How to Config Magento 2 Menu Item – Magento 2 Mega Menu Tutorial

This tutorial will help you How to Config Magento 2 Menu Item for Magento 2 Store by our Magento 2 Mega Menu Extension.

There are 8 Tabs which need to Config Magento 2 Menu Item:

  • General Information
  • Dropdown
  • Header
  • Left Block
  • Main Content
  • Right Block
  • Bottom Block
  • Design

With this configuration, you can set the width of dropdown, position, animation, color, backgroud with image or not, menu types, …
In order to config correctly position of the menu which is displayed well on Frontend Menu. Follow us to check Magento 2 Menu Structure:

1. Set General Information:

At general information Tab, you should fill all information relate name, type of menu, icon, group or not, dimension, screen width, etc

1.1 Name: Set menu title. It maybe Women, Men, Fashion, etc.
1.2 Link Type: Category Link or Custom Link.

+ Category Link: It allows to add specific category link to menu. You can choose one of Magento 2 Category in your store. View more How to Add Category Link to Menu in Magento 2

+ Custom Link: Allows to enter your custom link, it supports Magento 2 Shortcode: If the link is http://domain.com/contact -> Magento 2 Shortcode is {{store url=”contact”}} 

1.3 Link Target:

+ Load in a new window
+ Load in the same frame as it was clicked
+ Load in the parent frameset
+ Load in the full body of the window

1.4 Show Icon: Enable to “Yes” or not. Upload Icon, hover icon for this item then update icon position

Hover Icon:

Choose Icon Position: Left or Right

Icon CSS Class: Allows to add class CSS for icon to make it more different.

1.5 Caret, Hover Caret: Insert Icon & Hover Icon Caret for Menu

1.6 Disable Dimensions: Enter the Width (pixel) want to disable, menu will be hidden when screen width less than the field value.

Bootstrap 3 Media Query Breakpoints:

Large Devices, Wide Screens: 1200px
Medium Devices, Desktops: 992px
Small Devices, Tablets: 768px
Extra Small Devices, Phones: 480px
iPhone Retina: 320px

Status: Enable/Disable Item

 

2. Config Magento 2 Menu Item Dropdown

2.1 Is Group: 

Set Yes/No

There are 2 choices: Yes/No

+ “Yes”: All Sub-menu items will be shown-off in the same level of parent menu without hovering on parent menu.
+ “No”: All Sub-menus are not shown with the same parent menu level. When hovering on parent menu, sub-menu Items just appears.

2.2 Width: Set Width for Menu Item Dropdown:

Ex: 400px, 100%

2.3 Show Effects: Set Animation of dropdown effect: It includes 9 groups & 44 effects

2.4 Show Duration (s): Set total time of effect in the second.

2.5 Alignment: There four alignment types for the menu content to appear

+ From left menu: menu dropdown content will appear from the left of menu bar to the right
+ From right menu: menu dropdown content will appear from the right of menu bar to the left
+ From left item: menu dropdown content will appear from the left of menu item
+ From right item: menu dropdown content will appear from the right of menu item

2.6 Background Options: background color, background image, background repeat, background position x, background position Y.

2.7 Background Color:
+ Background Image: Set Image Background for Dropdown Menu

2.8 Insert Image:


+ Background Repeat:
+ Background Position X:
+ Background Position Y:

2.9 Inline CSS: Add custom code CSS for this item. Semi-colon separated.

3. Config Magento 2 Menu Item Header:

  • Default width is 100%.
  • There are 2 choices: Enable/Disable
  • Top HTML: Supports WYSIWYG editor. Magento Widget, etc

4. Config Magento 2 Menu Item Left Block:

  • Width:Â Set width of your left block
  • Enable: Yes/No
  • Top HTML: Supports WYSIWYG editor, you can insert HTML code, Video(youtube, ,…), Magento widget,etc

5. Config Magento 2 Menu Item Main Content:

5.1 Enable: Yes/No

5.1 Width: Set the width of main content. (percentage or pixel)

5.3 Main Content Types: There are 4 content types:

  • Child Menu Item: Display menu item in the menu editor section
  • Dynamic Content Tab: Each item as a tab, the first tab is default active
  • Sub-Categories: Show all sub-categories by specific category

5.4 Child Menu Column: Insert the number of columns childmenu.

5.5 Content: Supports WYSIWYG editor: insert HTML code, Video(youtube, vimeo,…), Magento widget.

6. Right Block:

  • Enable: Yes/No
  • Width: Set Block Width: Fx: 100%, 400px.
  • HTML Content: Support WYSIWYG editor: insert HTML code, Video(youtube, vimeo,…), Magento widget.

7. Bottom Block:

  • Enable: Yes/No
  • Default width is 100%.
  • HTML Content: Support WYSIWYG editor: insert HTML code, Video(youtube, vimeo,…), Magento widget.

8. Design:

Customize the style of menu item: color, background color,…You will set color for:

 

  • Text Color:
  • Hover Text Color
  • Background Color
  • Background Hover Color
  • Inline CSS

When you config all above information, you should click “Update” before “Save & Edit” to ensure your content is saved successfully.

9. Clear Cache

Then Clear Cache: System -> Cache Management -> Select All -> Submit

 

This is all our blog “How to Config Magento 2 Menu Item”. We hope that it will help you well in the menu configuration for Magento 2

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