Mobile submenu on TAP (not just the arrow)

Hi there,

At the moment, Storefront doesn’t have any native functionality for that and it would definitely require additional custom coding. From a UX perspective though, if tapping the parent item is meant to open the submenu – users would not be able to access the *page* that the parent item is linked to (hence the reason for the arrow/chevron).

With that being said, have you considered increasing the size of the arrow to make it more prominent?

@riaanknoetze That is exactly what I told the person who owns the site. Users will lose access to the parent pages through the menu. I told him that increasing the arrow size makes it move visible, I did that but he went ahead and “tested” the website on three 50+ year old and they “couldn’t manage to figure out how it works”.

I am very aware of how it sounds, but I cannot fight it. That’s why I’m looking for solutions. Afterall, it is not my website.

@boxhatch I understand your frustration here, as I’ve dealt with a few customers when I was freelancing who had a specific goal for how their site should look/work and weren’t interested in much else. It’s their site, as you said, so they’re entitled to that.

In those cases, I had to custom code the functionality they wanted (though in a few cases they asked to change to the functionality I originanlly recommended after they received negative feedback). I think additional custom coding is the best option here, as RK said, if you’re not able to convince them of a different alternative for how the menus/submenus on mobile should work/function.

I’ll go ahead and mark this post as resolved. If you have any further questions or need additional help with the WooCommerce plugin, please start a new thread and we’ll be able to help you out there. Thanks!