Is it possible to prevent the dropdown nav menu from closing when user clicks outside of the menu area? (I only want the dropdown menu closed when clicking on the menu button).
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Hi there,
Webflow dropdowns offer several configuration options for controlling their behavior. While dropdowns typically close when clicking outside by default (this is standard web behavior), you can customize their interaction in the following ways:
The Dropdown settings panel allows you to configure the trigger method (click or hover) and adjust the close delay timing for hover interactions. For more complex interactions, you can use custom JavaScript or combine the dropdown with other elements like a modal or lightbox that will maintain their open state regardless of outside clicks.
For click-triggered dropdowns, you can also create a more controlled experience by wrapping the dropdown in a containing element and using the Navigation Menu component instead, which provides additional configuration options for menu behavior.
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Are you referring to the hamburger menu specifically, and if so, is the menu always in a hamburger state at all breakpoints?
If so the traditional way to do this design is to build your own dropdown or slide-out sidebar nav using interactions. Then you can control the open and close and it will not have the global click handler that closes the dropdown when you click elsewhere on the page.
I was referring to the menu from the tablet to mobile state. I was trying to avoid the extra work of manually creating the dropdown menu over the system’s Nav Bar Menu.
I currently worked out a way to stop the user being able to close the menu outside the menu area by extending the menu to full height, putting in a black translucent div below the menu buttons so effectively the menu covers the entire screen when in tablet or mobile view mode.