Laravel 5 Menus

• Upgrades
• Installation
• Creating A Menu
  • Menu Item
  • Menu Dropdown
  • Menu Dropdown Milti Level
  • Menu Divider
  • Dropdown Header
  • Ordering Menu Item
  • Make Lots of Menu
• Menu Presenter
  • The Available Presenter
  • Make A Custom Presenter
  • Register A New Menu Style
• View Presenter
  • The Available View Presenter
• Rendering Menu
• Menu Inheritance
  • Menu Instance
  • Finding Menu Item
  • Modifying Menu

Upgrades

To 2.0.10

• Add new ordering config key in your config/menus.php file and set the value to false.

return [
	// --more code here--
	'ordering' => false
];
```

<a name="installation"></a>
## Installation

You can install the through composer command line.

```
composer require sclaravel/menus
```

After the package installed, add a new service provider to the `providers` array in `config/app.php` file.

```php
'providers' => array(
	TysonLaravel\Menus\MenusServiceProvider::class,
),
```

Add new alias for `Menu` facade to the `aliases` array at the same file.

```php
'aliases' => array(
	'Menu' => TysonLaravel\Menus\MenuFacade::class,
)
```

Then, publish package's assets by running:

```
php artisan vendor:publish
```

<a name="creating-a-menu"></a>
## Creating A Menu

You can define your menus in `app/Support/menus.php` file. That file will loaded automatically by this package.

To create a menu, simply call the `create` method from `Menu` facade. The first parameter is the menu name and the second parameter is callback for defining menu items.

```php
Menu::create('navbar', function($menu)
{
	// define your menu items here
});

Since version 2.1.1, you may also create a menu via make method.

Menu::make('navbar', function($menu)
{
	// define your menu items here
});

Menu Item

As explained before, we can defining menu item in the callback by accessing $menu variable, which the variable is instance of TysonLaravel\Menus\MenuBuilder class.

To defining a plain URL, you can use ->url() method.

Menu::create('navbar', function($menu)
{
              // URL , Title,  Attributes
	$menu->url('home', 'Home', ['target' => 'blank']);
});

If you have named route, you define the menu item by calling ->route() method.

Menu::create('navbar', function($menu)
{
	$menu->route(
		'users.show', // route name
		'View Profile', // title
		['id' => 1], // route parameters
		['target' => 'blank'] // attributes
	);
});

You can also defining the menu item via array by calling ->add() method.

Menu::create('navbar', function($menu)
{
	$menu->add([
		'url' => 'about',
		'title' => 'About',
		'attributes' => [
			'target' => '_blank'
		]
	]);

	$menu->add([
		'route' => ['profile', ['user' => 'gravitano']],
		'title' => 'Visit My Profile',
		'attributes' => [
			'target' => '_blank'
		]
	]);
});

Menu Dropdown

To create a dropdown menu, you can call to ->dropdown() method and passing the first parameter by title of dropdown and the second parameter by closure callback that retrive $sub variable. The $sub variable is the the instance of TysonLaravel\Menus\MenuItem class.

Menu::create('navbar', function($menu)
{
	$menu->url('/', 'Home');
	$menu->dropdown('Settings', function ($sub) {
		$sub->url('settings/account', 'Account');
		$sub->url('settings/password', 'Password');
		$sub->url('settings/design', 'Design');
	});
});

Menu Dropdown Multi Level

You can also create a dropdown inside dropdown by using ->dropdown() method. This will allow to to create a multilevel menu items.

Menu::create('navbar', function($menu)
{
	$menu->url('/', 'Home');
	$menu->dropdown('Account', function ($sub) {
		$sub->url('profile', 'Visit My Profile');
		$sub->dropdown('Settings', function ($sub) {
			$sub->url('settings/account', 'Account');
			$sub->url('settings/password', 'Password');
			$sub->url('settings/design', 'Design');
		});
		$sub->url('logout', 'Logout');
	});
});

Menu Divider

You may also define a divider for each menu item. You can divide between menu item by using ->divider() method.

Menu::create('navbar', function($menu)
{
	$menu->url('/', 'Home');
	$menu->divider();
	$menu->url('profile', 'Profile')
});

Dropdown Header

You may also add a dropdown header for the specified menu item by using ->header() method.

Menu::create('navbar', function($menu)
{
	$menu->url('/', 'Home')
	$menu->dropdown('Settings', function ($sub) {
		$sub->header('ACCOUNT');
		$sub->url('/settings/design', 'Design');
		$sub->divider();
		$sub->url('logout', 'Logout');
	});
});

Ordering Menu Item

You may order the menu by specify order parameter.

Menu::create('navbar', function($menu)
{
	// url, title, order, attributes
	$menu->url('/', 'Home', 1);
	// url, title, route parameters, order, attributes
	$menu->route('/', 'About', ['user' => '1'], 2);
	// title, order, callback attributes
	$menu->dropdown('Settings', function ($sub) {
		$sub->header('ACCOUNT');
		$sub->url('/settings/design', 'Design');
		$sub->divider();
		$sub->url('logout', 'Logout');
	}, 3);
});

You may also set the order value by calling ->order method.

Menu::create('navbar', function($menu)
{
	$menu->url('/', 'Home', ['icon' => 'fa fa-dashboard'])->order(1);
	
	$menu->route('/', 'About', ['user' => '1'], ['icon' => 'fa fa-user'])->order(2);
	
	$menu->dropdown('Settings', function ($sub) {
		$sub->header('ACCOUNT');
		$sub->url('/settings/design', 'Design');
		$sub->divider();
		$sub->url('logout', 'Logout');
	})->order(3);
});

By default ordering feature is disabled. You can enable the ordering feature in your config file. Just update value of ordering config to true and now your menu will ordered by order key.

// File: config/menus.php
return [
	'ordering' => true
];

You may also enable or disable menu ordering for each menu via ->enableOrdering and ->disableOrdering method.

Menu::create('navbar', function($menu)
{
	// disable menu ordering
	$menu->enableOrdering();

	// disable menu ordering
	$menu->disableOrdering();
});

Make Lots of menu

You can also create a lots of menu with different name and menu items.

Menu::create('menu1', function($menu)
{

	$menu->route('home', 'Home');

	$menu->url('profile', 'Profile');
});

Menu::create('menu2', function($menu)
{
	$menu->route('home', 'Home');

	$menu->url('profile', 'Profile');
});

Menu Presenter

This package included with some presenter classes that used for converting menu to html tag. By default the generated menu style is bootstrap navbar. But, there are also several different menu styles.

You can apply the menu style via ->style() method.

Menu::create('navbar', function($menu)
{
	$menu->style('nav-pills');
});

Or you can set which presenter to present the menu style via ->setPresenter() method.

Menu::create('navbar', function($menu)
{
	$menu->setPresenter('TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\Bootstrap\NavTabPresenter');
});

You can also set which style of presenter when you rendering a menu.

Menu::render('navbar', 'navbar-right');

Menu::render('navbar', 'TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\Bootstrap\NavPillsPresenter');

The List of Available Menu Presenter Class

| Name | Presenter Class | | ------------- |:------------------------------------------------------------| | navbar | TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\Bootstrap\NavbarPresenter | | navbar-right| TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\Bootstrap\NavbarRightPresenter | | nav-pills | TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\Bootstrap\NavPillsPresenter | | nav-tab | TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\Bootstrap\NavTabPresenter | | sidebar | TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\Bootstrap\SidebarMenuPresenter | | navmenu | TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\Bootstrap\NavMenuPresenter |

Make A Costum Presenter

You can create your own presenter class. Make sure your presenter is extends to TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\Presenter and implements to 'TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\PresenterInterface'.

For example, this is zurb-top-bar presenter.

use TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\Presenter;

class ZurbTopBarPresenter extends Presenter
{
	/**
	 * {@inheritdoc }
	 */
	public function getOpenTagWrapper()
	{
		return  PHP_EOL . '<section class="top-bar-section">' . PHP_EOL;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritdoc }
	 */
	public function getCloseTagWrapper()
	{
		return  PHP_EOL . '</section>' . PHP_EOL;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritdoc }
	 */
	public function getMenuWithoutDropdownWrapper($item)
	{
		return '<li'.$this->getActiveState($item).'><a href="'. $item->getUrl() .'">'.$item->getIcon().' '.$item->title.'</a></li>';
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritdoc }
	 */
	public function getActiveState($item)
	{
		return \Request::is($item->getRequest()) ? ' class="active"' : null;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritdoc }
	 */
	public function getDividerWrapper()
	{
		return '<li class="divider"></li>';
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritdoc }
	 */
	public function getMenuWithDropDownWrapper($item)
	{
		return '<li class="has-dropdown">
		        <a href="#">
		         '.$item->getIcon().' '.$item->title.'
		        </a>
		        <ul class="dropdown">
		          '.$this->getChildMenuItems($item).'
		        </ul>
		      </li>' . PHP_EOL;
		;
	}
}

To use this costum presenter, you can use the setPresenter method.

Menu::create('zurb-top-bar', function($menu)
{
	$menu->setPresenter('ZurbTopBarPresenter');
});

Register A New Menu Style

Menu style is like an alias to a presenter. You can register your style from your costum presenter in the configuration file in config/menus.php.

return array(
	'navbar'		=>	'TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\Bootstrap\NavbarPresenter',
	'navbar-right'	=>	'TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\Bootstrap\NavbarRightPresenter',
	'nav-pills'		=>	'TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\Bootstrap\NavPillsPresenter',
	'nav-tab'		=>	'TysonLaravel\Menus\Presenters\Bootstrap\NavTabPresenter',

	'zurb-top-bar'	=>	'ZurbTopBarPresenter',
);

Now, you can use a style like this.

Menu::create('zurb-top-bar', function($menu)
{
	$menu->style('zurb-top-bar');
});

View Presenter

If you don't like to use presenter class, you use view presenter instead. We can set which view to present the menus by calling ->setView() method.

Menu::create('navbar', function($menu)
{
	$menu->setView('menus::default');
});

The List of Available View Presenter

| View Name | Menu Style | | ---------------------------- |:-----------------------------| | menus::default | Bootstrap Navbar (default) | | menus::navbar-left | Bootstrap Navbar Left | | menus::navbar-right | Bootstrap Navbar Right | | menus::nav-tabs | Bootstrap Nav Tabs | | menus::nav-tabs-justified | Bootstrap Nav Tabs Justified | | menus::nav-pills | Bootstrap Nav Pills | | menus::nav-pills-stacked | Bootstrap Nav Pills Stacked | | menus::nav-pills-justified | Bootstrap Nav Pills Justified| | menus::menu | Plain Menu |

Rendering Menu

To render the menu you can use render or get method.

Menu::render('navbar');

Menu::get('navbar');

You can also set which style to present the menu in the second parameter.

Menu::render('navbar', 'navbar-right');

Or you may also set which view to present the menu.

Menu::render('navbar', 'menus::nav-tabs');

The Menu Instance

Sometimes, maybe we need to add a new additional menu from controller or other place. To get an instance of an existing menu, you can use the instance method.

$menu = Menu::instance('zurb-top-bar');

// You can also make additions to the menu again

$menu->add(['title' => 'Settings', 'route' => 'settings']);

$menu->url('profile', 'Profile');

$menu->route('settings', 'Settings');

Finding Menu Item

To find menu item, you can use findBy method from TysonLaravel\Menus\MenuBuilder class.

$menu = Menu::instance('sidebar');

$menu->url('profile', 'Profile');

$menuItem = $menu->findBy('title', 'Profile');

// add child menu
$menuItem->url('foo', 'Foo');

You may also use whereTitle helper method to find a specific menu item. Also, you can add other child menu item in the callback that located in the second argument in whereTitle method.

$menu = Menu::instance('sidebar');

$menu->url('profile', 'Profile');

$menu->whereTitle('Profile', function ($sub)
{
	$sub->url('foo', 'Foo');
});

// add childs menu

Modifying Menu

After we create a menu, maybe we need to add other additional menus. You may modifying menu via ->modify method.

Menu::modify('navbar', function($menu)
{
	$menu->add([
		'title' => 'Foo',
		'url' => 'bar',
	]);
});