Question

I am using float line menu for my wordpress site, I got THIS FAR with some help.

Now my question is how can I make the selected nav float line to be the same color as when you hover over the menu item? At this moment as soon as the mouse is off, it changes into default red.

This is what I’m trying to achieve:

When Menu 1 seleceted (after the click), the float line color should be #0f0

Menu 2 selected – #ee0

Menu3 selected – #05f

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Adding var currentSelected; above var sse1 = function () { and adding currentSelected=k; to the block below

  for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
            if (url.indexOf(a[i].href.toLowerCase()) != -1 && a[i].href.length > nLength) {
                k = i;
                nLength = a[i].href.length;
            }
        }

Will push the index of the current selected list to currentSelected.

So use it in your customHandleMenu function

var navigations=[
/* Nav 1 style */
{floatColor: '#0f0',
borderColor: '#0f0'},
/* Nav 2 style */
{floatColor: '#ee0',
borderColor: '#ee0'},
/* Nav 3 style */
{floatColor: '#05f',
borderColor: '#05f'},
];

function customHandleMenu() {
  // get nav selector
  var nav = $('#sses1 > ul');

  // get float line selector
  var floatLine = $('.highlight'); // .hightlight must exist at this point

  // get colors for the current page
  var defaultBGcolor = navigations[currentSelected]["borderColor"];
  var defaultBorderColor = navigations[currentSelected]["borderColor"];
  var defaultNavBorderColor = navigations[currentSelected]["borderColor"];
  // change background-color and border-color on mouseenter event

  $('.nav-item-1').on({
    mouseenter: function () {
      setColors({
        floatColor: navigations[0]["floatColor"],
        borderColor: navigations[0]["borderColor"]
      });
    }
  });

  $('.nav-item-2').on({
    mouseenter: function () {
      setColors({
        floatColor: navigations[1]["floatColor"],
        borderColor: navigations[1]["borderColor"]
      });
    }
  });

  $('.nav-item-3').on({
    mouseenter: function () {
      setColors({
        floatColor: navigations[2]["floatColor"],
        borderColor: navigations[2]["borderColor"]
      });
    }
  }); 

    /*
       ...
    */

    // put back default colors on the mouseleave event
    $('#sses1 > ul > li').on({
        mouseleave: function() {
          setColors({floatColor:defaultBGcolor, borderColor:defaultNavBorderColor});
        }
    });
          setColors({floatColor:defaultBGcolor, borderColor:defaultNavBorderColor});

    function setColors(args) {
        if (typeof args.floatColor != "undefined") {
            floatLine.css('background-color', args.floatColor);
        }

        if (typeof args.borderColor != "undefined") {
            floatLine.css('border-color', args.borderColor);
            nav.css('border-bottom-color', args.borderColor);
        }
    }
}

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To prevent the Float Line from animating onload, just follow the instructions commented inside the code

//slip.style.left = items[k].offsetLeft + "px";
sse1.move(items[k]); //comment out this line and uncomment the line above to disable initial animation

To create:

slip.style.left = items[k].offsetLeft + "px";
// sse1.move(items[k]); comment out this line and uncomment the line above to disable initial animation.

Also, you can optionally add

$('#sses1 li, #sses1 a').on('click',function(){ 
  $('#sses1, #sses1 ul, #sses1 li, #sses1 a').unbind("mouseout");
  $('#sses1, #sses1 ul, #sses1 li, #sses1 a').unbind("mouseleave");
  $('#sses1, #sses1 ul, #sses1 li, #sses1 a').unbind("mouseenter");
  $('#sses1, #sses1 ul, #sses1 li, #sses1 a').unbind("mousein");
  $('#sses1, #sses1 ul, #sses1 li, #sses1 a').unbind("mouseover");
  sse1={};
});

To your customhandlemenu function, to fully disable any unwanted animations while the page prepares to load.

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