Decrease Movement on the Sidebar

[Michael D’Onofrio]

Is there a way to stop the 2nd row of sidebars from moving when hovering over with the mouse? The movement makes it difficult to click which bar the user wants.

Thanks,
Mike

[Bill Robbins]

You can turn off the shrinking movement for the entire navigation, but I don’t believe you can just for the sub-menu items. Here’s how to turn it off globally.

1. Go to the appearance section of your WordPress control panel and select edit to open up the theme editor
2. From the list of files on your right, choose custom-js.php
3. Look for this spot:

   // navigation animation
   var timer = 150; //time in milliseconds

   $j(‘aside.sidebar .menu li a’).hover(function() {
   $j(this).animate({ marginLeft: ’25px’ }, timer);
   },
   function() {
   $j(this).animate({ marginLeft: ‘0px’ }, timer);
   });

   and delete it.

4. Save your changes and that should remove the shrinking movements in the navigation.

If you have any other questions, please let me know.

[Michael D’Onofrio]

Works like a charm. Thanks!

[Michael D’Onofrio]

Looks like the shrinking movement came back somehow even with the code deleted. Maybe it was because of the wordpress update.

How can I shut it off again?

[Bill Robbins]

Michael,

Any way you can send me a link to where you’re working with the theme so I can take a closer look?

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