Thanks for the quick replies. I did get it to work on hover using this link's information<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8878033/how-to-make-twitter-bootstrap-menu-dropdown-on-hover-rather-than-click/8878666#8878666>, but there was a strange experience in that clicking to activate still also works (as I had wanted) but doesn't disappear (expected behavior for click to activate menu). So if I've clicked on one menu item to see the sub-menu, and then hover over another menu item nearby, the second hover-activated dropown sits on top of the click-activated dropdown. If I get rid of the click to activate, then there is no way for mobile devices to see the sub-menus
In the end, I was swayed to nix the hover dropdown for the following reasons: - strange user experience with click- and hover- where 2 menu dropdowns are open at the same time (noted above) - doesn't work on mobile - why limit yourself for the future? - (weakly) may be unexpected for some users. often referred to as "make the event explicit by requiring a click" Hope that's helpful!
