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Defining Navigation
The menu items for managing the content in the admin panel.
In the backend area, entries will be listed under the Content menu item with globals listed under the Settings menu item (by default). You may control this behavior using the navigation property in the blueprint file. The following code will set an icon and specify the order of appearance.
navigation:
icon: icon-pencil
order: 200
The following properties are supported by the navigation and primaryNavigation definition.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| label | specifies the menu label localization string key, required. |
| order | a numerical weight when determining the display order. |
| parent | links the navigation item to a parent item using a blueprint handle. |
| icon | an icon name from the October CMS icon collection (opens new window), optional. |
| iconSvg | an SVG icon to be used in place of the standard icon, the SVG icon should be a rectangle and can support colors, optional. |
To place an item in the Settings area, set the parent to settings. The category definition can be a string or a settings constant reference, eg. CATEGORY_COLLECTIONS.
navigation:
parent: settings
category: Collections
To place an item in the Content area, set the parent to content.
navigation:
parent: content
To place the item as a primary navigation item. A primaryNavigation definition is needed.
primaryNavigation:
label: Blog
icon: icon-copy
order: 500
navigation:
label: Main Menu Item
To place the item as a secondary navigation item. The parent property should specify the UUID or handle of a primary navigation item.
navigation:
parent: <handle|uuid>
To disable the secondary navigation, define the primaryNavigation for a single blueprint without it being a parent for any other blueprints.
primaryNavigation:
label: Page
icon: icon-magic
order: 500
You may also completely disable the navigation by setting the navigation property to false.
navigation: false
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