I’m a complete newbie so bear with me :slight_smile: I want to open a pop up menu from within a reusable header. However, when I go into the workflow for the element within the header, which I want to use to trigger the pop up, there isn’t an option to show the pop up!? I’ve seen various answers t…

Did you put the popup inside the reusable element (header)? If you did, you can access the pop-up from the actions inside the reusable element. It will work on all pages.

Hello @martin.boronte Are you trying to access an element on your page from within a reusable element? Have I got it right? In general, a custom event is triggered on the reusable element from the page, but if the answer to my first question is yes, you have to use this plugin . What I mean is tha…

Thanks Eren, kind of you. Just before I go through your advice …in answer to your initial question, I want to open a pop up (menu) from within the reusuable header, on every page. The header only contains a single logo which opens the site’s pop up menu, so I’m wondering if it might be simpler/bet…

Hi there, @martin.boronte … you can do what you have described by using a custom state, and this post might help you get down a good path. [image] Showing a popup from a reusable header element Need help Hey Jen slight_smile You can do this by setting the state on the resu…

Isn’t that all you want to do? Am I misunderstanding the issue? [popup]

Thanks Eren, I did that very simple thing (putting the popup inside the reusable header element) and it worked perfectly. …which - in my COMPLETE naivety! - makes me scratch my head at why seemingly much more complicated plugins and custom states/events are recommended?

Precisely! I guess my only query is whether to have the logo in a reusable header or not - what do you think? Much appreciated.

Thanks Mike I really struggled to follow the instructions on that post. As a novice, it did seem a very overly-complicated procedure when all I want to do is open a menu from a link at the top of every page. @eren seems to have nailed it by recommending simply putting the popup inside the header, …

Yup, Eren is dead on that putting the popup inside the reusable element is the way to go if it works for your use case. I assumed (incorrectly, of course) that you needed to access a popup that wasn’t inside the reusable element, and that can be done by using a custom state. Sorry for the tangent, b…

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eren August 1, 2021, 11:40am 9

Happy to help! Of course, that’s what reusable elements are for! Reusable elements are great for anything you’re going to use more than once. I believe this post will be helpful.

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