Appearance

Menu

Basics

Menu is the foundation for navigation in the admin panel, so we have tried to create a flexible system that allows you to fully customize the menu for different pages and users.

The navigation menu is configured in a class that extends MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout through the menu() method.

During the installation of the admin panel, depending on the configurations you choose, a class App\MoonShine\Layouts\MoonShineLayout will be created, which already contains the menu() method.

In the future, if necessary, you can create other Layouts for specific pages.

To add a menu item, you need to use the class MoonShine\Menu\MenuItem and its static method make().

MenuItem::make(Closure|string $label, Closure|MenuFillerContract|string $filler, string $icon = null, Closure|bool $blank = false) 
MenuItem::make(Closure|string $label, Closure|MenuFillerContract|string $filler, string $icon = null, Closure|bool $blank = false)
  • $label - the name of the menu item,
  • $filler - an element for generating the URL,
  • $icon - an icon for the menu item,
  • $blank - open in a new tab.

You can pass ModelResource, Page or Resource as the second parameter.

namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class), MenuItem::make('Home', fn() => route('home')), MenuItem::make('Docs', 'https://moonshine-laravel.com/docs'), MenuItem::make('Laravel Docs', 'https://laravel.com/docs', blank: true) ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class),
            MenuItem::make('Home', fn() => route('home')),
            MenuItem::make('Docs', 'https://moonshine-laravel.com/docs'),
            MenuItem::make('Laravel Docs', 'https://laravel.com/docs', blank: true)
        ];
    }
}

If the menu is created for ModelResource or CrudResource, the first page declared in the pages() method will be used for the menu item.

Groups

Menu items can be grouped together. For this, the class MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuGroup is used with the static method make().

MenuGroup::make(Closure|string $label, iterable $items, string|null $icon = null) 
MenuGroup::make(Closure|string $label, iterable $items, string|null $icon = null)
  • $label - the name of the group,
  • $items - an array of menu components,
  • $icon - an icon for the group.
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserRoleResource; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuGroup; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuGroup::make('System', [ MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class), MenuItem::make('Roles', MoonShineUserRoleResource::class), ]) ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserRoleResource;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuGroup;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuGroup::make('System', [
                MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class),
                MenuItem::make('Roles', MoonShineUserRoleResource::class),
            ])
        ];
    }
}

You can also add items to the group using the setItems() method.

setItems(iterable $items) 
setItems(iterable $items)
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserRoleResource; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuGroup; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuGroup::make('System')->setItems([ MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class), MenuItem::make('Roles', MoonShineUserRoleResource::class), ]) ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserRoleResource;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuGroup;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuGroup::make('System')->setItems([
                MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class),
                MenuItem::make('Roles', MoonShineUserRoleResource::class),
            ])
        ];
    }
}

To create a multi-level menu, groups can be nested.

Divider

Menu items can be visually separated using MenuDivider.

/** * @param (Closure(MenuElementContract $context): string)|string $label */ MenuDivider::make(Closure|string $label = '') 
/**
 * @param  (Closure(MenuElementContract $context): string)|string  $label
 */
MenuDivider::make(Closure|string $label = '')
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserRoleResource; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuDivider; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class), MenuDivider::make(), MenuItem::make('Roles', MoonShineUserRoleResource::class) ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserRoleResource;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuDivider;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class),
            MenuDivider::make(),
            MenuItem::make('Roles', MoonShineUserRoleResource::class)
        ];
    }
}

Icon

An icon can be assigned to both a menu item and a group. This can be implemented in several ways.

Through parameter

An icon can be set by passing the name as the third parameter in the static method make().

namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserRoleResource; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class, 'users'), MenuItem::make('Roles', MoonShineUserRoleResource::class, 'hashtag') ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserRoleResource;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class, 'users'),
            MenuItem::make('Roles', MoonShineUserRoleResource::class, 'hashtag')
        ];
    }
}

Through method

You can use the icon() method.

icon(string $icon, bool $custom = false, ?string $path = null) 
icon(string $icon, bool $custom = false, ?string $path = null)
  • $icon - the name of the icon or HTML (if custom mode is used),
  • $custom - custom mode,
  • $path - the path to the directory where the blade templates of icons are stored.
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserRoleResource; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuGroup; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuGroup::make('System', [ MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class) ->icon('users'), MenuItem::make('Roles', MoonShineUserRoleResource::class) ->icon(svg('path-to-icon-pack')->toHtml(), custom: true), ]) ->icon('cog', path: 'icons') ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserRoleResource;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuGroup;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuGroup::make('System', [
                MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class)
                    ->icon('users'),
                MenuItem::make('Roles', MoonShineUserRoleResource::class)
                    ->icon(svg('path-to-icon-pack')->toHtml(), custom: true),
            ])
                ->icon('cog', path: 'icons')
        ];
    }
}

Through attribute

An icon will be displayed for the menu item if the ModelResource, Page, or Resource class has the Icon attribute set and the icon has not been overridden by other means.

namespace MoonShine\Resources; #[Icon('users')] class MoonShineUserResource extends ModelResource { //... } 
namespace MoonShine\Resources;
 
#[Icon('users')]
class MoonShineUserResource extends ModelResource
{
 
    //...
 
}

For more detailed information, refer to the section Icons.

Badge

You can also add a badge to a menu item.

Through menu item

To add a badge to a menu item, use the badge() method, which takes a closure as a parameter.

/** * @param Closure(MenuElementContract $context): string|int|float|null $value */ badge(Closure|string|int|float|null $value) 
/**
 * @param  Closure(MenuElementContract $context): string|int|float|null  $value
 */
badge(Closure|string|int|float|null $value)
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use App\MoonShine\Resources\CommentResource; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuItem::make('Comments', CommentResource::class) ->badge(fn() => Comment::count()) ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use App\MoonShine\Resources\CommentResource;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuItem::make('Comments', CommentResource::class)
                ->badge(fn() => Comment::count())
        ];
    }
}

Translation

To translate menu items, you need to pass the translation key as the name and add the translatable() method.

translatable(string $key = '') 
translatable(string $key = '')
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use App\MoonShine\Resources\CommentResource; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuItem::make('menu.Comments', CommentResource::class) ->translatable() // or MenuItem::make('Comments', CommentResource::class) ->translatable('menu') ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use App\MoonShine\Resources\CommentResource;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuItem::make('menu.Comments', CommentResource::class)
                ->translatable()
            // or
            MenuItem::make('Comments', CommentResource::class)
                ->translatable('menu')
        ];
    }
}
// lang/en/menu.php return [ 'Comments' => 'Comments', ]; 
// lang/en/menu.php
 
return [
    'Comments' => 'Comments',
];

You can use Laravel's translation features for translating menu badges.

namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use App\MoonShine\Resources\CommentResource; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuItem::make('Comments', CommentResource::class) ->badge(fn() => __('menu.badge.new')) ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use App\MoonShine\Resources\CommentResource;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuItem::make('Comments', CommentResource::class)
                ->badge(fn() => __('menu.badge.new'))
        ];
    }
}

Open in a new tab

You can specify a flag for the menu item to indicate whether to open the link in a new tab. This can be implemented in several ways.

Through parameter

The flag can be set by passing the fourth parameter true/false or a closure in the static method make().

namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuItem::make('MoonShine Docs', 'https://moonshine-laravel.com/docs', 'heroicons.arrow-up', true), MenuItem::make('Laravel Docs', 'https://laravel.com/docs', blank: fn() => true), ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuItem::make('MoonShine Docs', 'https://moonshine-laravel.com/docs', 'heroicons.arrow-up', true),
            MenuItem::make('Laravel Docs', 'https://laravel.com/docs', blank: fn() => true),
        ];
    }
}

Through method

You can use the blank() method.

/** * @param (Closure(MenuElementContract $context): bool)|bool $blankCondition */ blank(Closure|bool $blankCondition = true) 
/**
 * @param  (Closure(MenuElementContract $context): bool)|bool  $blankCondition
 */
blank(Closure|bool $blankCondition = true)
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuItem::make('MoonShine Docs', 'https://moonshine-laravel.com/docs', 'heroicons.arrow-up', true), MenuItem::make('Laravel Docs', 'https://laravel.com/docs', blank: fn() => true), ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuItem::make('MoonShine Docs', 'https://moonshine-laravel.com/docs', 'heroicons.arrow-up', true),
            MenuItem::make('Laravel Docs', 'https://laravel.com/docs', blank: fn() => true),
        ];
    }
}

Display condition

You can display menu items based on a condition using the canSee() method.

/** * @param Closure(MenuElementContract $context): bool $callback */ canSee(Closure $callback) 
/**
 * @param  Closure(MenuElementContract $context): bool  $callback
 */
canSee(Closure $callback)
namespace App\Providers; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserRoleResource; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuDivider; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuGroup; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuGroup::make('System', [ MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class), MenuDivider::make() ->canSee(fn() => true), MenuItem::make('Roles', MoonShineUserRoleResource::class) ->canSee(fn() => false) ]) ->canSee(static fn(): bool => request()->user('moonshine')?->id === 1) ]; } } 
namespace App\Providers;
 
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserRoleResource;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuDivider;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuGroup;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuGroup::make('System', [
                MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class),
                MenuDivider::make()
                    ->canSee(fn() => true),
                MenuItem::make('Roles', MoonShineUserRoleResource::class)
                    ->canSee(fn() => false)
            ])
                ->canSee(static fn(): bool => request()->user('moonshine')?->id === 1)
        ];
    }
}

Active item

A menu item becomes active if it matches the url, but the forceActive() method allows you to forcibly make an item active.

/** * @param Closure(string $path, string $host, MenuElementContract $context): bool $when */ whenActive(Closure $when) 
/**
 * @param  Closure(string $path, string $host, MenuElementContract $context): bool  $when
 */
whenActive(Closure $when)
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuItem::make('Label', '/endpoint') ->whenActive(fn() => request()->fullUrlIs('*admin/endpoint/*')), ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuItem::make('Label', '/endpoint')
                ->whenActive(fn() => request()->fullUrlIs('*admin/endpoint/*')),
        ];
    }
}

Attributes

Groups and menu items, like other components, can have custom attributes assigned.

For more detailed information, refer to the section Component Attributes

namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource; use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserRoleResource; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuGroup; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuGroup::make('System')->setItems([ MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class), MenuItem::make('Roles', MoonShineUserRoleResource::class) ->customAttributes(['class' => 'group-li-custom-class']) ]) ->setAttribute('data-id', '123') ->class('group-li-custom-class') ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserResource;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\MoonShineUserRoleResource;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuGroup;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuGroup::make('System')->setItems([
                MenuItem::make('Admins', MoonShineUserResource::class),
                MenuItem::make('Roles', MoonShineUserRoleResource::class)
                    ->customAttributes(['class' => 'group-li-custom-class'])
            ])
                ->setAttribute('data-id', '123')
                ->class('group-li-custom-class')
        ];
    }
}

Change button

A menu item is an ActionButton and you can change its attributes using the changeButton method.

/** * @param Closure(ActionButtonContract $button): ActionButtonContract $callback */ changeButton(Closure $callback) 
/**
 * @param  Closure(ActionButtonContract $button): ActionButtonContract  $callback
 */
changeButton(Closure $callback)
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use MoonShine\UI\Components\ActionButton; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuItem::make('Label', '/endpoint') ->changeButton(static fn(ActionButton $button) => $button->class('new-item')), ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use MoonShine\UI\Components\ActionButton;
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuItem::make('Label', '/endpoint')
                ->changeButton(static fn(ActionButton $button) => $button->class('new-item')),
        ];
    }
}

Some parameters of ActionButton, such as url, badge, icon, and others are overridden in the system. To change them, use the corresponding methods.

Custom view

If you need to change the view using a fluent interface, you can use the customView() method.

customView(string $path) 
customView(string $path)
  • $path - the path to the blade template.
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts; use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuGroup; use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem; final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout { //... protected function menu(): array { return [ MenuGroup::make('Group', [ MenuItem::make('Label', '/endpoint') ->customView('admin.custom-menu-item'), ]) ->customView('admin.custom-menu-group'), ]; } } 
namespace App\MoonShine\Layouts;
 
use MoonShine\Laravel\Layouts\AppLayout;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuGroup;
use MoonShine\MenuManager\MenuItem;
 
final class MoonShineLayout extends AppLayout
{
 
    //...
 
    protected function menu(): array
    {
        return [
            MenuGroup::make('Group', [
                MenuItem::make('Label', '/endpoint')
                    ->customView('admin.custom-menu-item'),
            ])
                ->customView('admin.custom-menu-group'),
        ];
    }
}