Title: Dropdown menu issue
Last modified: October 19, 2016

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# Dropdown menu issue

 *  [kalecity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalecity/)
 * (@kalecity)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-issue-10/)
 * Hi everyone again,
 * I’m wondering if there is anyway around the following –
 * Currently, the boxes of my dropdown menus are right aligned to its parent, causing
   the first dropdown option to fall off the page (thus making the submenu titles
   illegible). I find it doesn’t matter what I do with the text, it still cuts off.
 * Is there anyway to have the drop down box align from the left border to its parent
   or is there some other way I can eliminate the problem?
 * Website is: spiritualguidanceaustralia.com
 * Many thanks! 😀

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 *  [Giorgio25b](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giorgio25b/)
 * (@giorgio25b)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-issue-10/#post-8326236)
 * I’m not sure I understand the problem.
    This is what I see on my screen: [http://www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/1729147/8d456ab8f75b9fbaf280c6741a90524f](http://www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/1729147/8d456ab8f75b9fbaf280c6741a90524f)
   Mind to explain or show a screen-grab please
 *  Thread Starter [kalecity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalecity/)
 * (@kalecity)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-issue-10/#post-8326620)
 * Hey, thanks for your response! Apologies for not explaining it properly.
 * Here’s a screenshot:
    [http://spiritualguidanceaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2016-10-19.jpg](http://spiritualguidanceaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2016-10-19.jpg)
 * The main problem is that you can not read the whole line of the submenu titles.
   I feel like moving the alignment of the dropdown should fix this.
 * Else, is there a way perhaps make long titles break up over two lines as opposed
   to one super long line as it current is?
 * Cheers.
 *  [Giorgio25b](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giorgio25b/)
 * (@giorgio25b)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-issue-10/#post-8327069)
 * try this code into your child-theme folder style.css
 *     ```
       nav.top-bar .sub-menu li > a {
           box-sizing: content-box;
       }
       ```
   
 * there is a way to break words into the menu items but it requires some work and
   maybe it gives side-effects.
    I don’t know this theme, I don’t even know why 
   I receive notifications about it.
 * Hope it helps
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [Giorgio25b](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giorgio25b/).
      Reason: code typo
 *  [Giorgio25b](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giorgio25b/)
 * (@giorgio25b)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-issue-10/#post-8327083)
 * Anyway, some of your menu items are really a sentence and that is not really 
   common.
    You can shorten up the name for the menu item and still keep the page/
   post title that long. In the menu settings you can change the label of the menu
   item, so it fits and it is also more user friendly on mobile.
 * Bye
 *  Thread Starter [kalecity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalecity/)
 * (@kalecity)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-issue-10/#post-8328610)
 * Great, thanks for your suggestions, I’ll give the code a whiz and hopefully that’ll
   fix it, if not, for sure I will consider the other options mentioned.
 * Appreciate your help! Thanks heaps again.

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