I am working on a website in which I want to create a dropdown submenu on hover in Bootstrap 4.1
The HTML code which I have used in order to create a dropdown menu on hover are:
<div class="navbar-collapse text-center" id="navbarResponsive">
<ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbarDropdownMenuLink" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
main menu
</a>
<div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdownMenuLink">
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">A</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">B</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">C</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">D</a>
</div>
</li>
<button type="submit" onclick="location.href='/M';" class="btn btn-default">R</button>
</ul>
</div>
Problem Statement:
I am wondering what changes I should make in the code above so that on hover of D; dropdown items E, F, G, H, are shown.
This codepen Link has your answer : link
Basically create a structure like this
<li>
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">D <b class="caret"></b></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu multi-level">
<li><a href="#">E</a></li>
<li><a href="#">F</a></li>
<li><a href="#">G</a></li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li class="dropdown-submenu">
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">H</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="#">I</a></li>
<li><a href="#">J</a></li>
<li><a href="#">K</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
I have written full code for you in codepen, checkout link above in this answer.
You just need to add below css.
.dropdown:hover>.dropdown-menu {
display: block;
}
.dropdown>.dropdown-toggle:active {
pointer-events: none;
}
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.2/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-Smlep5jCw/wG7hdkwQ/Z5nLIefveQRIY9nfy6xoR1uRYBtpZgI6339F5dgvm/e9B" crossorigin="anonymous">
<title>Dropdown submenu on hover</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="navbar-collapse text-center" id="navbarResponsive">
<ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbarDropdownMenuLink" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
main menu
</a>
<div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdownMenuLink">
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">A</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">B</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">C</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">D</a>
</div>
</li>
<button type="submit" onclick="location.href='/M';" class="btn btn-default">R</button>
</ul>
</div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-q8i/X+965DzO0rT7abK41JStQIAqVgRVzpbzo5smXKp4YfRvH+8abtTE1Pi6jizo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.3/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-ZMP7rVo3mIykV+2+9J3UJ46jBk0WLaUAdn689aCwoqbBJiSnjAK/l8WvCWPIPm49" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.2/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-o+RDsa0aLu++PJvFqy8fFScvbHFLtbvScb8AjopnFD+iEQ7wo/CG0xlczd+2O/em" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</body>
</html>
I suggest to use :hover style inside media query.
Because on mobile it must be clickable.
here is example
/* ============ desktop view ============ */
@media all and (min-width: 992px) {
.navbar .nav-item .dropdown-menu{ display: none; }
.navbar .nav-item:hover .nav-link{ color: #fff; }
.navbar .nav-item:hover .dropdown-menu{ display: block; }
.navbar .nav-item .dropdown-menu{ margin-top:0; }
}
/* ============ desktop view .end// ============ */
Also you can add fade animation, Here is code: https://bootstrap-menu.com/detail-animation.html