Reply To: Dropdown Menu Nav with External Links

• KiwiCreative

• November 30, 2018 at 5:16 am

@alexi I’m not sure if I know exactly what you mean. I’ve personally never seen a select’s option be a link. And I’m talking about <select> form control.

You could create a traditional dropdown, but would require css and js to work. If this is what you are wanting, you would want to create a repeater with a Link field type sub field with an array return type. Then you’re code would look something like the following. I’m using an example of a dropdown from W3Schools https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_js_dropdown.asp

PHP/HTML

<?php if( have_rows('repeater_field_name') ) : ?>
<div class="dropdown">
	<button class="dropdown-button">Dropdown</button>
	<div id="myDropdown" class="dropdown-options">
		<?php
		while( have_rows('repeater_field_name') ) : the_row();	
			$link = get_sub_field('option_link');
		?>
		<a href="<?php echo $link['url']; ?>" target="<?php echo $link['target']; ?>"><?php echo $link['title']; ?></a>
		<?php endwhile; ?>
	</div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

JS

/* When the user clicks on the button, 
toggle between hiding and showing the dropdown content */
function myFunction() {
    document.getElementById("myDropdown").classList.toggle("show");
}

// Close the dropdown menu if the user clicks outside of it
window.onclick = function(event) {
  if (!event.target.matches('.dropdown-button')) {

    var dropdowns = document.getElementsByClassName("dropdown-content");
    var i;
    for (i = 0; i < dropdowns.length; i++) {
      var openDropdown = dropdowns[i];
      if (openDropdown.classList.contains('show')) {
        openDropdown.classList.remove('show');
      }
    }
  }
}

Then here are some styles. Some are necessary, but others can be changed to fit your needs.

CSS

/* The container <div> - needed to position the dropdown options */
.dropdown {
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
}

/* Dropdown Content (Hidden by Default) */
.dropdown-options {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    background-color: #f1f1f1;
    min-width: 160px;
    box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
    z-index: 1;
}

/* Links inside the dropdown */
.dropdown-options a {
    color: black;
    padding: 12px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
}

/* Change color of dropdown links on hover */
.dropdown-options a:hover {background-color: #ddd}

/* Show the dropdown menu (use JS to add this class to the .dropdown-options container when the user clicks on the dropdown button) */
.show {display:block;}

I apologize if I’m not understanding you correctly.