How to Build a Mega Drop-Down Menu with jQuery
Mega Drop-Down menus are not new, they have been around for a bit, however most designers rarely get to use them. The reason Mega Drop-Down menus are not often used is that on most projects they are not needed, there is simply not enough volume, in terms of items on a menu.
Most web design projects might require drop down menus but only a handful of them have such a large selection of categories that they require a Mega Drop-Down menu. So Mega Drop-Down menus, are all about leveraging technology in order to display lots of items in a smaller, and condensed space. It is only with a client that has lots of categories and sub categories on their site that such technology is helpful, otherwise we might as use a regular drop-down menu.
Here are a few examples of good Mega Drop-Down menus. You’ll notice right away that size plays a big role here, both in terms of numbers of items on a menu and also in terms of the size of the overall menu:
Now that we are more familiar with Mega Drop-Down menus, here is a list of resource on how to build a Mega Drop-Down menu:
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sohtanaka.com |
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sitepoint.com |
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geektantra.com |
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javascriptkit.com |
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thewebsqueeze.com |
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blog.themeforest.net/ |
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