jQuery Hover Drop-Down-Menu Full Width Size

Question

I have a vertical menu in my Website. Now i need a dropdown system in some links.
I've see this example on the internet: http://jsfiddle.net/4jxph/3018/ But i want a full width submenu. The Dropdown System of Sony is what I want. Dropdown system by Sony: Sony I've always craetet a full width size dropdown menu.
My Code: http://www.jsfiddle.net/3aK9k/4 .
So what i want, when i hover the content so the submenu and again to the menu link which slidedown the submenu than the submenu should be there without some moves.

I hope I've explain what i want to do. I think it is possible but that overwhelmed my knowledge of JS and jQuery.

Can anyone tell me how to that?

Answer 1

HTML

    <ul id="nav_menu">
    <li><a class="nav_menu_link nav">Home</a></li>
    <li class="nav_menu_link_drop nav">
        <a class="nav_menu_link">DropDown 1</a>
    </li>
        <div id="content1" class="content" style="display: none;">
            <ul style="padding: 20px; height: auto;">
                <li><a href="#">Item1</a></li><br />
                      <li><a href="#">Item2</a></li><br />
                      <li><a href="#">Item3</a></li><br />
                      <li><a href="#">Item4</a></li>
            </ul>
    </div>
    <li class="nav_menu_link_drop nav">
        <a class="nav_menu_link">DropDown 2 <i class="arrow down"></i></a></li>
    <div id="content2" class="content" style="display: none;">
        <ul style="padding: 20px; height: auto;">
            <li><a href="#">Other</a></li><br />
                      <li><a href="#">Other Test</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</ul>

jQuery

var stop = true;
var hovered;
var timeout;

$('.nav').hover(
    function(){
        clearTimeout(timeout);
        stop = true;
        hovered = this;
        timeout = setTimeout(function(){
        if($(hovered).hasClass('nav_menu_link_drop')){
            $('.content').css('z-index',0);
            $(hovered).next('.content').css('z-index',5);        
            $(hovered).next('.content').slideDown(350);
            timeout = setTimeout(function(){
                $('.content').not($(hovered).next('.content')).slideUp(350);  
            },200);
        }
        else
            $('.content').slideUp(350);    
        },400);
    },
    function(e){
        stop = false;
        clearTimeout(timeout);
        setTimeout(function(){
            if(!stop)
                $('.content').slideUp(350);
        },500);
    }
);

$('.content').hover(
    function(){
        stop = true;    
    },
    function(){    
    }
);

$('#nav_menu').hover(
    function(){
    },
    function(){
        timeout = setTimeout(function(){
            $('.content').slideUp(350);
        },200);
    }
);

FIDDLE

Answer 2

I have made slidedown in the fiddle which works exactly like sony.de :

Updated Fiddle (New)

HTML

<div id="menu">
<ul>
    <div id="mainMenu">
    <li class="menu1">Home</li>
    <li class="menu2">DropDown1</li>
    <li class="menu3">DropDown2</li>
    </div>
</ul>
    <div class="submenu menu2">
        <!--menu items-->
    </div>
    <div class="submenu menu3">
        <!--menu items-->
    </div>
</div>

CSS

html,body{
    width:100%;
    height:100%;
    margin:0px;
    padding:0px;
}
#menu{
    position:relative;
    width:100%;
    height:80px;
    font-family:sans-serif;
}
#menu,#menu ul,#menu>ul>#mainMenu>li,#menu div{
    display:inline-block;
    margin-top:0px;
}
#menu >ul {
    position:absolute;
    top:0px;
    z-index:100;
    list-style:none;
    padding:0px;
    font-size:18px;
    height: 80px;
    width: 100%;
    background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #FFA500;
}
#menu ul>#mainMenu>li{
    padding: 29px;
}
#menu ul>#mainMenu>li:hover{
    background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
    color: #FFF;
    transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;
}
#menu .submenu{
    position:absolute;
    bottom:0px;
    width:100%;
    background-color:white;
    border:1px solid black;
}

jQuery

var preClass="";
$('#menu>ul>#mainMenu>li').hover(function(){
    var curClass = $(this).attr('class');
    if(preClass!=curClass){
        $('.submenu[class*='+preClass+']').stop()
    .animate({'bottom':'0px'});
        $('.submenu[class*='+curClass+']').stop()
    .animate({'bottom':''+(-$('div[class*='+curClass+']').height())+'px'});}
    preClass=curClass;
});

$('#mainMenu').mouseleave(function(){
    preClass="";
    setTimeout(function(){
    if(preClass=="")
    $('.submenu').stop().animate({'bottom':'0px'});
    },350);
});

$('#menu').mouseleave(function(){
    preClass=""
    $('.submenu').stop().animate({'bottom':'0px'});
});

$('.submenu').hover(function(){
    preClass = $(this).attr('class').replace("submenu ","");
    $(this).css({'bottom':''+(-$(this).height())+'px'});
},
function(){
    if(preClass!=curClass){
    $(this).stop().animate({'bottom':'0px'});
    }
});

Fiddle with delay added like sony.de

Answer 3

Check your needed code jSFiddle

Download code file from Box

HTML Code

<ul id="nav_menu">
    <li><a class="nav_menu_link">Home</a></li>
    <li class="nav_menu_link_drop_1">
        <a class="nav_menu_link">DropDown 1</a>
    </li>
        <div id="content1" style="display: none;">  
            <ul id="file_menu">
                <li><a href="#file">File</a></li>
                <li><a href="#edit">Edit</a></li>
                <li><a href="#view">View</a></li>
                <li><a href="#insert">Insert</a></li>
                <li><a href="#modify">Modify</a></li>
                <li><a href="#control">Control</a></li>
                <li><a href="#debug">Debug</a></li>
                <li><a href="#window">Window</a></li>
                <li><a href="#help">Help</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    <li class="nav_menu_link_drop_2">
        <a class="nav_menu_link">DropDown 2 <i class="arrow down"></i></a></li>
    <div id="content2" style="display: none;">
            <ul id="file_menu">
                <li><a href="#file">2 File</a></li>
                <li><a href="#edit">2 Edit</a></li>
                <li><a href="#view">2 View</a></li>
                <li><a href="#insert">2 Insert</a></li>
                <li><a href="#modify">2 Modify</a></li>
                <li><a href="#control">2 Control</a></li>
                <li><a href="#debug">2 Debug</a></li>
                <li><a href="#window">2 Window</a></li>
                <li><a href="#help">2 Help</a></li>
            </ul>
    </div>
</ul>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

CSS Code

* {   
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#nav_menu {
    position: absolute;
    display: block;
    height: 80px;
    width: 100%;
    background: orange;
}
#nav_menu li {
    list-style-type: none;
    text-decoration: none;
    vertical-align: middle;
    height: 80px;
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
}
.nav_menu_link {
    color: black;
    font-size: 18px;
    height: 0;
    font-family: Arial;
    vertical-align: baseline;
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
    height: auto;
    padding: 29px;
}
.nav_menu_link:hover {
    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
    color: #FFF;
    transition: all .2s;
}
.nav_menu_link:hover .arrow.down {
    border-top-color: #FFF;
}

#content1:hover {
    display: block !important;
    width: 100%;
    height: auto !important;
    position: absolute;
}
#content2:hover {
    display: block !important;
    width: 100%;
    height: auto !important;
    position: absolute;
}
#content1, #content2 {
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    background: gray;
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
}

#file_menu {
    border: 1px solid #1c1c1c;
}

#file_menu li {
    width: 100%;
    height: 30px;
    background-color: #302f2f;
}

#file_menu li a {
    font-family: Arial;
    font-size: 14px;
    color:#FFFFFF; 
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration:none; 
    padding:5px 10px; 
    display:block;
}

#file_menu li a:hover {
    color: #F00880;
}

JQuery

var link1 = $(".nav_menu_link_drop_1");
var link2 = $(".nav_menu_link_drop_2");
var content1 = $('#content1');
var content2 = $('#content2');

$(link1).hover(
    function(){ 
        $(content1).slideDown(350);
    },
    function(){
        $(content1).slideUp(350);
    }
);

$(link2).hover(
    function(){ 
        $(content2).slideDown(350);
    },
    function(){
        $(content2).slideUp(350);
    }
);

Answer 4

You can achieve that with only CSS . Cleaner, simpler.

Live demo here : http://jsfiddle.net/4jxph/3031/

Here's the modified CSS :

body {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
background-color: #333333;
}

#container {
    margin: auto;
}

#header {
    background-image: url(images/header.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    height: 42px;
    width: 490px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}

#button {
    height: 32px;
    width: 184px;
    margin: auto;
}
#button:hover .file_menu {
    max-height: 100000px; 
    opacity: 1;
}
ul, li {
    margin:0; 
    padding:0; 
    list-style:none;
}

.menu_class {
    border:1px solid #1c1c1c;
}

.file_menu {
    max-height: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    opacity: 0;
    width:100%;
    border: 1px solid #1c1c1c;
    transition: all .2s;
}

.file_menu li {
    background-color: #302f2f;
}

.file_menu li a {
    color:#FFFFFF; 
    text-decoration:none; 
    padding:10px; 
    display:block;
}

.file_menu li a:hover {
    padding:10px;
    font-weight:bold;
    color: #F00880;
}

Because you want it, here's the JS solution (cleaner than other answer):

var link = $("li[class^=nav_menu_link_drop]");

$(link).hover(

    function(){ 
        var content = $(this).next('div[id^="content"]');
        $(content).stop(true).slideDown(350);
    },
    function(){
         var content = $(this).next('div[id^="content"]');
         $(content).delay(350).slideUp(350);


    }
);

Is that doing the job ? http://jsfiddle.net/3aK9k/27/

Answer 5

If I got you right you don't want the animation, for that simply set the animation time to 0. You dont need .stop() and you should consider using .hover() instead of mouseenter and mouseleave . Here is a link: http://api.jquery.com/hover/

Example:

$(link1).hover(
    function(){ 
        $(content1).slideDown(0);
    },
    function(){
        $(content1).slideUp(0);
    }
);

Here is your fiddle with updated code: http://jsfiddle.net/3aK9k/2/

EDIT: I just noticed but you have invalid html your div -tag is inside the ul -tag put it in your li ... seriosly CHECK your markup... thats not the only wrong thing i noticed...

EDIT: Uhm... OK... maybe you should rethink your approuch, only because it works you shouldn't use invalid html