Superfish, hoverIntent and jQuery

  • I’m not sure if this is the best place for this post but here goes.

    I’m just wrapping up testing a theme which is using superfish for the menu system. I noticed that superfish.js has been going through some updates this year due to compatibility issues with jQuery 1.9.0.

    I tried the new superfish.js version 1.511 and have had some issues with it.

    After some testing I have come to the following conclusions :

    Older versions of superfish (I use 1.4.8) are not compatible with jQuery 1.9.0. When WordPress updates to a new jQuery there could be a lot of problems, as I’m sure there are quite a few themes using superfish.

    The new version of superfish 1.5.11 is needed for jQuery 1.9.0 and it is compatible with jQuery 1.8.3 (current WordPress version) but not with the existing version of hoverIntent. A patched version of hoverIntent must be used see it here.

    I thought I’d post this to see if other theme authors have run into the same issue, and if WordPress is looking into it. A simple fix wold be to update to the patched version of hoverIntent, provided it does not cause other issues.

    I tested it and did with 3.5.1 and not see any problems in the admin area, but then I’d hardly call myself an expert.

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  • Thread Starter kevinhaig

    (@kevinhaig)

    @susansalleh

    I have since updated my two themes to the latest superfish, and the hoverintent supplied by WordPress works fine.

    The upgrade to the latest superfish will likely require some css changes by your theme author.

    Thanks Kevin for the reply.

    I’m afraid I’m only a user and don’t know much code. In the theme on my site, I only see a file called superfish.js and a function that is called in the main html page.

    So all I need to do is to download the latest superfish.js file and replace the existing one? Would you be able to point me to the latest version of superfish.js?

    Many thanks.

    Thread Starter kevinhaig

    (@kevinhaig)

    There will likely be some css code changes involved.

    Can you give me your site address(s) so I might take a look.

    Also what theme are you referring to?

    Hi Kevin,

    Thanks for the offer. I have managed to upgrade to the latest version of superfish but the problem is still there.

    I have now managed to trace that a plug-in (wp user frontend) is causing the problem.

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