Changing hover function to toggle function breaks links - javascript

I have a dropdown menu that currently displays the dropdown unordered list on hover, which are lists of links. Hover is problematic for users and I want to change the to 'click' or 'toggle'. Here is the code currently in the site:
$("#main_nav .dropdown").hover(function() {
$('.dropdown-menu', this).fadeIn("fast");
$('.nav_main .mega-menu-column ul').attr("style", "display:flex; display: -ms-flexbox;");
$(this).addClass('active');
},
function()
{ $('.dropdown-menu', this).fadeOut("fast"); $(this).removeClass('active');
});
if I switch the .hover to .toggle the drop down menus work as I would expect them to. The problem is it now breaks my links. When I click on them they do nothing and go nowhere. Here is the HTML:
<ul class="nav_main">
<li class="active">Home</li>
<li class="dropdown">
Decisions <b class="caret"></b>
<ul class="dropdown-menu mega-menu" id="decisions">
<li class="mega-menu-column">
<ul>
<span>
<li>Our Decision on CanLII</li>
<li>SCC Decisions</li>
<li>Canada Supreme Court Reports (PDF)</li>
<li>vLex Canada Open</li>
<li>Sask Cases Judicially Considered</li>
</span>
<span>
<li>Federal Court</li>
<li>Quebec (translated decisions)</li>
<li>Tax Court of Canada</li>
</span>
<span>
<li class="list-heading">Tribunals</li>
<li>Automobile Injury Appeal Commission</li>
<li>Law Society of Saskatchewan</li>
<li>Labour Arbitration Awards – Sask</li>
<li>Sask LRB (CanLII)</li>
<li>Sask LRB</li>
</span>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Is there any easily explainable reason as to my this simple switch in code is causing the links to stop working completely?
Thanks in advance!

I was unable to precisely reproduce the issue with the code you provided, but I did observe issues clicking some of the links.
Removing the invalid span elements from the ul seems to have corrected the observed issue.
Try removing those span tags from the ul.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul
Allowed child elements of ul

My guess would be that your .toggle is hijacking the click event for the whole container. So when you click a link it's toggling the menu rather than firing the default click for a link. You may try stopping propagation on the links, so it doesn't fire the click event on the parent menu:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Event/stopPropagation

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jquery slidetoggle list without list elements trigger the effect

I am quite new to everything about html/js/css. Right now i need a list so i decided to use a list that u can slidetoggle. I looked it up and found how to recreate that effect (the code below):
var subMenu = jQuery(".tableContainer ul li ul li");
var linkClick = jQuery(".tableContainer ul li").filter(":has(ul)");
linkClick.click(function () {
$(this).find('ul li').slideToggle(200);
});
(if you are wondering about the 2 ul and li, it is because i want that list in another list, but that doesn t change the question so i didn t include it in my explanation)
Since i am quite new to this topic, i only understand like 70% of what is happening. But for my project i need to work with the elements of the list(the ones which were hidden and after sliding down visible). I want to do stuff that requires clicking them like highlight on click, but now i encounter the problem, that the code i posted makes the slide effect being triggered not only by the headline, but also by the elements. So i cannot click elements without minimizing the list with the same click (obviously the elements are hidden again then). I hope you guys can explain me how to make the function only be triggered by the head object and not by the whole list element(head and the expanded list).
Look the slide effect is being triggered not only by the headline but also by the elements that are because the concept of event bubbling which basically means in case of click event if you clicked a child element the event is bubbled by default to the parent elements tree till the document level firing any registered event handler. so when you click the element you click the headline too, so you need to add another child element and handle the click on it something like this:-
<div class="tableContainer">
<ul>
<li> <span>menu 1</span>
<ul>
<li>link 1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span> menu 2</span>
<ul>
<li>link 2</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span> menu 3</span>
<ul>
<li>link 3</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> <span>menu 4</span>
<ul>
<li>link 4</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
$(function() {
var subMenu = jQuery(".tableContainer ul li ul li");
var linkClick = jQuery(".tableContainer span");
console.log(linkClick.length);
linkClick.click(function() {
console.log('clicked');
$(this).siblings('ul').slideToggle(200);
});
});
Full Working Example Here
Hope this answers your question.

Navigation with onClick / Javascript not working

I have created a menu for my website which you can find here:
http://jsfiddle.net/nq9Nt/9/
When click a category on the menu it opens that category on my main navigation?
Is something conflicting or have I placed my Javascript in the wrong place?
So I want to be able to click a category and show the sub-categories but it just won't work. Also is there a way to keep open the category you clicked after you change page?
Thank you
<ul class="nav">
<li>Category 1
</li>
<li class="drop">Category 2
<ul id="sub1">
<li>Item
</li>
<li>Item
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="drop">Category 3
<ul id="sub1">
<li>Sticker
</li>
<li>Sticker
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Category 4
<ul id="sub1">
<li> Mural
</li>
<li>Mural
</li>
</ul>
</li>
$(".drop")
.on('click', function () {
$(this).find('ul').toggle();
})
Actually at least on jsfriddle animation works and if you replace href of your anchors from '#' to a real url you will be redirected to another page, so first make sure that you've attached jquery library in head of the document (since you use it in your script), then move your script to the bottom of the page, right before tag 'body' closes.
About keeping the state of the opened categories after refresh - usually it is made on server side while generating template by adding class, for example 'active', to current link and then, using css, corresponding category (or a hierarchy of categories) is set to be opened (li.active ul {display: block;} for example). Well, actually you could do the same trick - use js to find out current url with the help of window.location.pathname value and match it with a href value of your navigation links and then assign class 'active' to the found element (or its parent, it is up to your css)
You can add a class drop to li in 4th Category, so it will work as others. And remove that onclick if you don't plan to use it.
http://jsfiddle.net/nq9Nt/10/
Here the example,
jsbin
You have gave the anchor href with #, So It reloads the page. And also you have gave the onclick method, But it doesn't there.

JS Toggle hides ALL toggled divs -- makes page non-functioning

Sorry if this is a silly question, I'm very new to JS/JQuery and don't know if there's a simple answer to my problem.
I have two toggling divs set up more or less like the following (this is the stripped-down version):
<div id="top-story-panel">
<div id="story-toggle">
<ul>
<li id="top-stories">
Top Stories
</li>
<li id="toc">
All Stories
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="toc-panel">
<div id="story-toggle">
<ul>
<li id="top-stories">
Top Stories
</li>
<li id="toc">
All Stories
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
With this function, the two divs toggle back and forth without a hitch, but if you click on one of the toggles ("top stories"/"all stories", respectively) and then click it AGAIN it hides the div it just showed and... can't find anything else to replace it with. Both divs are hidden now and there's no way for the user to interact with either div.
jQuery(function($) {
var $contentPanel= $('#top-stories-panel, #toc-panel')
$toggle= $("#top-stories, #toc");
$toggle.on('click', function(e) {
var $id;
e.preventDefault();
$icons.removeClass('hidden');
$id=$('#'+this.id+'-panel'); //get menu id
$contentPanel.fadeOut(10);
if(! $id.is(':visible')) {
$id.fadeIn(450)
preloadImages: 'all';
$(this).addClass('hidden');
}
});
});
I'm assuming that if I place the toggles outside of their respective divs, I won't have this problem -- but is there a code workaround for the toggle to stay within the div?
Thanks so much for all of your help ;_;

Keep anchor hover state on when child submenu is active or on hover

I have a menu inside a menu. The first menu anchor(class = menu-container) which contains the submenu has a hover state with styles attached to it. I want these styles of the parent anchor to remain active when the mouse is also over the submenu.
I cant use jQuery, as I am only restricted to pure javascript.
The code is as following:
<ul>
<li>
List Item
</li>
<li>
<a class="menu-container" href="#">List Item</a>
<ul class="submenu">
<li>list item</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
NOTE: The client has requested the menu to be displayed and hidden using pure CSS. I know that using jQuery to achieve the solution for this would be easier, but I am restricted.
Thanks
"Attach the menu-container class to the parent "li" item...
The ":hover" on the li won't work in IE6 and below but shall work in all modern browsers.

if mouse on hover of div then display menu

I have the following menu which cascades on hover but i need to add some conditional checks like if the mouse is on hover on the div then keep the menu sliding down.
Also if the mouse is hovered on the LI then check them menu down.
As you can see it just slides down and back up once you leave the "div".
Im stuck... and have tried for hours searching for if statements etc, i just cant get the syntax correct.
my example
Here is a working example
HTML
<div id="leftWrap">
<div id='accordion'>
<ul>
<li><div>Absorption</div>
<ul style="display: none;">
<li>Accessories</a>
<ul style="display: none;">
<li>AA500AFG</li>
<li>AA500F</li>
<li>AA500G</li>
<li>AA990F</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Consumables</li>
<li>Products</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><div>Fluorescence</div>
<ul style="display: none;">
<li>Accessories</li>
<li>Consumables</li>
<li>Products</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
Javascript/JQuery
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
$('#accordion ul > li').hover(function() {
$(this).children("ul").slideToggle('slow');
});
});
If you ask me, it gets really messy when you use mousehover/mouseenter for such things. I'd prefer using a click event after the first hover or something, this way the user won't get annoyed by all that movement.
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
$('#accordion ul:first-child > li').hover(function() {
$(this).children("ul").slideToggle('slow');
});
$('#accordion ul:not(:first-child) > li').click(function(){
$(this).children("ul").slideToggle('slow');
});
});
Make it a child of the <div>, then it won't cancel the event when you leave it.
Also I should note that it's more semantic to make a navigation out of nested lists (such as
Category ItemItem
<ul>
<li>Category
<ul>
<li>Item</li>
<li>Item</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
I tried to fiddle in your fiddle, but the markup and css are a lot confusing.
As Rikudo said, you should make the div, its child its much easier to do it that way. I have created a simplest accordion skeleton. You can see it here.
It does everything you want. However for the customizations and others things, I will leave it up to you.
http://jsfiddle.net/dttdB/13/
You had attached hover to the heading div when the mouse leaves that, the hover effect is lost.

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