DiviMenus Flex
A powerful menu builder that brings the coolest design and popup to Divi!
Installation
The Divimenus Flex module is included in the DiviMenus Divi extension. If you have already installed DiviMenus, you can skip this section and start using the module.
In order to install the DiviMenus extension, you must first purchase a membership to Elegant Themes and install and activate the Divi Theme.
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The only difference between the “Divi Marketplace” version and the “DonDivi version” on our site is the License key.
Nothing to worry about!
I have purchased through DonDivi
If you have purchased this product at DonDivi, you will receive an email with the download link and your license key.
- Install the ZIP file into your website and Activate it.
- Introduce your License Key at DonDivi > Licenses and Activate it.
- Use the Check License button whenever you want to check the status of your License.
After installing this Divi extension, two new modules are added to the Divi Builder called DiviMenus and DiviMenus Flex.
You can think of them as two different approaches for creating the final menu-like design.
DiviMenus Flex uses CSS Flexbox and lets the browser to position the elements. This is the recommended menu builder for those who are used to work with Divi built-in modules.
DiviMenus, on the other hand, is the responsible for positioning the elements. This is the recommended menu builder for those who want to go one step further with absolute-positioned menus, such as circular ones or menus with titles near the menu items.
Please, choose the one that best fit your project. Whichever approach you use, you will be able to bring the coolest designs to Divi.
This is the documentation for the DiviMenus Flex module. The DiviMenus module documentation is available here.
Overview
The DiviMenus Flex module allows you to create* beautiful Divi designs using a menu-like builder in real time.
DiviMenus Flex is not just a menu module as the name suggests. Actually, you can use it to build a menu, but also to build grids, custom layouts, buttons inside images or videos, social sharing buttons, filter tools, content toggles or even to display popups and show elements. The possibilities are almost endless.
You can have a look at some pre-made layouts here.
DiviMenus Flex is fully responsive and compatible with the latest versions of Divi, the Visual Builder and the Theme Builder. Also, you can also take advantage of the coolest Divi features, such as the mobile options, the hover options, dynamic content for the destination links, etc.
* DiviMenus Flex is a powerful menu builder (i.e. you can use it to create new menus, not to render your WordPress menus). This module will allow you to create and customize new kinds of menus instead of only customizing existing WordPress menus as most menu modules do.
Getting Started
1. Go to the Visual Builder and choose the DiviMenus Flex module from the Divi modules list.
2. Click “Add New Menu Item”. This way, a dummy Menu Item will be added next to the Menu Button.
3. That’s it! Start editing your DiviMenu template by using the module fields as described below!
Logo
The logo is an image that you can display along with your DiviMenu. Next, we are going to explain how to add and customize a logo with DiviMenus Flex.
Behavior
You can control the logo behavior in the Content tab of the DiviMenu settings modal by using the following module fields.
Logo > Logo
Here you can choose whether a logo should be displayed beside your DiviMenu or not.
This field comes with all the Divi Options: responsive, hover and sticky.
It is responsive, meaning that you can display a logo for all devices or only for specific devices.
You can also display a different logo when the DiviMenu is sticky. You can do it, as you can already imagine, by clicking the Divi Sticky Option.
Logo > Logo Link URL
When adding a logo, chances are that you want to make it a link (usually to the home page). If so, you can enter the destination link here.
You can also choose whether the link will be opened in the same browser tab or not.
Style
You can customize the logo style in the Design tab of the Divimenu settings modal by using the following module fields.
Logo > Placement
By default the logo is located at the left of the DiviMenu. This field will allow you to change the logo position to the right, top or bottom.
This field is responsive, meaning that you can have different placement on different devices.
Logo > Horizontal Alignment
Here you can choose the horizontal aligment of the logo on the horizontal axis.
Default is Left. The horizontal alignment will be applied when the logo placement is top or bottom.
Logo > Vertical Alignment
Here you can choose the aligment of the logo on the vertical axis (Top, Middle or Bottom).
Default is Middle. The vertical alignment will be applied when the logo placement is left or right.
Logo > Width
By default, DiviMenus Flex applies a 150px width to the logo. You can use this responsive field to customize the logo width. You can use the auto value to display the original image size.
We recommend that you crop the image (if necessary) before uplading it in order to avoid display issues on page load.
Logo > Absolute Position
Enabling this field will change the logo position to absolute and will let the DiviMenu take over the logo space.
Chances are that you may want to use this field when creating mobile menus, especially when displaying fullwidth Menu Items.
Please have a look at this use case for a better understanding of what this responsive field does and when you should use it.
Spacing > Logo Margin
By default, DiviMenus Flex does not apply margin to the logo. You can add a custom margin by using this responsive field.
Advanced > Custom CSS > Logo
Here you can set custom styles for the logo container, such as the logo flex behavior or position.
Advanced > Custom CSS > Logo Image
Here you can set custom styles for the logo image, such as the image width, height or border.
Menu Item Link Type
When you click a Menu Item, something occurs. You can define this behavior by selecting a Link Type option as shown in the screenshot below.
URL
See also the URL Link Type documentation
This option is the most commonly used as you probably will want the Menu Item to open a destination URL.
You can enter manually the URL. In case you want to enter a existing post, page, project or any WordPress post, you can take advantage of the Dynamic Content option that the plugin offers, as shown in the following screenshots.
Once the Dynamic Content is selected, we only have to choose the link we want to add. For this example we will select the Post link and a list with the existing posts will be displayed as shown below.
This is the recommended way of entering your website URLs. Please, use this option whenever possible and enter manually the link for custom and external URLs.
Enable Active State
If this toggle field is enabled, the Menu Item will become active when the introduced URL matches the current page URL.
This is also useful when creating anchor links, as the Menu Item active state will change on page scroll.
Remember that in order to display active Menu Items, you first have to apply hover styles to them. This way, when the Menu Item URL matches the current page URL, the hover styles will be applied and the Menu Item will be highlighted.
Popup
See also the Popup Link Type documentation
This option allows you to show a popup rather than opening a destination URL.
You can pop up any layout saved in the Divi Library by selecting them from the Divi Layout select field.
Design
Since a popup is a Divi layout being displayed over the page content, you can create your popup in the Visual Builder, and afterwards save it into the Divi Library.
Popups can be a either a Section, a Row or simply a Module.
In order to ensure the best popup experience, the popup will keep all the styles and animations even when they are clicked over and over as showing here or here (please, click on some menu item and close the popup several times).
Location
You can use the Location field to change the popup position (there are 9 options). Default is center.
Popup Size
The popup will take up to 80% of the screen width. You can change this default value by going to the Design Tab -> Popup -> Popup Max Width (as of diviMenus 1.3). For example, if you want the popup to be full width, you have to change this field value to 100%. Same for decreasing the popup width.
DiviMenus will set automatically the width to the layout (Section / Row / Module) if necessary so that you don’t have to adjust anything in order to display the popup correctly.
Also, DiviMenus will restrict the width of the layout in order for the popup width to be smaller than the screen width on larger screen sizes. You can disable this limit behavior by going to the Design Tab -> Popup -> Limit Width on Large Screens.
Of course, you can go to the Divi Library and use the Divi Settings Modal to customize the popup size:
- Design Tab > Sizing > Max Width: For example, you may want your popup to be only 400px in desktop.
- Design Tab > Spacing > Margin & Padding: You may also want to change or remove the spacing around, especially in sections and rows layouts.
Note: The padding is part of the popup size, so we recommend that you use a background color in case your popup includes outer padding, in order to recognize all the popup parts.
Overlay
All Popups have a space around by default which is required to close them (you can add them a close button as well). You will notice that the pointer becomes an X there.
The default overlay color is Black 40%: rgba(0,0,0, 0.4)
You can customize the Overlay in the Design Tab.
Enter and Exit Effects
You can animate the popup both when opening and when dismissing.
Show
See also the Show Link Type documentation.
This option allows you to show an element rather than opening a destination URL.
This opens up a lot of possibilities related to visibility. Basically, you can design the elements of your page and decide which ones to show or hide when clicking or hovering a Menu Item.
For example, you can create buttons to show and hide elements, content toggles and visibility filters. You can also recreate menu sublevels, which are very convenient when it comes to menus! (remember that DiviMenus is not a module to render WordPress menus, it is a powerful tool that brings to Divi the coolest designs using a menu-like builder).
How to show and hide elements
Even though using this Link Type is pretty straightforward, we are going to guide you through all the steps so you can see how it works.
First, you have to select the Show option from the Link Type dropdown:
Element CSS ID
Type here the CSS ID of the element you want to associate with this item. You can bind any element of the current page to the Menu Item. Since DiviMenus 2.1, you can also bind multiple elements by typing their CSS IDs separated by commas.
Element CSS Class
Type here the CSS Class of the element (or elements) you want to associate with this item. You can bind any CSS class to the Menu Item, as well as multiple CSS classes separated by commas.
Show On Hover
Here you can choose whether or not this Link Type should be triggered when hovering over the menu item. If enabled, the element will be displayed on Menu Item hover and click.
Toggle Visibility
This is the expected behavior of the element when you click the Menu Item.
If the Toggle Visibility field is turned on, the element will become visible if it was hidden and the other way around.
If you turn off the Toggle Visibility field, you will show the element, no matter the previous visibility state.
Keep Visible
Here you can define the expected behavior once the element has been shown. If you turn on this module field, the element will be visible even though you click on another Menu Item, otherwise the element will be invisible.
This option is useful to reproduce the different steps of a procedure.
Hide On Menu Button Click
Here you can choose whether or not to hide the element when closing the DiviMenu. This module field is enabled by default
Hide On Page Click
Here you can choose whether or not to hide the element by clicking outside.
Initial State
Finally, you might want to set the element initial visibility state when page is loaded. By default is hidden.
Open URL
This field will be visible if the Show On Hover field is enabled and will allow you to open the URL introduced in the URL field rather than showing an element (or elements) when clicking the Menu Item.
This way you will be able to open a URL on Menu Item click and show an element (or elements) on Menu Item hover.
Keep in mind that this option won’t work on touch screen devices (mobiles, tablets, etc) in order to be able to show elements when tapping the Menu Item.
Also, if the Enable Active State toggle field is enabled, the Menu Item will become active when the introduced URL matches the current page URL. This is also useful when creating anchor links, as the Menu Item active state will change on page scroll.
Design > Enter and Exit Effects
You can animate the element both when showing and when disappearing.
Sub
See also the Sub Link Type documentation.
This option allows you to show an element rather than opening a destination URL.
Unlike the Show Link Type, this will not show an element from the page that is not related to the Menu Item. Instead, it will show either a Divi Layout or a WordPress menu that will be part of the Menu Item.
This is the preferred Link Type when it comes to show either sub elements, submenus or dropdowns.
Sub Link type: The easiest way to create a dropdown menu in DiviMenus!
The behavior will depend on the DiviMenu orientation:
If the orientation is horizontal, the sub element will be displayed over the page elements on Menu Item Hover and will disappear when hovering out the element.
On the other hand, if the orientation is vertical, the sub element will be displayed inline (or relative to) the page elements on Menu Item Click and will keep visible.
These are the module fields to show sub elements.
Content > Link > Source > Divi Library
Here you can select the Divi Layout from the Divi Library that you want to show as part of the Menu Item.
Tutorial: Creating a Mega Menu.
Content > Link > Source > WordPress Menu
Here you can select the WordPress menu from your WordPress menus that you want to be part of the Menu Item. You will able to style the menu from from this settings modal > Design Tab > Sub & Box Shadow.
Learn more in the Sub Link Type documentation
Preview in the Builder
You can preview either WordPress menus or Divi Layouts in the Visual Builder by using the Preview in the Builder field.
If you are previewing a Divi Layout, please take into account that styles can differ. The correct styles will be applied in the front-end.
We recommend that you enable that field to see how the dropdowns will look in the front-end and disable it afterwards (once you have finished editing it).
Learn more in the Sub Link Type documentation
Content > Link > Sub Width
If you are using a Divi layout, you should have already set a width, if not you can set the width here.
If you are using a WordPress Menu you can use this field to override the default menu width (240px).
This field is responsive and we recommend that you use fixed units (like pixels) in horizontal DiviMenus.
Content > Link > Sub Offset
The Sub Offset field will allow you to set the distance between the Menu Item and the sub element.
Content > Link > Collapsible
Here you can choose whether or not the WordPress menu should be collapsible if it contains submenus. If so, you can choose the collapse icon (for the open and close submenu).
You can click all the WordPress Menu Item to toggle the submenu as long as you haven’t set a URL for the WordPress Menu Item. If you have set any, you will have to click the icon since the Menu Item will open the URL.
Content > Link > Show Arrow
Here you can choose whether an arrow should be displayed. If enabled, these new field will be available:
The Arrow Direction will allow you to change the arrow direction (upwards / backwards). If the arrow is upwards, it will be located at the top of the sub element; if the direction is downwards, it will be located at the bottom of the Menu Item instead.
Content > Link > Open URL
This field will allow you to open the URL introduced in the URL field rather than showing an element (submenu / dropdown) when clicking the Menu Item.
This way you will be able to open a URL on Menu Item click and show an element on Menu Item hover.
Keep in mind that this option won’t work on touch screen devices (mobiles, tablets, etc) in order to be able to show the submenu when tapping the Menu Item.
Also, if the Enable Active State toggle field is enabled, the Menu Item will become active when the introduced URL matches the current page URL. This is also useful when creating anchor links, as the Menu Item active state will change on page scroll.
Design > Sub> Alignment
Here you can choose the aligment of the element. Default is center.
Design > Sub> Arrow Color
Here you can set a custom color for the arrow. Default is #fff.
Design > Sub> Menu Items fields
Here you can set custom styles for all the WordPress Menu Items.
Design > Link > Enter and Exit Effects
Here you can animate the sub element both when entering and when disappearing.
Troubleshooting
Popup Link Type not showing up
Problem: The popup option is not being displayed in the Link Type select field.
Possible cause: 1. You don’t have any layouts in the Divi Library. 2. You do have, but all of them contain DiviMenus.
Solution: Add layouts to the Divi Library.
This is also applicable to the Sub Link type.
Saved layouts not being displayed in the “Popup” or “Sub” select
Problem: The “Popup” or “Sub” select is not displaying a layout you previously created and saved in the Divi Library.
Possible cause: Your layout contains a DiviMenu (Elegant Themes does not allow to include a module inside the same module at the moment).
Solution: Use layouts that do not contain Divimenus for your “Popups” or “Subs”.
This is applicable to the “Popup” and the “Sub” Link Types.
Mobile & Logo: Fullwidth Menu Items do not take up all the screen size
Problem: The Logo is left or right positioned, the DiviMenu orientation is vertical and the Menu Items are fullwidth. When we open the DiviMenu, the Menu Items do not take up the entire screen size.
Cause: DiviMenus Flex uses CSS Flexbox to display the module elements. This is normal behaviour since we have a Flex container with two Flex items (Logo and DiviMenu) and the logo takes up some space.
Solution: Change the logo position to absolute so the DiviMenu takes up all the available space.
Option 1. Go to Advanced > Custom CSS > Logo, click the Divi responsive option, select the tablet / phone tab and type position:absolute;
Option 2. Go to Design > Logo, enable the Absolute Position field.
Advanced
CSS Selectors
DiviMenu ICON items
.dd-divimenu .et-pb-icon
DiviMenu IMAGE items
.dd-divimenu img
DiviMenu TEXT items & DiviMenu TEXT + ICON or IMAGE items
.dd-divimenu .dd-text
Menu Button
.dd-divimenu .dd-menu-button-content
Menu Button TEXT
.dd-divimenu .dd-menu-button-content > .dd-text-content
Menu Item
.dd-divimenu .dd-menu-item-content
Menu Item TEXT
.dd-divimenu .dd-menu-item-content > .dd-text-content
Active Menu Item
.dd-divimenu .dd-menu-item-content.active
Active Menu Item TEXT
.dd-divimenu .dd-menu-item-content.active > .dd-text-content
Custom breakpoints
You can customize your Divimenu for desktop, tablet and mobile from the module settings modal. The Divi breakpoints are 768px for mobile and 980px for tablet.
Also, you can use media queries to set custom breakpoints. For example, we are going to reduce the text font size when the screen size is smaller than 1160px.
@media only screen and (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1160px) {
.dd-divimenu .dd-text-content {
font-size: 10px!important;
}
}
@media only screen and (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1160px) {
.custom-divimenu .dd-divimenu .dd-text-content {
font-size: 10px;
}
}
In order to change the space between Menu Items you can use the margin property (please use margin-left, margin-right, margin-top or margin-bottom depending on your Divimenu orientation) and apply the style to the .dd-mi-w class. For example, this CSS code will reduce the space when the screen size is smaller than 1160px.
@media only screen and (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1160px) {
.custom-divimenu .dd-divimenu .dd-mi-w {
margin-left: 5px!important;
}
}
This way, you can use media queries along with the CSS selectors above to create custom breakpoints.
Videos
Introducing the DiviMenus Flex module!
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