When building a navigation menu in Framer, most builders use the default Mouse Enter and Mouse Leave triggers for dropdowns.
It's a quick way to get the animation. But it's also a common source of layout bugs.
The problem: Mouse Leave on the dropdown itself means if you quickly move your mouse off the dropdown even by a pixel, it collapses instantly. This makes interacting with nested links frustrating.
The fix is simple: apply Mouse Leave to the card container that holds both the navigation item and its dropdown.
This gives users a larger, more forgiving target area. The dropdown stays open as long as their mouse is anywhere inside that larger container. The experience is smoother, and the navigation feels more robust.
Do you rely on the default triggers, or do you always expand the hit area?
