{"id":2531,"date":"2021-08-11T12:15:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T12:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2021-10-20T09:35:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T09:35:25","slug":"what-is-a-mega-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/glossary\/what-is-a-mega-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Mega Menu?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <strong>Mega Menu<\/strong> is an expandable menu that displays navigation options to site visitors in a large, rectangular group. This option replaces scrolling and using icons, tooltips, and typography to explain user choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Use a Mega Menu?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A Mega Menu is a type of dropdown, expandable Menu that displays many choices in a two-dimensional layout. Mega Menus can improve site navigability, but this should be A\/B tested. The Menu serves to help users find more so that you can sell more or meet other business goals, such as for a site sharing important governmental or non-profit information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>When to Use a Mega Menu?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A Mega Menu is a perfect design choice for accommodating a large number of options. The design is also great in providing enough space for images and other rich content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, images in these menus can help users pick the right choice for them. Finally, mega menus are optimal for showing lower or multiple-level site pages at a glance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Characteristics of a Mega Menu<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following are some of the characteristics included in a Mega Menu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Large,&nbsp;2D panels&nbsp;are divided into&nbsp;navigation option groups.<\/li><li>Navigation choices&nbsp;are structured&nbsp;through typography, layout, and sometimes icons.<\/li><li>Everything is&nbsp;visible at once, with no scrolling required.<\/li><li>Menu options are revealed on&nbsp;hover, click, or tap.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Mega Menu is an expandable menu that displays navigation options to site visitors in a large, rectangular group. This option replaces scrolling and using icons, tooltips, and typography to explain user choices. Why Use a Mega Menu? A Mega Menu is a type of dropdown, expandable Menu that displays many choices in a two-dimensional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1292159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,30,29,31],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-2531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glossary","category-elementor","category-web-design","category-wordpress","tag-build"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1292159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2532,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531\/revisions\/2532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}