The Primary Header Menu Component - Neve Header / Footer Builder
📝Note: This component is part of the Neve Header / Footer Builder.
The Primary Menu component is the easiest to use menu component, having a lot of customizations available.
🧰Using the Component
- 1
- Start by adding the component into the rows, by clicking on the ➕ button and selecting the component.
- 2
- Open the component's settings to customize it, by clicking on the ⚙️icon.
📝 Note: There are three instances available for this component: Primary Menu, Primary Menu 1, Primary Menu 2, however, the last one presents a different menu location than the other ones.
🔮Customizing the Component
There are three panels with customizing options for this component, which allow you to create the desired header / footer:
General |
Layout |
Style |
⚙️General Panel
When you click on the ⚙️ icon, the General tab will appear on the left side. From there you can add any widget from the library, by clicking on the ➕ button.
- create your Primary Menu - you will be directed to the Menus location in Customizer, where you can create / edit a new menu and assign it as Primary Menu.
- expand the first level of the dropdowns when the menu is in the mobile menu content - enable / disable.
📐Layout Panel
The layout options allow the following adjustments:
- Items Spacing - space ( in pixels ) between menu items.
- along with a reset button ( Desktop | Tablet | Mobile )
- Items Height -Top / Bottom space ( in pixels ) for menu items.
- along with a reset button ( Desktop | Tablet | Mobile )
- Padding - available in PX, EM, and %, with a link button that helps with establishing the same dimension for all the directions ( Desktop | Tablet | Mobile ).
- Margin - available in PX, EM, and %, with a link button that helps with establishing the same dimension for all the directions ( Desktop | Tablet | Mobile ).
🖌 Style Panel
The Style panel contains two areas of use, one regarding colors or appearance, and one regarding typography.
Custom colors for the Primary Menu items
- Hover Skin Mode - there are four skin modes available for the primary menu. These are styles that apply while hovering the menu items.
- Items Color - is the color of the items contained by the Primary Menu.
- You can choose one of the global colors ( theme's default colors ), by clicking on the 🌐 button.
- Active Item Color - color for the active Primary Menu items. ( An item is active when it links to the currently viewed page or to a section on that page ).
- You can choose one of the global colors ( theme's default colors ), by clicking on the 🌐 button.
- Items Hover Color - Primary Menu items color on hover.
- This will only be visible on the Desktop after you publish the changes.
- You can choose one of the global colors ( theme's default colors ), by clicking on the 🌐 button.
📝 Note: This is an article about Global Color in Neve.
Custom typography for the Primary Menu items
- Font Family - with a vast list of fonts to choose from.
- Transform - None / Capitalise / Lowercase / Uppercase.
- Weight - None / 100 to 900.
- Font Size, Line Height ( in PX / EM ), Letter Spacing ( in PX ) - along with a reset button ( Desktop | Tablet | Mobile ).
🗂Useful Resources
Different menu colors on Desktop vs Mobile
- Watch a video about using different menu colors on Desktop vs Mobile.