Sample Theme 2.8 Move Menu Above Header

[sean nelson]

Looking to move header menu above the header. I've updated the code in the functions file:

// Repositions primary navigation menu.
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_nav' );
add_action( 'genesis_before_header', 'genesis_do_nav', 12 );

The css has got me a little perplexed. I've played with it so far but feels like I'm hacking it rather than doing things correctly.

Has anyone figured out the CSS updates to move the header menu to above_header in Genesis Sample Theme 2.8?

Thanks.

[Victor Font]

I'm assuming you can't see the menu in the before header area? The site header has a fixed position. The menu is behind the header. First, you have to move the header down by adding some margin-top:

.site-header {
    position: fixed;
    width: 100%;
    z-index: 9999;
    margin-top: 69px;
}

Next, you have to make the menu position fixed also. With position fixed, the float: right won't work any longer. You have to adjust the width to 100% and use text-align to move the menu back to the right. You also have to add color to the background or else you will see everything on the page scroll through the menu.

.nav-primary {
    clear: none;
    width: 100%;
    position: fixed;
    background-color: #fff;
    text-align: right;
}

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[sean nelson]

Thanks Victor. I had added the background color to see what space the menu was occupying. And applied margin-top:30px to site-header. Then text-align: center. Just felt like I was hacking it to make it work, so your suggestions helped me see that I was on the right path.

Only thing else I had to add... because I am adding content in the header right widget - removed the function to remove it - was some margin to the top (.header-widget-area) as it was under the menu bar at top, and then float it right because it was sitting next to the logo.

Prefer the menu in the header but using a mega menu that needs to go full width, so it was not an option in this case.

Then will remove the header right widget and menu at mobile and replace with wp responsive menu.

Thanks for the assistance.

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