I thought I’d share several approaches to mobile menus that I created using native Bubble techniques. (See tooltips on “nav burgers” for names.) I don’t claim to have “invented” any of these approaches; I just compiled them into a demo page. Sudsy - Mobile Menus Sudsy - Bubble Editor Advantages: …

@anon65040322 , thanks for the reply and for scrutinizing things so well! However, it’s unclear what exactly is being demonstrated in the clip. Can you explain what’s happening so that I can try to reproduce? First, though, try again, as I did update the z-ordering recently. Thanks much!

hi its a problem with the animation, setting element offset. if clicked multiple times in succession

Also, @anon65040322 , what browser and version are you using? The position of the slide menu seems completely off. Plus, there appear to be rendering artifacts. I wonder if dispensing with the animation and simply doing a simple show/hide would resolve the issue; but without more detail, I can’t tes…

i used chrome and opera both same. artefacts are from my gif recording.

[image] anon65040322: its a problem with the animation, setting element offset. if clicked multiple times in succession Ahh, ok, I can see that now. Yes, I agree. It’s an issue with the Bubble animation. However, I think it’s quite unlikely to occur in actual usage - especially since the appr…

[image] sudsy: It’s an issue with the Bubble animation. yes, i think it will be the same on mobile, not really a big issue but this is one of the reasons i avoid certain animations.

You can still open external websites and pages by using the run javascript action from the Toolbox plugin. Just put in window.open(“url of where you want to go”);

[image] anon65040322: yes, i think it will be the same on mobile, not really a big issue but this is one of the reasons i avoid certain animations. I agree. However, it’s unlikely someone would actually tap the menu icon in rapid succession, so probably not a real-world problem. I certainly a…

@ryley.randall , thanks for the tip! I actually experimented with a similar approach initially. (I used JS in an HTML element, though - not the toolbox plugin.) My aim with this exercise was to come up with techniques that don’t require either JS or plugins. That said, I do think it would be nice to…

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Hi, @jheuer. That behavior is inherent in a Group Focus element. I used a similar approach to create the menu on the recently updated demo pages of my Sudsy Page plug-in.

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