Manual:Extension/MenuEditor

Menu types

The user interface provides 3 customizable menus:

1. Main navigation
2. Custom menu
3. User menu

Main navigation

The main navigation is displayed on all content pages in the wiki and does not change in individual namespaces.

Up to v.4.2, only the standard MediaWiki sidebar is available.

BlueSpice 4.3

Starting BlueSpice 4.3, four different menu settings are available. Administrators can select a menu type in the Config manager.

All four types optionally show a list of pre-defined Entry points.

MediaWiki sidebar

This is the standard view of the sidebar. It displays custom menu items with no hierarchical structure.

Namespace main page list

This view automatically displays the Main Page of each content namespace.

• No combination with other menu elements is possible.

Subpage tree (context-sensitive)

This view automatically shows the subpages of a page if that page has subpages. Multi-level subpages are supported.

• No combination with other menu elements is possible.

Enhanced MediaWiki sidebar

This view shows a fully customizable multi-hierarchical menu. It can consist of the following elements:

Overview

For further navigation support, a custom menu is integrated as a mega menu and can be customized by administrators.

Creating a custom menu with the menu editor

If the custom menu icon is not yet displayed, first create the MediaWiki:CustomMenu/Header page.

From BlueSpice   v5.1.2+: The display of the custom menu button can be controlled via the configuration management (Global Actions > Configuration > Skinning. There, activate or deactivate the checkbox for BlueSpiceCustomMenu).

If the menu already exists: Click Edit Menu to switch to edit mode.

Custom menu: open menu, edit link and menu items

If the menu page does not exist, a message will be displayed:

Missing menu page

In this case, you can easily create the menu by editing the page. Alternatively, you can also use the "Edit menu" link in the mega menu.

Menu editor

View instructions on the menu editor help page.

Delete the custom menu

To remove the custom menu link-icon from the wiki, the MediaWiki:CustomMenu/Header page must be deleted. The page can be restored via the deletion log.

Layout for many columns

If you're building a menu with many columns, the following CSS adjustment may be helpful. On the Flexiskin special page, enter the following CSS declarations in the "Free CSS" text area:

.navbar-nav .dropdown-menu {text-align:center;}
.mega-menu-wrapper.d-flex {padding-bottom:3rem; justify-content:start; gap:0 30px; max-width:1600px; margin:auto}
.card.card-mn {min-height:unset; padding:0; margin-top:1em}

Related info

• Menu Editor
• Customize the main navigation
• Customize the user menu

User menu

Technical Reference: MenuEditor

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