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Featured menu over image
This guide describes how to set up the Featured menu over image section.
Use this section to display an image or video overlaid with a menu of links on a page.
The previous image shows the home page of an example store. In the upper left, part of the Theme editor's Featured menu over image section menu is displayed. The section's Align content option is set to Center. This option centers the section's menu content.
For general guidance with modifying sections, refer to Sections overview and Shopify help: Sections and blocks.
Configure the Featured menu over image section
To configure your Featured menu over image section:
In the Theme editor, at the top of the page, use the theme templates dropdown menu to select a page that contains a Featured menu over image section.
Note
The section can be added to any page except Checkout, Gift card, and Customer pages. To add the section to the current page, select Add section > Featured menu over image. Refer to Shopify help: Add a section.
From the side menu, select Featured menu over image.
Select a setting described in the following table.
| Setting name | Description |
|---|---|
| Minimum height | Use the Minimum height option to select Natural, Full screen, 3/4 screen, 2/3 screen, 1/2 screen, and more. Use this option to specify the minimum height of the section, with options ranging from natural sizing to preset tall or short layouts. |
| Align content | Use the Align content option to align the section's menu content to the Top, Center or Bottom of the section. |
| Menu | Use the Menu picker to select a menu to display as a link list in the section. Note that the selected menu will not show dropdown items. |
| Mobile font size scale | Adjust the Mobile font size scale slider to set a font size for the section's text on mobile display devices. The minimum value is -2 and the maximum is 4. |
| Desktop font size scale | Adjust the Desktop font size scale slider to set a font size for the section's text on desktop display devices. The minimum value is -2 and the maximum is 9. |
| Display | Use the Display options to specify a style for displaying the section's menu items. The options are List, Paragraph, and List mobile, paragraph desktop. The List option displays the section's items as a list, with each item stacked vertically above the next. The Paragraph option displays the items horizontally, in a single line of text, like a paragraph, with each item separated by a Paragraph word separator. The List mobile, paragraph desktop option shows the section's items as a list on mobile display devices and as a paragraph on desktop display devices. |
| Paragraph word separator | Use the Paragraph word separator setting to specify a symbol to display between menu items in the section. The options are None, Hyphen, Emdash, Dot, and Bullet. To use this option, set Display to any option other than List. |
| Superscript | Use the Superscript setting to specify a prefix or suffix to display for each menu item in the section. To remove prefixes and suffixes, select None. The Index option prefixes each item with an ascending index number, like a numbered list. The first item is prefixed with 1, the second item is prefixed with 2, etc. The Collection products count option suffixes each menu item with a count of the total number of products in a collection. |
| Text alignment | Use the Text alignment options to align the text in the section to the Left, Center, or Right. |
| Maximum desktop width | Use the Maximum desktop width options to select a maximum width for the section's content on desktop displays. The options are 9/12, 10/12, 11/12, or Full. Note that this option applies when Display is set to Paragraph. |
| Uppercase | Use the Uppercase option to turn uppercase text on or off for the section's menu items. To use this option, set Theme settings > Typography > Headings > Uppercase to off. |
| Show menu images on hover | Set the Show menu images on hover option to on or off. With this option enabled, when a customer hovers over a menu item, the image associated with the item is displayed. |
| Dim other links on hover | Set the Dim other links on hover option to on or off. With this option enabled, when a link is hovered, a dimming effect is applied to other links in the section to help highlight the currently hovered item. This option does not apply to links displayed as buttons with an accented background color. |
| Default media > Enable default media | Set the Enable default media option to on or off. With this option enabled, the section displays the default image or video behind the section's menu links. The media item is visible until a link is hovered over. |
| Default media > Type | Use the Type options to select an Image or Video media type. The media type you select applies to media displayed behind the section's menu links. |
| Default media > Image | Use the Image picker to select an image to display in the section. To use this option, set the Type option to Image. |
| Default media > Video | Use the Video picker to select or upload a video to display in the section. To use this option, set the Type option to Video. |
| Buttons > Show links as buttons | Set the Show links as buttons option to on or off. With this option enabled, the section's menu links are displayed as buttons. |
| Buttons > Button style | Use the Button style option to apply the Primary or Secondary button style to the section's buttons. To use this option, enable the Show links as buttons option. |
| Color > Color scheme | Use the Color scheme picker to select a color scheme for the section. Refer to Colors. |
| Color > Use custom color scheme when media is visible | Set the Use custom color scheme when media is visible option to on or off. With this option enabled, when media is visible, the section's menu links area switches to a custom color scheme. To use this option, disable the Enable default media option and enable the Show menu images on hover option. |
| Color > Custom color scheme | Use the Custom color scheme picker to select a custom color scheme for the section's menu links area. The custom color scheme you select is applied to the menu links area when media is visible. To use this option, disable the Enable default media option and enable the Show menu images on hover option. |
| Theme settings | If available, select Theme settings to access additional settings for the section. Refer to Section theme settings menu. |
| Custom CSS | Select Custom CSS. In the CSS field, enter custom CSS styles to apply only to the current section. Refer to Shopify help: Add custom CSS. To apply custom styles to your entire online store, refer to Theme settings > Custom CSS. |
| Remove section | Select Remove section to delete the section from the current page. |
Note
To connect a metafield to a setting that supports metafields, select the Connect dynamic source icon displayed beside the setting in the Theme editor.
To learn how to connect a metafield to a supported setting, refer to Shopify help: Connecting metafields to your theme by using the Theme editor.