Updating the Sidebar menu

Learn how to update the sidebar menu of your Makerkit landing pages

The Sidebar of your Makerkit SaaS application is defined in the src/navigation.config.tsx configuration file.

This allows you to easily add, remove, or update the menu entries of your application and automatically generate a responsive sidebar menu for your users.

Adding a new menu entry to the Sidebar

To add a new menu entry to the sidebar, simply add a new entry to the NAVIGATION_CONFIG.items array in the src/navigation.config.tsx file.

A menu entry is defined by the following properties:

{
  label: string;
  path: string;
  Icon: (props: { className: string }) => JSX.Element;
}
  • label: The label of the menu entry. This label will be displayed in the sidebar of your application. This can be either a reference to a translation key or a string.
  • path: The path of the menu entry. This path will be used to generate the href attribute of the menu entry.
  • Icon: The icon of the menu entry. This icon will be displayed in the sidebar of your application.

Consider the default schema below:

import configuration from '~/configuration';
 
import {
  Cog8ToothIcon,
  Square3Stack3DIcon,
  Squares2X2Icon,
} from '@heroicons/react/24/outline';
 
const NAVIGATION_CONFIG = {
  items: [
    {
      label: 'common:dashboardTabLabel',
      path: configuration.paths.appHome,
      Icon: ({ className }: { className: string }) => {
        return <Squares2X2Icon className={className} />;
      },
    },
    {
      label: 'common:tasksTabLabel',
      path: '/tasks',
      Icon: ({ className }: { className: string }) => {
        return <Square3Stack3DIcon className={className} />;
      },
    },
    {
      label: 'common:settingsTabLabel',
      path: '/settings',
      Icon: ({ className }: { className: string }) => {
        return <Cog8ToothIcon className={className} />;
      },
    },
  ],
};
 
export default NAVIGATION_CONFIG;

Now, let's add a new menu entry to the sidebar:

import configuration from '~/configuration';
 
import {
  Cog8ToothIcon,
  Square3Stack3DIcon,
  Squares2X2Icon,
} from '@heroicons/react/24/outline';
 
const NAVIGATION_CONFIG = {
  items: [
    {
      label: 'common:dashboardTabLabel',
      path: configuration.paths.appHome,
      Icon: ({ className }: { className: string }) => {
        return <Squares2X2Icon className={className} />;
      },
    },
    {
      label: 'common:tasksTabLabel',
      path: '/tasks',
      Icon: ({ className }: { className: string }) => {
        return <Square3Stack3DIcon className={className} />;
      },
    },
    {
      label: 'common:settingsTabLabel',
      path: '/settings',
      Icon: ({ className }: { className: string }) => {
        return <Cog8ToothIcon className={className} />;
      },
    },
    {
      label: 'common:myNewTabLabel',
      path: '/my-new-tab',
      Icon: ({ className }: { className: string }) => {
        return <Cog8ToothIcon className={className} />;
      },
    },
  ],
};

As you can see, we added a new menu entry to the NAVIGATION_CONFIG.items array. The change will be automatically reflected in the sidebar of your application.

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