wp-bootstrap4-navwalker

A custom WordPress nav walker class to fully implement the Bootstrap 4.0.0 navigation style in a custom theme using the WordPress built in menu manager.

This version adds the support for multi level dropdowns.

NOTE

This is a utility class that is intended to format your WordPress theme menu with the correct syntax and classes to utilize the Bootstrap dropdown navigation, and does not include the required Bootstrap 4 JS files. You will have to include them manually.

Installation

Place wp_bootstrap4_navwalker.php in your WordPress theme folder /wp-content/your-theme/

Open your WordPress themes functions.php file /wp-content/your-theme/functions.php and add the following code:

// Register Custom Navigation Walker
require_once('wp_bootstrap4_navwalker.php');

Usage

Update your wp_nav_menu() function in header.php to use the new walker by adding a "walker" item to the wp_nav_menu array.

 <?php
          $args = array(
		  'theme_location' => 'mega_menu',
		  'depth' => 0,
		  'container' => '',
		  'menu_class'  => 'nav navbar-nav',
		  'walker'  => new BootstrapNavMenuWalker()
          );
    wp_nav_menu($args);
        ?>

Your menu will now be formatted with the correct syntax and classes to implement Bootstrap dropdown navigation.

You will also want to declare your new menu in your functions.php file.

register_nav_menus( array(
	'primary' => __( 'Primary Menu', 'THEMENAME' ),
) );

Typically the menu is wrapped with additional markup, here is an example of a navbar-fixed-top menu that collapse for responsive navigation.

    <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md bg-dark fixed-top">
      <div class="container-fluid">
      <!-- custom calls to options stored in Admin section "Theme Options" to display the logo or not -->
      <a class="navbar-brand" id="logo" href="<?php echo site_url(); ?>"><img src="<?php header_image(); ?>" alt="Our Logo" class="img-responsive logo"/></a>
      <!-- custom calls to options stored in Admin section "Theme Options" to display the logo or not -->
      <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#jd-bootstrap-nav-collapse" aria-controls="jd-bootstrap-nav-collapse" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
      <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
      </button>
      <!-- Collect the nav links from WordPress -->
        <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="jd-bootstrap-nav-collapse">         
          <?php $args = array(
            'theme_location' => 'mega_menu',
            'depth' => 0,
            'container' => '',
            'menu_class'  => 'navbar-nav mr-auto',
            'walker'  => new BootstrapNavMenuWalker()
            );
            wp_nav_menu($args);
          ?>

        </nav>

To change your menu style add Bootstrap nav class names to the menu_class declaration.

Review options in the Bootstrap docs for more information on nav classes for responsiveness, theme and color http://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/components/navbar/

Displaying the Menu

To display the menu you must associate your menu with your theme location. You can do this by selecting your theme location in the Theme Locations list wile editing a menu in the WordPress menu manager.

To get the submenus to open on hover

Since Bootstrap does not support the click open of submenus add the following CSS to your theme's stylesheet

	```  @media (min-width: 767px) { /* change to appropriate breakpoint based on your menu class */
		  .divider::after {
		    content: "|";
		    padding: 0 4px;
		  }
		  /** make dropdown active on hover and fade in**/
		  ul.nav li.dropdown > ul.dropdown-menu{
		    visibility:hidden;
		    display:block;
		    opacity:0;
		    margin-top: 20px; /*  adds animated slide up */
		    transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
		  }
		  ul.nav li.dropdown:hover > ul.dropdown-menu{
		    visibility:visible;
		    opacity: 1;
		    display: block;
		    margin-top: 7px; /*  adds animated slide up */
		    background: #fff;
		    border-bottom-right-radius: 16px;
		    border-bottom-left-radius: 16px;
		  }
		}

The following jQuery will be used to add functionality to popper.js to open and close submenus when collapsed. Add to your theme's JS file

		(function($){   //Declare jQuery NameSpace

		//add show class on dropdpwns when clicked
		$(document).ready(function()
		{
		    $('a.dropdown-toggle[data-toggle="dropdown"]').on('click', function(event) 
		    {
		      var currentTarget = $(this),
			  parent        = currentTarget.parent(),
			  siblings      = parent.siblings();

		      event.preventDefault(); 
		      event.stopPropagation(); 

		      siblings.removeClass('show');
		      siblings.find('ul').removeClass('show');
		      parent.toggleClass('show');
		      parent.children('ul').toggleClass('show');
		    });
			});
		})(jQuery); //Close jQuery

Or you can omit the JS and not toggle the show class-