I'm using Twitter bootstrap 2.3.2 and included a form in the dropdown menu.
Here is my part of code for the navigation menu
<li class="dropdown" id="menuLogin"> <a class="dropdown-toggle btn" href="login" data-toggle="dropdown" id="navLogin"><i class="icon-lock"></i> Login</a>
<div class="dropdown-menu span3" style="background:#0C0;">
<form method="post" action="<?php echo base_url().'login';?>" id="login>
<div class="control-group">
<input type="text" name="login_email" id="login_email" value="" placeholder="Email" class="span3" />
<?php echo form_error('login_email')?>
</div>
<div class="control-group">
<input type="password" name="login_password" id="login_password" value="" placeholder="password" class="span3"/>
<?php echo form_error('login_password')?>
</div>
<div class="control-group">
<div class="text-left" style="padding-left:8px;">
<input type="submit" class="btn" name="login" value="Login" style="background-color: #3498DB;" />
<a href="<?php echo base_url().'forgot_password';?>">Forgot Password?</a>
</div></div></form></div></li>
Ihave also tryed
<script>
$('.dropdown-menu input, .dropdown-menu button').on('click', function(e) {
e.stopPropagation();
});
</script>