Help Needed: Closing Navbar on Anchor Link Selection in Webflow

Michael S. · 2025-06-12 12:02:26.138266+00

Hey everyone....i was wondering if anyone can help me out with navbar 4. I'm having an issue where I'd like the navbar to close when using a nav link for an anchor on page. I found 2 help threads in webflow forums but don't seem to have any luck getting them to work. Read only link: Any and all help on this is greatly appreciated!

Saba K.
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you can try adding interaction to menu items to hide navbar on mouse click for mobile
Michael S.
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Saba K. no luck trying that
Michael S.
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Matt J. hey sorry to bother you…any info on this?
Matt J.
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Michael S. yeah Webflow makes this a giant pain and I really wish they would figure it out. I believe if you did something like /#overview - it should work - in Webflow Designer its going to open a new page, but when you publish it, it shouldn't.
Michael S.
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Matt J. so that solution only created an anchor same as assigning it directly. I'm looking to have the nav bar close on mobile after clicking a navlink button
Matt J.
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Michael S. can you share the published URL?
Matt J.
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and yeah I understand the problem, I thought that was the solution but I'm now remembering another thing

Matt J.

okay so change it to just #overview and don't use Webflow's section anchoring dropdown. Then use this custom JS in your head

<!-- start global -->
<script>
  function scrollToElement(selector, animationTime, offset) {
    const el = $(selector);
    $('html,body').animate({ scrollTop: (el.offset().top + (offset || 0)) }, animationTime || 0);
  }
</script>
<!-- endglobal -->

And let me know if that resolves it

Matt J.
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I would be consistent with your anchors - it might not matter but it could - some are lowercase others are capital case.
Michael S.
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thank you for the tip! will keep them consistent. https://downlow.webflow.io/ Still no luck atm
Matt J.
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Michael S. I'm not seeing the custom JS I sent in your source, I'll keep looking but just wanted to confirm quick that you have that in there yeah?
Matt J.
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ah I see you have in the footer, which is fine
Matt J.
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Michael S. I'm concerned that this custom JS might be interfering - was this a previous attempt at the same problem or for something else?
Michael S.
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very sorry - I added to body by accident. Got it in and it's only working with neighborhood button not others but everything looks the same
Michael S.
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side not the buttons in nav desktop are different from button in mobile menu

Help Needed: Closing Navbar on Anchor Link Selection in Webflow

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Help Needed: Closing Navbar on Anchor Link Selection in Webflow

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