How to Create Richly Structured and Beautifully Designed Mega Menus with Elementor

Super Menu is a tool that gives you the flexibility to create stylish, powerful menus that are perfect for adding more navigation options and visual elements to your website. If you're looking to add creativity and personality to your website's navigation system, mega menus are an excellent choice. In this article, we'll go over how to create a large, richly structured and beautifully designed menu using the elementor mega menu. We will make theBread BakeryThe website template is used as an example to demonstrate how to create a mega menu in the header of a website.

I. Experimental functions required to activate the mega menu

Before starting to create a mega menu, you need to make sure that the following experimental features are activated:

1. Flexible box containers: Allows for more flexible layout design.
2. nested element: Multiple elements can be nested within a container.
3. menu: A feature designed for building mega menus.

take note of: When these features are activated, the existing navigation menu widgets will be replaced with new WordPress menu widgets and menu widgets. The new widgets are more powerful and support more customization options.

II. Creating a Super Menu

Mega menus are usually placed in the header or footer of a website, but can be placed in other locations as needed. In this tutorial, we will take the header as an example and explain in detail how to create a mega menu.

1. Create a header using the theme builder

First, create a new page:

Use the theme builder to create a new header title.

The theme builder offers a wealth of customization options that can help you easily design a header that matches the style of your website.

2. Adding menu widgets

After you have created the container in the header, drag and drop the menu widget into that container.

It is also possible to add a new container dedicated to the menu as needed. This ensures that the menu has enough space to be displayed in the header and does not clash with other elements.

3. Creating top-level menu items

We are based on Bread Bakery Website template for example, the menu will contain three top level menu items:Home, Our Bread, Our StoryThe

The steps are as follows:

• In the Contents tab of the menu, click Item #1.

• Type "Home" in the Title text box.

4. Adding links to menu items

Each menu item requires a link to the corresponding page. When adding a link to "Home", you can manually enter the URL of the home page, but it is recommended toUsing dynamic linksso that when you change the URL of the page, the menu link will also beautomatic updateThe

Linking the menu to the home page.The steps are as follows:

• Click the dynamic label icon next to the title text box.
• Select Site > Internal URL.

• Click on "Internal Links".

• In the Type drop-down menu, select Content.

• In the Search and Select box, enter the name of the page you want to link to (e.g. "Home"), enter a search, and select it.

Repeat the above steps for the "Our Bread" and "Our Stories" pages. In this way, the menu items will be linked to the respective pages.

5. View and adjust the menu structure

After completing the creation of the menu item, the header structure should look similar to the following:

• Home
• Our Bread
• Our Story

At this point, you can preview the appearance of the menu and adjust the position and order of the menu items as needed to ensure that the menu displays neatly and orderly on the page.

III. Adding design elements to the mega menu

A mega menu is more than just a simple navigation tool, it allows you to add a variety of design elements to make the menu more lively and interactive. In this section, we will cover how to add design elements to menu items such asImage or iconand thus enhance the visualization of the menu.

1. Adding drop-down content to menu items

Select a menu item in the "Content" tab, e.g. "Home".

Click the drop-down content switch.

This switch converts the menu item to a super menu, allowing you to add rich content to the menu item, such as images, text, buttons, etc.

2. Adding image widgets

When the drop-down content area is open, you can drag image widgets into it.

When the user hovers the mouse over this menu item, the image you set will be displayed.

The steps are as follows:

• Drag in the image widget in the content area.
• Select the image that appears when the user hovers over a menu item.
• Close the content area and save the settings.

This can be repeated for other items in the menu by adding a different image or other design element to each menu item. This will make your mega menu not only powerful but also visually appealing.

3. Previews and adjustments

In edit mode, you may not be able to see these images in action, so a preview page is needed to see how the mega-menu is actually displayed. The preview ensures that the design of each menu item is as expected and that all drop-down content is displayed properly.

IV. Summary

Mega menus are a great tool for adding creativity and personalized navigation to your website. With detailed steps and design suggestions, it is easy to use Elementor to create large, structured and visually appealing menus that provide visitors with a better browsing experience. To better realize these effects and unlock more advanced features, it is recommended to use theElementor ProIt provides more customization options and powerful tools to help you create professional-grade mega menus.