Bootstrap collapose, dropdown, clicks and hovers
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I have seen many implementations of bootstrap drop downs and collapsible elements. By default it is usually a click action, sometimes a hover on the desktop activates the drop down and a click on mobile devices does it. Sometimes a double click is needed on mobile devices, there seems to be many options and I cannot decide the best approach.
I have looked at a lot of code snippets on ways to modify bootstrap behavior, many do not really work well across all platforms. I usually try to go with the click to activate the drop down, but people often ask about hover.
I am interested in hearing other peoples thoughts on how they prefer to activate drop downs so it best works on desktop and mobile devices.
thanks
Peter
I have looked at a lot of code snippets on ways to modify bootstrap behavior, many do not really work well across all platforms. I usually try to go with the click to activate the drop down, but people often ask about hover.
I am interested in hearing other peoples thoughts on how they prefer to activate drop downs so it best works on desktop and mobile devices.
thanks
Peter
Hey Peter, I have just published a dropdown hover plugin, which works with the Bootstrap API, so it works fine on all platforms. You can also define the click behavior.
I hope you find it useful:https://github.com/istvan-ujjmeszaros/bootstrap-dropdown-hover...
I hope you find it useful:https://github.com/istvan-ujjmeszaros/bootstrap-dropdown-hover...
I think a combination of hover and touch can be an effective approach.
Here is an example of a hover and touch navigation that Mesuva posted on his blog.
http://www.mesuva.com.au/blog/technical-notes/a-sass-based-combined...