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Point a menu item at a\nproduct category and the panel fills itself with that category's sub-categories, their images and\ntheir links. Add a category in WooCommerce and it appears in the menu on its own. Rename one and the\nmenu follows.<\/p>\n\n<p>The panel works out its own shape. Two sub-categories give two columns, not four with gaps. Many\nshort lists spread wide; a few long ones go taller instead. Columns pack rather than lining up in\nrows, so a short category never leaves a hole beneath it.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Built for real shops<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Panels fill from WooCommerce categories and stay current<\/li>\n<li>Category thumbnails are used automatically, with a per-item override or none at all<\/li>\n<li>Coloured badges (\"POPULAR\", \"SALE\") on any item, with your own text and colours<\/li>\n<li>A \"See all 18\" link when a list is capped, so nothing is silently hidden<\/li>\n<li>Panels never grow past the screen: they scroll, with a soft edge marking there is more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Designed, not just configured<\/h4>\n\n<p>Over 230 style settings across 20 areas, each available globally, per area, per item, and per\nbreakpoint. Set a typeface and colour once under Global typography and the whole menu follows.<\/p>\n\n<p>Seven hamburger animations, nine arrow shapes, four panel layouts, seven opening animations, and\nfour mobile opening effects.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Mobile is its own design, not a squeezed desktop<\/h4>\n\n<p>The drawer opens full width with your shop logo. Tapping a category opens the level below rather\nthan navigating away, so sub-categories are reachable on a phone. The default pattern is hybrid: the\nfirst tap moves to a screen for that department, and everything inside opens in place.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Accessible<\/h4>\n\n<p>Full keyboard navigation, a focus trap in the mobile drawer, correct ARIA state, visible focus rings\nfor keyboard users only, and 44px touch targets. 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