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Menu

VTEX Menu is a store component that displays a bar containing links and dropdown submenus.

Configuration

1. Import the menu app to your dependencies as manifest.json. For example:

  "dependencies": {
    "vtex.menu": "2.x"
  }

2. Add the vtex.menu@2.x:menu block to the store header template.

3. Configure the menu-item blocks to build the store menu options. These can be declared in two ways in vtex.menu@2.x:menu: as children or as props. The advantage of the second type of menu-item configuration is that Site Editor can be used to edit the blocks.

menu-item as children

Example:

"vtex.menu@2.x:menu#websites": {
  "children": [
    "menu-item#shop",
    "menu-item#about-us"
  ]
},
"menu-item#shop": {
  "props": {
    "id": "menu-item-shop",
    "type": "custom",
    "highlight": false,
    "itemProps": {
      "type": "internal",
      "href": "#",
      "noFollow": false,
      "tagTitle": "Shop",
      "text": "Shop"
    },
    "iconProps": {
      "id": "bnd-logo",
      "size": 16,
      "viewBox": "0 0 16 16",
      "activeClassName": "rebel-pink",
      "mutedClassName": "c-action-primary"
    },
    "iconToTheRight": true
  }
}

menu-item as props

Example:

"vtex.menu@2.x:menu#websites": {
  "props": {
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "menu-item-shop",
        "type": "custom",
        "highlight": false,
        "itemProps": {
          "type": "internal",
          "href": "#",
          "noFollow": false,
          "tagTitle": "Shop",
          "text": "Shop"
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "menu-item-about-us",
        "type": "custom",
        "highlight": false,
        "itemProps": {
          "type": "internal",
          "href": "/about-us",
          "noFollow": false,
          "tagTitle": "about-us",
          "text": "About Us"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

You can define a submenu for a menu item:

"menu-item#shop": {
  "props": {
    "type": "custom",
    "highlight": false,
    "itemProps": {
      "type": "internal",
      "href": "#",
      "noFollow": false,
      "tagTitle": "Shop",
      "text": "Shop"
    },
  },
  "blocks": ["vtex.menu@2.x:submenu#shop"] // Defining a submenu
},
"vtex.menu@2.x:submenu#shop": {
  "children": [
    "vtex.menu@2.x:menu#submenushop"
  ]
},
"vtex.menu@2.x:menu#submenushop": {
  "children": [
    "menu-item#shop"
  ]
}

The Menu block has no prerequisite children. Therefore, Menu block implementations do not need to have any blocks declared within them to function properly.

The available menu-item block props are as follows:

Prop name	Type	Description	Default value
type	string	Menu item type, either category or custom	category
id	string	Menu item ID	undefined
highlight	boolean	Whether the item has a highlight	undefined
iconPosition	string	Icon position relative to the menu item text. Either to the left or right.	left
iconProps	IconProps	Icon props	undefined
onMountBehavior	enum	Whether the submenu should always be automatically displayed when its parent is hovered/clicked on (open) or (close).	closed
itemProps	CategoryItem or CustomItem	Item props	undefined
classes	CustomCSSClasses	Used to override default CSS handles. To better understand how this prop works, we recommend reading about it here. Please note that this is only useful when importing this block as a React component.	undefined

• For icons in the menu items:

Prop name	Type	Description	Default value
id	string	Icon ID	N/A
isActive	boolean	Whether or not the item is active	true
size	number	Icon size	16
viewBox	string	Icon view box	0 0 16 16
activeClassName	string	Icon classname when isActive is true	N/A
mutedClassName	string	Icon classname when isActive is false	N/A

• For category-related menu items:

Prop name	Type	Description	Default value
categoryId	number	Item category ID	N/A
text	string	Menu item text	N/A

• For customized items:

Prop name	Type	Description	Default value
type	string	Menu item type, either internal or external	internal
href	string	Link to where the menu item leads	N/A
noFollow	boolean	No follow attribute	N/A
tagTitle	string	Menu item tag	N/A
text	string	Menu item text	N/A

Customization

To apply CSS customizations to this and other blocks, please follow the instructions in Using CSS Handles for store customization.

CSS Handle
accordionIcon--isClosed
accordionIcon--isOpen
accordionIcon
container
linkLeft
linkMiddle
linkRight
menuContainerNav
menuContainer
menuItemInnerDiv
menuItem
menuItem--isOpen
menuItem--isClosed
menuLinkDivLeft
menuLinkDivMiddle
menuLinkDivRight
menuLinkNav
renderLink
styledLinkContainer
styledLinkContent
styledLinkIcon
styledLink
submenuAccordion
submenuColumn
submenuContainer
submenuWrapper--isClosed
submenuWrapper--isOpen
submenuWrapper
submenu

Contributors

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):

Giovana Pereira 💻

This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind are welcome!