Magento 2.3 menu static block as dropdown

Question

Currently in Magento 2.3 the dropdown menu only can show the subcategories. I want to change this so that the subcategories are not displayed but only a specific static block.

Inside that block I want to create my own navigation with subcategories and other content.

How can I achieve that?

Answer 1

The following code should work when placed inside your theme's default.xml layout file:

<!-- Insert a custom container to the page wrapper -->
<referenceContainer name="page.wrapper">

    <!-- The custom <header> container is called my-header -->
    <container name="my-header" before="-" htmlTag="header" htmlId="my-header">

        <!-- Add a static block with an identifier of header_links_block -->
        <block class="Magento\Cms\Block\Block" name="header_links_block">
            <arguments>
                <argument name="block_id" xsi:type="string">header_links_block</argument>
            </arguments>
        </block>

    </container>

</referenceContainer>

<!-- Remove default navigation section -->
<referenceBlock remove="true" name="navigation.sections" />

Answer 2

Was this figured out yet. I'm trying to do the same: Replace the category dropdown with a drop down that, when hovered, will show custom block in a dropdown, like the subcategory does.