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Chris Howell
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Chris Howell
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WordPress creating custom submenu

I created a function that basically uses 1 "Master Menu" then uses the wp_filter_objects function to build out I guess you could call a strictly child menu of whatever parent im clicked on that will be applied in my "Theme Locations" Secondary Menu Location.

So my question is: If I now have a variable that is storing an Array of Objects that contain all the data of each of these "child" menu items. Is there a built-in WordPress function I can use that would take an array of menu item objects and print out this menu?

Or maybe I just need to build a custom walker for it too?

Time for some rest, my brain is toast! :)

1 Answer

Mark Filter
Mark Filter
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Mark Filter
Mark Filter
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If I understand you correctly, then what you are attempting to do is make a drop-down submenu that gives columns for the subpages, correct? If so, then you could use CSS to mimic it, or you will need to define a custom menu and tap into the walker class. You may want to reverse-engineer a plugin that gives you some limited functionality to this end to see how it was coded.

Some CSS code would look like this:

/*
-- Responsive Column Dropdown Sub-Men --
*/

.nav-menu .menu-item:hover > .sub-menu {
    left: auto;
    opacity: 1;

/*------CUSTOM CODE - COLUMN DROP DOWN MENU--------*/
    display: inline-flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    position: absolute;
    left: 5%;
    margin: 0 auto;
    justify-content: center;
    width: 90%;
    background-color: #fafafa;
    padding: 0px 50px 10px;
}   



@media only screen and (max-width: 1139px) {
    .nav-menu .menu-item:hover > .sub-menu {
        left: 7.5%;
        width: 85%;
    }
}


@media only screen and (max-width: 1023px) {
    .nav-menu .menu-item:hover > .sub-menu {
        left: 5%;
        width: 90%;
    }
}
Chris Howell
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Chris Howell
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Well, not exactly a drop down menu. I looked around and really couldn't find what I was after, but after playing around in my Functions.php for awhile I moved it over to into its own plugin. Right now it does what I need it to do, but i do need to test it some more and more than likely could use more logic.

Haven't had a chance just yet, it is Finals weeks. ;)