From 9e6fef78d107d71d0c943c53292d562d58555a11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scanner <280983584+hivecommons-hive[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:58:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(navbar): clear pending hide timer before rescheduling in
 useNavDropdowns

Signed-off-by: scanner <280983584+hivecommons-hive[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 changelog.d/fixed-475.md                 | 1 +
 src/components/navbar/useNavDropdowns.ts | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/fixed-475.md

diff --git a/changelog.d/fixed-475.md b/changelog.d/fixed-475.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a737388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixed-475.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- fix(navbar): clear the pending hide timer before rescheduling in useNavDropdowns so leaving via the menu and re-entering no longer closes the dropdown (#475).
diff --git a/src/components/navbar/useNavDropdowns.ts b/src/components/navbar/useNavDropdowns.ts
index 06eb1ae..3e31a39 100644
--- a/src/components/navbar/useNavDropdowns.ts
+++ b/src/components/navbar/useNavDropdowns.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ export function useNavDropdowns() {
       };
 
       const hideMenu = () => {
+        clearHideTimeout();
         timeoutRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
           menu.style.display = "none";
           menu.style.opacity = "0";
@@ -179,6 +180,10 @@ export function useNavDropdowns() {
       };
 
       const handleMouseLeave = () => {
+        if (timeoutRef.current) {
+          clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current);
+          timeoutRef.current = null;
+        }
         timeoutRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
           const langButton = langSwitcher.querySelector("button");
           const dropdown = document.querySelector('[role="listbox"]');