Make Sub Menus Slide Down Gently

Hi Barb

The menu is controlled by JavaScript, not CSS. However, you can install a plugin called Header and Footer Scripts, I’m using the one by WPBeginner. Then, in the header field provided by the plugin, insert:

<script>
jQuery(function($){
    // The menu hover effects
    $('#masthead')
        .on('mouseenter', '.main-navigation ul li', function(){
            var $$ = $(this);
            var $ul = $$.find('> ul');
            $ul.css({
                'display' : 'block',
                'opacity' : 0
            }).clearQueue().animate({opacity: 1}, 900);
            $ul.data('final-opacity', 1);
        } )
        .on('mouseleave', '.main-navigation ul li', function(){
            var $$ = $(this);
            var $ul = $$.find('> ul');
            $ul.clearQueue().animate( {opacity: 0}, 900, function(){
                if($ul.data('final-opacity') === 0) {
                    $ul.css('display', 'none');
                }
            });
            $ul.data('final-opacity', 0);
        } );
});
</script>

See my two 900 values. Those are 250 by default. You can adjust to slow the transition down further. You can reduce to speed it up.

Hi Barb

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Hi Barb

Sorry, doesn’t seem like it arrived. Please, could you send using the Private Reply option bottom right. Thanks :)

I can see the problem, the transition is happening twice, the second transition is the delayed one. I can’t figure out why I’m not getting the same result on my local demo.

The problem was Appearance > Theme Settings > General > Enqueue JavaScript in Footer. For this application we that setting disabled. We need the scripts in the default location, in the document head.

There will be a small difference. On normal DSL connections it probably isn’t noticeable. Up to you.

For sure :)