Navigation block without dropdown for submenu

Hi @audunmb – would a Page List block in the footer work for you, instead?

Seems to match the display you’re looking for:

Another workaround could be to manually add links using a paragraph block.

Otherwise, I don’t think there’s a simple way to remove the dropdown functionality of the Navigation Block, since it’s a key part of the way the block is built to work.

Thanks for the reply and suggestion.

> Otherwise, I don’t think there’s a simple way to remove the dropdown functionality of the Navigation Block, since it’s a key part of the way the block is built to work.

Why is that? It’s the block for adding menus? Menus have many uses, not only to add top level navigation. Though, the navigation block is very limited as it is now. Both with the hamburger menu option (bad UI in most cases) and this limitation on how to display menus. With non-FSE themes this isn’t an issue at all.

Are there any other blocks for displaying menus? Can the page list block you mention display menus? Listing all pages on my complex site won’t work.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by audunmb.

Why is that? It’s the block for adding menus?

Full Site Editing is still quite new, and some blocks are less developed/flexible than others.

There’s a GitHub issue here exploring how submenus in the Navigation block might be made more customizable in the future:

https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/23745

Are there any other blocks for displaying menus?

Not that I’m aware of in core, but you could try a List Block, which would display indentation on sub-items.

@zoonini Is there a way to connect the Page List block to a Navigation Block?

Hi @webgarten – the Navigation Block allows you to add a Page List to it, as seen here.

If you need further help with this in Twenty Twenty-Two, please start a new thread in this forum so volunteers can provide better assistance directly.