Bootstrap: How do I make Dropdown navigation Parent links an active link?

Question

I am running Bootstrap on a WP install and have an issue with the url being stripped from the parent drop down nav item.

Here is the code. In menu-item-72 you can see that the href for our-team is just a # instead of a proper link.

<ul id="menu-primary" class="nav navbar-nav">
 <li id="menu-item-69" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home menu-item-69"><a title="Home" href="http://mostellar.opteradev.com/">Home</a></li>
 <li id="menu-item-70" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current-menu-item page_item page-item-6 current_page_item menu-item-70 active"><a title="About Us" href="http://mostellar.opteradev.com/us/">About Us</a></li>
 <li id="menu-item-72" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-72 dropdown"><a title="Our Team" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle" aria-haspopup="true">Our Team <span class="caret"></span></a>
  <ul role="menu" class=" dropdown-menu">
    <li id="menu-item-71" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-71"><a title="Katherine M. Conwell, CPA" href="http://mostellar.opteradev.com/katherine-m-conwell/">Katherine M. Conwell, CPA</a></li>
    <li id="menu-item-73" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-73"><a title="Ann S. Bowers, CPA" href="http://mostellar.opteradev.com/our-team/ann-s-bowers/">Ann S. Bowers, CPA</a></li>
    <li id="menu-item-74" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-74"><a title="John B. Mostellar, CPA" href="http://mostellar.opteradev.com/our-team/john-b-mostellar/">John B. Mostellar, CPA</a></li>
    <li id="menu-item-75" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-75"><a title="Lewis T. Shreve, CPA" href="http://mostellar.opteradev.com/our-team/lewis-t-shreve/">Lewis T. Shreve, CPA</a></li>
 </ul>
</li>
</ul>

What is missing from this to make it work? I have confirmed that the item is associated with an active entry.

Answer 1

By default bootstrap parent items on a dropdown are not clickable. Add this script to your page and now they will be:

<script>
jQuery(function($) {
$('.navbar .dropdown').hover(function() {
$(this).find('.dropdown-menu').first().stop(true, true).delay(250).slideDown();

}, function() {
$(this).find('.dropdown-menu').first().stop(true, true).delay(100).slideUp();

});

$('.navbar .dropdown > a').click(function(){
location.href = this.href;
});

});
</script>

Credit for this solution goes to http://wpeden.com/tipsntuts/twitter-bootstrap-dropdown-on-hover-and-activating-click-event-on-parent-item/

Answer 2

May 2018 this solution worked for me.

Go to your class-wp-bootstrap-navwalker.php file -> comment line 185

// $atts['href']          = '#';

And paste this code.

$atts['href'] = ! empty( $item->url ) ? $item->url : '';
$atts['data-toggle']   = 'hover';

Enjoy.