I have a menu with dropdown submenus. I'm trying to close an item when clicking on another, so that I don't have multiple items open at the same time. In a previous question: How to Apply .nextElementSibling to the next item of a dropdown menu a user suggested that I take a look at the function called mutually exclusivity. How can I add it to my menu?
var dropdownBtn = document.querySelectorAll('.menu-btn');
dropdownBtn.forEach(btn => btn.addEventListener('click', function() {
var menuContent = this.nextElementSibling;
menuContent.classList.toggle("show");
}));
.menu-btn {
background: #e0e0e0;
padding: 10px;
margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px;
}
.menu-btn:hover {
background: #000;
color: #fff;
}
.drop_container {
display: none;
background-color: #017575;
transition: 0.3s;
opacity: 0;
}
.drop_container.show {
display: contents;
visibility: visible;
opacity: 1;
}
.drop_container > .item {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
margin-left: 10px;
padding: 10px 0px 0px 0px;
}
<div class="dropdown-menu">
<div class="menu-btn">One</div>
<div class="drop_container">
<a class="item" href="#">Contact Us</a>
<a class="item" href="#">Visit Us</a>
</div>
<div class="menu-btn">Two</div>
<div class="drop_container">
<a class="item" href="#">Contact Us</a>
<a class="item" href="#">Visit Us</a>
</div>
</div>
Store previously clicked menu in a variable, and clear it's class if another menu was clicked
var dropdownBtn = document.querySelectorAll('.menu-btn'),
lastOpened = null;
dropdownBtn.forEach(btn => btn.addEventListener('click', function() {
var menuContent = this.nextElementSibling;
menuContent.classList.toggle("show");
if (lastOpened && lastOpened !== menuContent)
lastOpened.classList.remove("show");
lastOpened = menuContent;
}));
.menu-btn {
background: #e0e0e0;
padding: 10px;
margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px;
}
.menu-btn:hover {
background: #000;
color: #fff;
}
.drop_container {
display: none;
background-color: #017575;
transition: 0.3s;
opacity: 0;
}
.drop_container.show {
display: contents;
visibility: visible;
opacity: 1;
}
.drop_container > .item {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
margin-left: 10px;
padding: 10px 0px 0px 0px;
}
<div class="dropdown-menu">
<div class="menu-btn">One</div>
<div class="drop_container">
<a class="item" href="#">Contact Us</a>
<a class="item" href="#">Visit Us</a>
</div>
<div class="menu-btn">Two</div>
<div class="drop_container">
<a class="item" href="#">Contact Us</a>
<a class="item" href="#">Visit Us</a>
</div>
</div>