Dropdown Menu Widget Troubleshooter

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  1. Sub menus do not align with the menu
  2. Part of submenus not visible
  3. Sub lists can be seen in the source code of the page, but dropdown menu doesn't work
  4. I checked home link on options page, but it doesn't appear on my menu
  5. Home checkbox is checked but i don't see Home Link on the menu?
  6. How can i sort / change order of items in my menu?
  7. Your problems not solved?
  8. Comments

This is generally caused by CSS rule that gives submenus a constant width. To remove that constant width of submenus, simply put following code in your Custom CSS area in the options page:

ul.dropdown ul { auto !important; }

Part of submenus not visible

The container element may have overflow:hidden in CSS code. This cuts overflowing elements and they are only partly visible. Try removing overflow attribute from the container element.

Sub lists can be seen in the source code of the page, but dropdown menu doesn’t work

This is generally caused by themes changing jquery code. Try disabling effects, if that works it means your jquery version is changed by your theme. If it still doesn’t work you need a wp_footer call in your footer.php file.

I checked home link on options page, but it doesn’t appear on my menu

You are probably using Custom menus. For custom menus you have to add “Home” item from Pages in the WordPress “Menus” page. Plugin doesn’t add any custom links (home/admin/register) to the menu for Custom Menus.

If you are using a wordpress menu you have to add it to your menu yourself.

How can i sort / change order of items in my menu?

You can only do this if you are using Appearance->Menus to define your menus. Automatically generated menus (Categories and Pages) can not be sorted.

Your problems not solved?

Issue your problem here with URL of the site. And I will add the solution.

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    scott Sep 30, 2011

    Is there a way to make the width of the submenu the 100%, so it runs the width of the screen? I can only get it as wide as the parent

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      Matt Say Dec 3, 2011

      Nope. Unless you give a certain width to all elements, you can’t .

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    Learn Qigong Online Dec 3, 2011

    Hello, we implemented this plugin on a test site, but can’t get the drop downs to appear. They code doesn’t show the submenus either. Any ideas? etech.916networks.com

    Thanks!

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      Matt Say Dec 3, 2011

      You are using a WordPress Custom Menu. To see subpages, you have to add them to menu too. Watch the video tutorial here.

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    Learn Qigong Online Dec 3, 2011

    Ah, yes, there it was. Thanks a ton! Great plugin.

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    Chad Savage Dec 24, 2011

    I’m using the plugin at fathersebastiaan.com for the BOOKS menu, but checking “Vertical menu” in “Template Tag” didn’t work (menu still displayed horizontally). I solved the problem by adding “display: block;” to “ul.dropdown ul li a”, but thought you’d want to know.

    Other than that, this is a brilliant, easy-to-use plugin, and I thank you for it!

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