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5 Tips to Design Exceptional Mega Menus for Magento 2

These days, Mega Menus have become the new normal when it comes to in-store navigation. You can see them everywhere while shopping through your favorite online stores. They add ease and comfort to the overall shopping experience in a subtle way. If used the right way, Mega Menus can transform your store’s usability by elevating the navigation!

To help you do that, here are 5 tips to design exceptional Mega Menus for Magento 2 store:

Group like Items:

Knowing what goes where is the key to creating a great Mega Menu. Can a link to your “About Us” page placed under the “Products” section? Absolutely not. While designing the menu, you should ensure like items are grouped together so that it’s easy for users to quickly scan through your store.

Avoid Overcrowding the Menu:

You should avoid the temptation of filling in all the empty space with unnecessary menus and links. Just because something can go in the menu doesn’t mean it should. Clean menus are easy to scan and go a long way in elevating the overall shopping experience. While designing the Megamenu, remember this: ‘unnecessary links’ will be regarded as ‘annoying distractions’ by your ‘task-oriented’ visitors!

Add Images as & when Needed:

If an image is worth a thousand words, why not place them in the main navigation itself?! Mega Menus have the capability to accommodate images. You can place images of categories so that users can easily get through to them with just a single click. Images will add elegance and beauty to your main navigation in a subtle way.

Label Them Meticulously:

You should be succinct while labeling your menu items. If required, you can provide brief descriptions on the menu. Avoid using creative labels that are not commonly used by your visitors. Make sure each menu item is easily recognizable and that your audience can easily recognize all the labels at a single glance.

Avoid Using Drop-down with More Than 2 Levels:

While designing mega-menu, this is probably the worst mistake anyone can make. Drop-down menu items any more than 2 will ruin the usability and bring down the shopping experience of your store. Thus, while designing your mega menu – do your best to avoid using multiple drop-downs beneath a single menu item.

Final Words:
Navigation being an integral part of your store, you must ensure it’s seamless & exceptional. With a Mega Menu Magento 2 Extension, you can design visually engaging menus that are easy-on-the-eyes and user-friendly! While there are several mega menu extensions available out there on the internet, MageDelight’s Mega Menu stands out for the kind of features it offers.

If you are ready to take your store’s navigation several notches above what Magento offers by default – grab MageDelight Mega Menu today!

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