Bootstrap 3: how to make head of dropdown link clickable in navbar

Question

I\'m using the default navbar and a couple of the list items are dropdowns. I\'m not able to click the link that triggers the dropdown. I know that I could just add a duplic

Answer 1

Alternatively here's a simple jQuery solution:

$('#menu-main > li > .dropdown-toggle').click(function () {
    window.location = $(this).attr('href');
});

Answer 2

This 100% works:

HTML:

<li class="dropdown">
          <a href="https://www.bkweb.co.in/" class="dropdown-toggle" >bkWeb.co.in Dropdown <span class="caret"></span></a>
          <ul class="dropdown-menu">
            <li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
            <li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
            <li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li>
            <li role="separator" class="divider"></li>
            <li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li>
          </ul>
        </li>

CSS:

@media (min-width:991px){
  ul.nav li.dropdown:hover ul.dropdown-menu {
    display: block;
  }
}

EXAMPLE in CODEPEN

Answer 3

Anyone arriving here who wants the quick answer to this problem. Replace the "Dropdown.prototype.toggle" function in your bootstrap.js (or dropdown.js) with the following:

  Dropdown.prototype.toggle = function (e) {
var $this = $(this)

if ($this.is('.disabled, :disabled')) return

var $parent  = getParent($this)
var isActive = $parent.hasClass('open')

clearMenus()

if (!isActive) {
    if ('ontouchstart' in document.documentElement && !$parent.closest('.navbar-nav').length) {
        // if mobile we use a backdrop because click events don't delegate
        $('<div class="dropdown-backdrop"/>').insertAfter($(this)).on('click', clearMenus)
    }

    var relatedTarget = { relatedTarget: this }
    $parent.trigger(e = $.Event('show.bs.dropdown', relatedTarget))

    if (e.isDefaultPrevented()) return

    $parent
      .toggleClass('open')
      .trigger('shown.bs.dropdown', relatedTarget)

    $this.focus()
}
else
{
    var href = $this.attr("href").trim();

    if (href != undefined && href != " javascript:;")
        window.location.href = href;
}

return false
  }

On the second click (ie: if the menu item has the class "open") it will first check if the href is undefined or set to "javascript:;" before sending you along your merry way.

Enjoy!

Answer 4

1: remove dropdown-trigger:

data-toggle="dropdown"

2: add this your css

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-menu {
    display: block;
}
.dropdown-menu {
    margin-top: 0px;
}

posted for the people how stumbled upon this

Answer 5

Here is my solution which uses JQuery in your header, and works on Mobile.

On mobile the top links require two taps: one to dropdown the menu and one to go to its link.

$(function(){
  $('.dropdown-toggle').click(
    function(){
      if ($(this).next().is(':visible')) {
        location.href = $(this).attr('href');;
      }
     });
  });
});

Answer 6

No need of use addition CSS/JS (Tested)

1. data-toggle="dropdown" - for Clickable (can use Mobile as well web)
2. data-hover="dropdown" - for Hover (web only, because mobile doesn't have feature HOVER)

Works fine on Mobile as well :)

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Code Example for Clickable(data-toggle="dropdown")

/*!
 * this CSS code just  for snippet preview purpose. Please omit when using  it. 
 */

#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1 ul li {
  float: left;
}

#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1 ul li ul li {
  float: none !important;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

<div id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
  <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
    <li>
      <a class="" href="">Home</a>
    </li>
    <li class="dropdown">
      <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
                subnav1
            </a>
      <ul class="dropdown-menu">
        <li><a href="">Sub1</a></li>
        <li><a href="">Sub2</a></li>
        <li><a href="">Sub3</a></li>
        <li><a href="">Sub4</a></li>
        <li><a href="">Sub5</a></li>
        <li><a href="">Sub6</a></li>
      </ul>
      <div class="clear"></div>
    </li>
    <li class="dropdown">
      <a href="" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="true">
            subnav2
            </a>
      <ul class="dropdown-menu">
        <li><a href="">Sub1</a></li>
        <li><a href="">Sub2</a></li>
        <li><a href="">Sub3</a></li>
        <li><a href="">Sub4</a></li>
        <li><a href="">Sub5</a></li>
        <li><a href="">Sub6</a></li>
      </ul>
      <div class="clear"></div>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>

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<p><b>Please Note:</b> added css code not related to Bootstrap navigation. It's just for snippet preview purpose </p>

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