[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30686: Twenty Fourteen/Thirteen/Twelve Navbar submenu behaviour

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#30686: Twenty Fourteen/Thirteen/Twelve Navbar submenu behaviour
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 Reporter:  trenzterra    |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |    Version:  4.0.1
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 As you all may know, both 2014/13/12 themes require you to hover over a
 menu item in order to access the submenu item. This isn't a problem for
 desktops but for touchscreen devices this may pose a problem.

 I notice this problem has largely been addressed at least for the 2013 and
 2012 themes for Android, iOS and Windows Phone devices (see
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/24767#comment:35). However, on my
 Windows 8 tablet, it still registers the first tap as a click on both
 Internet Explorer 11 and Mozilla Firefox (Google Chrome works fine). I
 believe both browsers somehow do not declare whether the device is a
 touchscreen.

 In addition, for the 2014 theme, the (partial) fix isn't even implemented
 (I don't know how it got implemented for both 2013 and 2012 themes but was
 overlooked for 2014), therefore you will still find it hard to click on
 sub-menus if you're using an Android device.

 As for the 2013 and 2012 themes, I know that the Windows 8 tablet userbase
 is comparatively small, but I believe it will grow over the years. I'm not
 sure how this can be fixed in the mean time (since the hover/click
 behaviour seems to rely on a touchscreen detection), but I would like to
 suggest the following:

 - In the Twenty Fifteen theme, this issue seems to be fixed once and for
 all, as the dropbox arrow next to the menu item is a separate link.
 Clicking on the arrow itself will maximise/minimise the sub-menu, instead
 of linking you to the menu item itself.

 - However, the Twenty Fifteen theme's menu is only available at the side,
 instead of the top.

 - Thus, if the improvements made in the Twenty Fifteen theme could be
 backported to Fourteen, Thirteen and Twelve. It would be great!


 P.S. I'm not sure what to classify this ticket under, but I guess I will
 leave it as a 'bug' since the hover and click issues have not been
 completely addressed, especially on the Twenty Fourteen theme. The same
 behaviour occurs on WordPress 4.0.1 and 4.1 RC.

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