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WAI Fly-out Menus tutorial

Documents fly-out and drop-down navigation menus for site hierarchy, including submenu indication, aria-expanded state, mouse delay for imprecise pointer movement, keyboard-specific behavior, parent-as-toggle and separate-button toggle options, and alternate access to submenu items.

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Mega menu Choose a mega menu when a top-level section has a deep hierarchy or more links than a basic dropdown can comfortably present. Activating a mega-menu trigger opens the panel and updates aria-expanded on that trigger. WAI documents fly-out navigation behavior, submenu indicators, aria-expanded, pointer delay, keyboard access, and alternate access to submenu items.

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