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derhaeuptling/contao-mega-menu
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Mega menu extension for Contao Open Source CMS

2.0.1(1y ago)313.9k↓30%5[1 issues](https://github.com/derhaeuptling/contao-mega-menu/issues)LGPL-3.0+PHP

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contao-mega-menu
================

[](#contao-mega-menu)

Contao Plugin that integrates a flexible and adjustable Mega Menu that drops down below the navigation.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Different Mega Menus can be added and managed in the Contao Layout section.
    As many as needed.
- Those Mega Menus can than be assigned to the Pages you need them for in the Contao Page Settings.
    For any page different Mega Menus are possible.
- In the Themes Naviation Module one of several prepared templates for the Mega Menu can be selected.

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

1. Navigate to Layout -&gt; Mega Menu
    Add at least on Mega Menu by clicking "new menu".
    Inside this menu, you can add Contao content elements to build the content of the Mega Menu.
2. Navigate to Layout -&gt; Site Structure -&gt; Edit Page
    Go to the page Settings of the page, that will contain the mega menu.
    In the section "Mega Menu settings" check "Enable Mega Menu".
    Select on of the Mega Menus you created in step (1.).
3. Navigate to Layout -&gt; Themes -&gt; Modules
    Go to the frontend navigation module you want to use for the Mega Menu.
    Select one of the available Mega Menu templates as "navigation template".

templates
---------

[](#templates)

These Templates are available.

- `nav_mega_menu_default`
     Simple css only full width solution.
- `nav_mega_menu_default_noHover_justClick`
    Only opens on click, but ignores hover. Javascript is used.
- `nav_mega_menu_default_outside`
    Places the Mega Menu outside the navigation html node.\\ This prevents the CSS solution to work, Javascript is needed, but not included in this budle.\\

    Use Cases of `nav_mega_menu_default_outside`:

    - place the Mega Menu wherever needed.
    - Transion beetween Mega Menus Contents or move whole Mega Menus around.
- more Templates when requiered

customize Mega Menu templates
-----------------------------

[](#customize-mega-menu-templates)

To customize the templates, css or js got to Layout -&gt; Templates. Click "new template" and select one of the `nav_mega_menu_***` templates, to create a copy you can build on.

###  Health Score

44

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FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance41

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 70.8% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~157 days

Recently: every ~165 days

Total

20

Last Release

397d ago

Major Versions

1.1.7 → 2.0.02024-12-09

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP &gt;=5.4.0

1.1.0PHP &gt;=5.4

### Community

Maintainers

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