nested menus: ensure title width is wide enough to accommodate children; fixes #54

js/main.js

@@ -35,6 +35,33 @@ var main = {
       });
     });
     
+    // Ensure nested navbar menus are not longer than the menu header
+    var menus = $(".navlinks-container");
+    if (menus.length > 0) {
+      var navbar = $("#main-navbar ul");
+      var fakeMenuHtml = "<li class='fake-menu' style='display:none;'><a></a></li>";
+      navbar.append(fakeMenuHtml);
+      var fakeMenu = $(".fake-menu");
+
+      $.each(menus, function(i) {
+        var parent = $(menus[i]).find(".navlinks-parent");
+        var children = $(menus[i]).find(".navlinks-children a");
+        var words = [];
+        $.each(children, function(idx, el) { words = words.concat($(el).text().trim().split(/\s+/)); });
+        var maxwidth = 0;
+        $.each(words, function(id, word) {
+          fakeMenu.html("<a>" + word + "</a>");
+          var width =  fakeMenu.width();
+          if (width > maxwidth) {
+            maxwidth = width;
+          }
+        });
+        $(menus[i]).css('min-width', maxwidth + 'px')
+      });
+
+      fakeMenu.remove();
+    }        
+    
     // show the big header image	
     main.initImgs();
   },
@@ -108,4 +135,4 @@ var main = {
 
 // 2fc73a3a967e97599c9763d05e564189
 
-document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', main.init);
+document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', main.init);