noob/simple_menu_laravel

Simple menu for laravel which loads menu from config file

Simple Menu Laravel

, _(*1)

A quick and easy way to create menus in Laravel 5, _(*2)

Documentation

• Installation
• Functionality
• Todo

Installation

composer require noob/simple_menu_laravel

Now, append Laravel Menu service provider to providers array in config/app.php., _(*3)

 [

        /*
         * Laravel Framework Service Providers...
         */
        ...
        
            'noob\simple_menu_laravel\SimpleMenuServiceProvider::class',
        
        ...

],
?>

At the end of config/app.php add 'SimpleMenu' => 'noob\simple_menu_laravel\SimpleMenuFacade' to the $aliases array:, _(*4)

 [

    ...
    'SimpleMenu'       => 'noob\simple_menu_laravel\SimpleMenuFacade',

],
?>

This registers the package with Laravel and creates an alias called SimpleMenu., _(*5)

Now publish the config files and view files to the appropriate directory, _(*6)

php artisan vendor:publish

Once published two new files are created at config/menu.php, _(*7)

 [
        'title' => 'dashboard',
        'url' => '/',
        'order' => 2,
        'children' => []
    ],
?>

and another one in the views folder at resources/views/Layouts/menu.blade.php, _(*8)

To do

Functionality

Yet to do, _(*9)

Todo

• create view file for menu
• publish the view along with config file
• configure dynamic depth in view file
• create a method to return as html with essential classnames
• find active and check active is working
• add comments to all files
• invoke BreadCrumbs