Admin Menu Editor

Written By Luke Wakefield

Last updated 2 months ago

With this feature you can change what shows in the left hand menu in Admin when viewing a Site.

The data is a JSON structure, and here's an example of the key/value pairs supported:

Key	Value	Example
name	The name of your menu item	`"name": "CMS"`
icon	The icon to show, chosen from FontAwesome v5 Regular icons	`"icon": "browser"`
path	The path/URL of your item. You can either use a relative path to stay within Siteglide, or an external HTTPS link	`"path": "cms/pages"`
new_tab	Should the link open in a new tab?	`"new_tab": false`
children	An array of child menu items, following the same JSON structure	`"children": [{"name": "Pages", "path": "pages"}]`
role_allow	The ID of the only User Roles that this will show for. This is the quickest way to only show a link to specific User Roles. Comma separated	`"role_allow": "1 (Administrator)"`
role_deny	The ID of the User Roles this will not show for. This is the quickest way to stop showing a link to specific User Roles. Comma separated	`"role_deny": "3 (Client Restricted)"`
permission	The key of the only Permissions that this will show for. You can use this to show a link to anyone with this Permission, regardless of specific User Roles.	`"permission": "cms.pages.view"`
hidden	This is an internal field, that hides menu items unless they meet certain requirements. It's not currently supported for custom Admin Menus.	`"hidden": false`
key	This is an internal field for identifying certain menu items. It's not relevant for custom Admin Menus	`"key": "cms"`

You can insert values for role_deny, role_allow, and permission using the dropdowns in the top right of the editor.

You can reset your menu to the default Siteglide menu using the 'Reset' button in the bottom bar.