# Set up drop-down or mega menu menus in your online store You can use drop-down menus to group products, collections, or pages together and make it easier for customers to navigate your online store. For example, if you have a lot of products then you might want to add them to collections and then use a drop-down menu from the main menu to organize the collections. This can help a customer to find the type of products that they're looking for. Setup menu type to Mega Menu in header setting in shopify theme editor. ![](https://16317214-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F7B3IJeztKkmI6RdD8j2l%2Fuploads%2FxwurBVFuz00r0KRPnGS4%2F0.jpeg?alt=media) You can also [add, remove, or edit menu items](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/menus-and-links/editing-menus) in drop-down menus, or in your online store's default menus. **Note** Footer menus can only display top level items, meaning drop-down menus can't be used in your online store footer. You can view and change your online store navigation from the [Navigation](https://admin.shopify.com/menus) page in your Shopify admin. **Note** In most cases, you need to create an item before you can link to it. For example, you need to [create a collection](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/products/collections) before you can add it to a menu. ### **On this page** * [Nesting menu items to build drop-down menus](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/menus-and-links/drop-down-menus#nesting-menu-items-to-build-drop-down-menus) * [Add a drop-down menu from the main menu](#id-968zl5vd22rr) ### **Nesting menu items to build drop-down menus** You can build drop-down menus by creating or moving menu items so that they're "nested" below a top-level item. The top-level item appears in the main menu on your online store, and the nested menu items appear in a drop-down menu: ![Picture showing the top-level item and two levels of nested menus in the Online Store > Navigation section of the Shopify admin](https://16317214-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F7B3IJeztKkmI6RdD8j2l%2Fuploads%2FpWboVAgHqzKqHTQwLCCD%2F1.png?alt=media) The top-level item can have up to two levels of nested drop-down menus. All themes will display nested items as drop-down menus from the main menu, and some themes will display nested items as drop-down menus in other locations. The appearance and location of the main menu and drop-down menus in your online store depend on your online store's [theme](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/themes). Some themes will display an icon beside the name of a drop-down menu in the main menu to help customers recognize that a drop-down menu is there. **Note** Make sure that you [update your theme](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/themes/managing-themes/updating-themes) so that it displays all three menu levels on your online store. You can [add a drop-down menu](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/menus-and-links/drop-down-menus) from any of the menu items in the main menu. **Tip** To see more videos, visit shopify [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSG_dVp-hi_hWP-Z7DlpRgQ). ### **Add a drop-down menu from the main menu** **Steps:** #### **Desktop** 1. From your Shopify admin, go to [Online Store > Navigation](https://admin.shopify.com/menus). 2. Click the name of your main menu. 3. Choose one of the menu items to be the header for your drop-down menu, or add a new menu item to be the header. If you don't want the header to link to anything, then you can enter # in the Link field when you add the menu item. 4. Add menu items to include in the new drop-down menu. Click Add menu item, enter the name of the menu item, and enter or select a destination for the link. 5. Click and drag the menu items to nest below the header item. 6. Click Save menu. **Note** You can change the default main menu for most themes by editing the settings in the theme's Header section.