has_children add atts to a.
if ( $args->has_children && $depth === 0 ) {
   $atts['href'] = ! empty( $item->url ) ? $item->url : '';
   //$atts['data-toggle']   = 'dropdown';
   $atts['class']           = 'dropdown-toggle';
} else {
   $atts['href'] = ! empty( $item->url ) ? $item->url : '';
}

Note: $att['href'] is enabled now, the the $atts['data-toggle'] is disabled which makes the parent link clickable.

Now open up your style.css and add this piece of code to activate the hover function for your WordPress menu with dropdown and clickable parent.

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-menu {
    display: block;
}

Note: The behaviour of the menu will change slightly on small devices with small screens. No additional jQuery required.

Solution 2

You can just add class 'disabled' into that element using jQuery. See example below:

<script>
     jQuery(document).ready(function() {

           jQuery('ul li > a.dropdown-toggle').addClass('disabled');
    });

</script>

Comments

[user3222864]

I have added the header.php code for nav. I can't see the above to edit it.

[danwarfel]

The php isn't doing that. Open dev tools and inspect the element you want to be clickable. It has an anchor tag around it with a href value of "#". The "default action" of the anchor tag is being prevented however b/c it has a data-toggle="dropdown" attribute applied to it. You would have to remove that data-attribute. If you can't do it directly in the code, and you can't modify it via your php (doesn't appear to be the case), then as a final resort you could use JS/jQuery to target $('a.dropdown-toggle[data-toggle="dropdown"]')

[Omar Abdirahman]

Is it possible to accept my own answer? If so, please let me know how!

[Kiran Dash]

Thanks a lot. helped a lot

[Rh Jov]

Thanks a lot, this is awesome

[Ivan Topić]

This is great, it works on iphone but not on android? dropdown menu appears but the clickable item link will instantly start to load