How to Create a Mobile Collapsing Nested Menu with Divi’s Theme Builder

A while back, we shared a mobile menu hack that helps you create a collapsing nested menu. We know many of you have used it, but with the new Divi Theme Builder, the approach becomes slightly different. In today’s tutorial, we’ll show you how to apply a mobile collapsing effect to the Menu Module inside the Divi Theme Builder. There are three main parts to this tutorial:

• Setting up your menu and assigning the correct classes to your menu items
• Building your menu using the Theme Builder and Menu Module
• Adding the custom code inside the Theme Builder

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Preview

Before we dive into the tutorial, let’s take a quick look at the outcome across different screen sizes.

Mobile

Desktop

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1. Set up Your Menu

Add Menu Items & Sub Menu Items

The first thing you need to do is create your menu. Add the sub items of your choice.

Add CSS Class Option

Once you’ve added the menu items, you can enable the CSS classes option by clicking on ‘Screen Options’ and enabling ‘CSS Classes’.

Add CSS Class to First-Level Menu Items Containing Sub Menu Items

Continue by adding a CSS class to the first level menu items that contain sub menu items. In this example, that means adding the CSS class to the ‘Service’ and ‘Portfolio’ menu items.

• CSS Classes: first-level

Add CSS Class to Second-Level Menu Items & Save Menu

Then, assign a different CSS class to the second-level menu items in your menu. Make sure you add this CSS class to the second-level menu items only (in case you’re adding more levels). Later on this tutorial, we’ll use this CSS class and the one we’ve assigned to the first level menu items to create the collapsing nested menu.

• CSS Classes: second-level

2. Go to Divi Theme Builder & Start Building Global Header

Go to Divi Theme Builder

The next part of this tutorial focuses on creating the header design. If you want to make the nested technique apply to a header that you’ve already built (using the Menu Module), you can skip this step and go to the tutorial’s last part. If you want to recreate the design, keep following the steps. Go to the Divi Theme Builder.

Start Building Global Header

Start building your global header next.

Section Settings

Spacing

Inside the template editor, you’ll notice a section. Open that section and remove all default top and bottom padding.

• Top Padding: 0px
• Bottom Padding: 0px

Z Index

Increase the section’s z index as well.

• Z Index: 99999

Add New Row

Column Structure

Continue by adding a new row to the section using the following column structure:

Sizing

Without adding any modules yet, open the row settings and allow the row to take up the screen’s entire width.

• Use Custom Gutter Width: Yes
• Gutter Width: 1
• Equalize Column Heights: Yes
• Width: 100%
• Max Width: 100%

Spacing

Remove all default top and bottom padding next.

• Top Padding: 0px
• Bottom Padding: 0px

Main Element

Make sure all modules appear next to each other on smaller screen sizes by adding one single line of CSS code to the row’s main element too.

display: flex;

Column 1

Spacing

Then, open the column 1 settings and add some custom top and bottom padding.

• Top Padding: 20px
• Bottom Padding: 20px

Border

Add some border radius too.

• Top Right: 100px
• Bottom Right: 100px

Box Shadow

And complete the column 1 settings by adding a subtle box shadow.

• Box Shadow Horizontal Position: 20px
• Box Shadow Blur Strength: 50px
• Shadow Color: rgba(0,0,0,0.15)

Column 2

Spacing

Open the second column’s settings next and add some top and bottom padding.

• Top Padding: 20px
• Bottom Padding: 20px

Column 3

Gradient Background

On to the next and last column. Add a gradient background.

• Color 1: #26c699
• Color 2: #abe02f
• Gradient Direction: 116deg

Spacing

Add some custom top and bottom padding next.

• Top Padding: 20px
• Bottom Padding: 20px

Border

Then, go to the border settings and make the following changes:

• Top Left: 100px
• Bottom Left: 100px

Box Shadow

Complete the column settings by adding a box shadow.

• Box Shadow Horizontal Position: -26px
• Box Shadow Vertical Position: 0px
• Shadow Color: #d2ff0c

Add Image Module to Column 1

Upload Logo

Time to add modules, starting with an Image Module in column 1. Upload your logo.

Alignment

Change the module’s image alignment next.

• Image Alignment: Center

Sizing

Complete the module’s settings by changing the width across different screen sizes.

• Width: 120px (Desktop), 80px (Tablet & Phone)

Add Menu Module to Column 2

Select Menu

In column 2, the only module we need is a Menu Module. Select the menu you’ve created in the first part of this tutorial.

Remove Background Color

Remove the module’s background color next.

Layout

Then, change the layout settings.

• Style: Centered
• Dropdown Menu Direction: Downwards

Menu Text

Style the menu text as well.

• Menu Font: Montserrat
• Menu Font Weight: Medium
• Menu Text Color: #000000
• Menu Text Size: 13px
• Menu Letter Spacing: 1px

Dropdown Menu

Continue by changing some colors in the dropdown menu settings.

• Dropdown Menu Background Color: #ffffff
• Dropdown Menu Line Color: #000000

Icons

And complete the module’s settings by changing the hamburger menu icon color in the icons settings.

• Hamburger Menu Icon Color: #000000

Add Text Module to Column 3

Add Content

On to the next and last module, which is a Text Module in column 3. Add some copy of your choice.

Add Link

Add a link to the module next.

• Module Link URL: #

Text Settings

Move on to the design tab and change the text settings accordingly:

• Text Font: Montserrat
• Text Font Weight: Semi Bold
• Text Color: #ffffff
• Text Size: 16px
• Text Line Height: 1em
• Text Alignment: Center

Spacing

Complete the module’s settings by adding some topmargin.

• Top Margin: 10px

3. Add Functionality to Menu Using a Code Module

Add Code Module to Column 2

Once you’ve completed the design of your header, it’s time to add the custom code that’ll transform the mobile menu into a collapsing nested menu. Add a Code Module to the second column (or anywhere else).

Insert CSS & JQuery Code

Then, add the CSS and JQuery code. Make sure you place the CSS code between style tags and the JQuery code between script tags.

.et_mobile_menu .first-level > a {
background-color: transparent;
position: relative;
}
.et_mobile_menu .first-level > a:after {
font-family: 'ETmodules';
content: '\4c';
font-weight: normal;
position: absolute;
font-size: 16px;
top: 13px;
right: 10px;
}
.et_mobile_menu .first-level > .icon-switch:after{
content: '\4d';
}
.second-level {
display: none;
}
.reveal-items {
display: block;
}
.et_mobile_menu {
margin-top: 20px;
width: 230%;
margin-left: -65%;
}

(function($) {
      
function setup_collapsible_submenus() {
    
var FirstLevel = $('.et_mobile_menu .first-level > a');
  
FirstLevel.off('click').click(function() {
$(this).attr('href', '#');  
$(this).parent().children().children().toggleClass('reveal-items');
$(this).toggleClass('icon-switch');
});
  

}
      
$(window).load(function() {
setTimeout(function() {
setup_collapsible_submenus();
}, 700);
});
 
})(jQuery);

4. Turn Off Dynamic Icons in the Divi Settings

To make sure the icons appear inside your menu, you’ll have to turn off Dynamic Icons by navigating to Divi > Theme Options > Performance and toggling the Dynamic Icons option.

Preview

Now that we’ve gone through all the steps, let’s take a final look at the outcome across different screen sizes.

Mobile

Desktop

Final Thoughts

In this post, we showed you how to make a collapsing nested menu apply to your global header inside the Theme Builder. We started by creating the primary menu bar, continued by designing our header inside the Theme Builder using the Menu Module and completed the tutorial by adding the custom code that makes the effect work. We hope you’ve enjoyed this tutorial and if you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment in the comment section below!

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