Automatic merge of gitlab-org/gitlab-ce master

app/assets/stylesheets/framework/header.scss

@@ -304,7 +304,9 @@
   }
 }
 
-.caret-down {
+.caret-down,
+.btn .caret-down {
+  top: 0;
   height: 11px;
   width: 11px;
   margin-left: 4px;

app/views/layouts/nav/_dashboard.html.haml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %ul.list-unstyled.navbar-sub-nav
   - if dashboard_nav_link?(:projects)
     = nav_link(path: ['root#index', 'projects#trending', 'projects#starred', 'dashboard/projects#index'], html_options: { id: 'nav-projects-dropdown', class: "home dropdown header-projects qa-projects-dropdown", data: { track_label: "projects_dropdown", track_event: "click_dropdown" } }) do
-      %button{ type: 'button', data: { toggle: "dropdown" } }
+      %button.btn{ type: 'button', data: { toggle: "dropdown" } }
         = _('Projects')
         = sprite_icon('angle-down', css_class: 'caret-down')
       .dropdown-menu.frequent-items-dropdown-menu
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   - if dashboard_nav_link?(:groups)
     = nav_link(controller: ['dashboard/groups', 'explore/groups'], html_options: { id: 'nav-groups-dropdown', class: "home dropdown header-groups qa-groups-dropdown", data: { track_label: "groups_dropdown", track_event: "click_dropdown" } }) do
-      %button{ type: 'button', data: { toggle: "dropdown" } }
+      %button.btn{ type: 'button', data: { toggle: "dropdown" } }
         = _('Groups')
         = sprite_icon('angle-down', css_class: 'caret-down')
       .dropdown-menu.frequent-items-dropdown-menu

changelogs/unreleased/59117-inconsistent-hover-behavior-on-navbar-items.yml

+---
+title: Fix hover animation consistency in top navbar items
+merge_request: 26345
+author:
+type: fixed