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Troubleshooting the mega menu issue

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The community member is having trouble with a mega menu that doesn't stay open when hovered over. The first comment suggests the issue is likely due to a gap between the navbar and the menu, possibly caused by using margin instead of padding. The community member is advised to share a read-only link for better assistance.

In the subsequent comments, the community members discuss the padding issue, with one suggesting that the padding top/bottom should be the same for all nav links. After the community member updates the padding, the mega menu still doesn't stay open, and they ask what they might have missed.

Another community member then provides more specific advice, suggesting that the community member should add 1.5rem top and bottom padding to all nav links to close the gap and allow the mega menu to open properly. This solution works, and the community member expresses gratitude for the help and the new trick they learned.

Hi - I'm having troubles with the mega menu...
When you hover, it doesn't stay open...
Would love your help!
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this is likely happening because you have a gap between the navbar and the menu. You likely using margin instead of padding somewhere. I can see better if you wouldn't mind sharing a read-only link.

you'll want the padding top/bottom to be the same for all of your nav links - right now the far left one - "optimize" is higher than the rest - creating a gap.

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I updated the padding so they all match, but the mega menu still doesn't stay open on hover. What did I miss?

if you go into x-ray mode, you'll be able to better see the containers of things. In this case - your solution based on what I was saying was the opposite - so I apologize for not being more specific. I meant, add 1.5rem top and bottom padding to all nav links - to remove this gap that you see that I'm pointing to in the screenshot below. Ultimately, the mega menu opens up at the bottom of the navbar - so we need to close up this gap.

Worked! Thank you for your help even in this late hour, and thanks for teaching me a new trick!

yes! πŸ™ŒπŸš€ Happy building!

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