Bootstrap-Dropdown Step 1

by Tilman Justen

HTML

<nav class="navbar navbar-default" role="navigation">
  <div class="container-fluid">
    <!-- Brand and toggle get grouped for better mobile display -->
    <div class="navbar-header">
      <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
        <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        <span class="icon-bar"></span>
      </button>
      <a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Brand</a>
    </div>

    <!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling -->
    <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
      <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
        <li class="active"><a href="#">Link</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
        <li class="dropdown">
          <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Dropdown <b class="caret"></b></a>
          <ul class="dropdown-menu">
            <li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
            <li class="divider"></li>
            <li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li>
            <li class="divider"></li>
            <li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li>
          </ul>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </div><!-- /.navbar-collapse -->
  </div><!-- /.container-fluid -->
</nav>

CSS

/*!
 * Bootstrap v3.1.1 (http://getbootstrap.com)
 * Copyright 2011-2014 Twitter, Inc.
 * Licensed under MIT (https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE)
 */

/*! normalize.css v3.0.0 | MIT License | git.io/normalize */
html {
  font-family: sans-serif;
  -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
      -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
}
body {
  margin: 0;
}
article,
aside,
details,
figcaption,
figure,
footer,
header,
hgroup,
main,
nav,
section,
summary {
  display: block;
}
audio,
canvas,
progress,
video {
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: baseline;
}
audio:not([controls]) {
  display: none;
  height: 0;
}
[hidden],
template {
  display: none;
}
a {
  background: transparent;
}
a:active,
a:hover {
  outline: 0;
}
abbr[title] {
  border-bottom: 1px dotted;
}
b,
strong {
  font-weight: bold;
}
dfn {
  font-style: italic;
}
h1 {
  margin: .67em 0;
  font-size: 2em;
}
mark {
  color: #000;
  background: #ff0;
}
small {
  font-size: 80%;
}
sub,
sup {
  position: relative;
  font-size: 75%;
  line-height: 0;
  vertical-align: baseline;
}
sup {
  top: -.5em;
}
sub {
  bottom: -.25em;
}
img {
  border: 0;
}
svg:not(:root) {
  overflow: hidden;
}
figure {
  margin: 1em 40px;
}
hr {
  height: 0;
  -moz-box-sizing: content-box;
       box-sizing: content-box;
}
pre {
  overflow: auto;
}
code,
kbd,
pre,
samp {
  font-family: monospace, monospace;
  font-size: 1em;
}
button,
input,
optgroup,
select,
textarea {
  margin: 0;
  font: inherit;
  color: inherit;
}
button {
  overflow: visible;
}
button,
select {
  text-transform: none;
}
button,
html input[type="button"],
input[type="reset"],
input[type="submit"] {
  -webkit-appearance: button;
  cursor: pointer;
}
button[disabled],
html input[disabled] {
  cursor: default;
}
button::-moz-focus-inner,
input::-moz-focus-inner {
  padding: 0;
  border: 0;
}
input {
  line-height: normal;
}
input[type="checkbox"],
input[type="radio"] {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding:...

JavaScript

+(function ($) {

    "use strict";

    var $window = $(window);
    var $document = $(document);
    var open = false;
    var $navbar = $('.navbar-nav');
    var bsEventName = 'click.bs.dropdown.data-api';
    var bsDropdown = $.fn.dropdown.Constructor;
    var bsClickHandler = bsDropdown.prototype.toggle;

    $navbar.on('mouseenter mouseleave', '.dropdown', dropdownHandler);

    function dropdownHandler(evt) {
        if (evt.type === 'mouseleave') {
            $navbar.find(':focus').blur();
        }

        evt.preventDefault();
        open = evt.type === 'mouseenter';

        $(this).find('[data-toggle=dropdown]').trigger(bsEventName);

        if (open) {
            $document.off(bsEventName, toggle, bsClickHandler);
        } else {
            $document.on(bsEventName, toggle, bsClickHandler);
        }

        return false;
    }
})(window.jQuery);