Menu service

Live provides an API to register new menu items at navigation bar.

Standard API

Since Live @ 2

Menu service

The menuService is a javascript module that allows registering custom menu items to Live navigation bar or an item that already exists at the navigation bar. Every menu item must have a unique name and alias to represent itself.

How to import

import MenuService from 'live/services/menu'

Methods

register(menu: MenuItem, type: MenuType): void

Register a new menu item.

unregister(menu: MenuItem, type: MenuType): void

Unregister an already existing menu item.

getAll(): MenuItems

Obtain all registered menu items.

withMenuItems(Component: React.ComponentType<{ menus: MenuItems }>): React.FC

Allow a React component to receive all listed menus.

Menu Item Base

The base properties that are commom between all types of menu are explained in more detail in the table below:

Property	Required	Description
name	Yes	Textual name of the menu that will be displayed in the navbar.
alias	Yes	Textual representation of the menu, used to apply the "selected" status to the option at the navbar. It must be the same alias of the registered route.
url	Yes	Route to access the menu component (it must be the same path registered previously by live/services/router or other compatible route API you want). Must respect the format /#/${path}/.
Component	No	Instead of a url route, you can use this property to render a component (like Configurations dropdown), but will need to style the menu item manually inside it. * It will not use the url if you don't use the props.href inside it.
selectedAliases	No	Array with all textual names the menu will have. If your registered menu alias and route alias are different, you should add the route alias to the selectedAliases array so the "selected" status is applied correctly.
order	No	Numeric representation of the order that the menu will appear (if not set, it will appear just before the Configurations menu).
replaces	No	Textual representation of an alias of another menu item you want to replace with the one you're creating.
config.showOnMobile	No	If set to false, it will not show the menu option when Live is in mobile mode.
onClick	No	Function that must be executed when clicking the menu item

Menu Right Item

The 'right' type menu has the component property instead of the Component described before. It also have the same properties, with an extra described as follows:

Property	Required	Description
config.iconCls	No	Icon you want to use to represent the new menu. It already has the far class applied (or fal if showOnMobile is true).

Menu Preferences Item

The preferences menu has some extra properties that are described down below:

Property	Required	Description
description	No	This text will appear right after the menu name in the dropdown menu, like the "Email, password, permissions" of "My account" menu.
icon	No	Icon that will represent your menu. It will be located aside the menu name and description.

Menu Console Item

The console menu has the same component, name, url, onClick, icon and description described above, but have its own particularities. See the table below to know about the extra properties of it:

Property	Required	Description
config.iconCls	No	Same behavior of the icon property. It's the class of the icon you want to appear.
config.iconPath	No	If you want to show a pre-defined image to act as your icon, you should use it as the path to find the it.

Examples

Regular menu example:

const Test = (): JSX.Element => <h1 style={{ padding: '50px 0 0 20px' }}>Test</h1>

Router.route('test', Test, 'test')

MenuService.register(
    {
        alias: 'test',
        name: 'Test Menu',
        url: '/#/test/'
    },
    'regular'
)

Regular menu output

Regular menu with selectedAliases:

const Test = (): JSX.Element => <h1 style={{ padding: '50px 0 0 20px' }}>Test</h1>

Router.route('test-url', Test, 'test-route-alias')

MenuService.register(
    {
        alias: 'test',
        name: 'Test Menu',
        url: '/#/test-url/',
        selectedAliases: ['test-route-alias'],
    },
    'regular'
)

Regular menu with selectedAliases

Regular menu with replaces:

⚠️ This prop must not be used to replace the Home button, instead, you can use the custom home page API.

const Test = (): JSX.Element => <h1 style={{ padding: '50px 20px'}}>Test</h1>

Router.route('test', Test, 'test')

MenuService.register(
    {
        alias: 'test',
        name: 'Test Menu',
        url: '/#/test',
        replaces: 'dashboards'
    },
    'regular'
)

Regular menu with replaces

Right menu example:

const Test = (): JSX.Element => <h1 style={{ padding: '50px 20px'}}>Test</h1>

Router.route('test', Test, 'test')

MenuService.register(
    {
        alias: 'test',
        name: 'Test Menu',
        url: '/#/test/',
        config: { iconCls: 'fa-info-circle' }
    },
    'right'
)

Right menu output

Preferences menu example:

const Test = (): JSX.Element => <h1 style={{ padding: '50px 20px'}}>Test</h1>

Router.route('test', Test, 'test')

MenuService.register(
    {
        alias: 'test',
        name: 'Test Menu',
        url: '/#/test/',
        icon: 'far fa-info-circle',
        description: 'This is a test menu'
    },
    'preferences'
)

Preferences menu output

Console menu example:

const Test = (): JSX.Element => <h1 style={{ padding: '50px 20px'}}>Test</h1>

Router.route('test', Test, 'test')

MenuService.register(
    {
        alias: 'test',
        name: 'Test Menu',
        url: '#/test',
        icon: 'far fa-info-circle'
    },
    'console'
)

Console menu output