Adding Items

##Links

Spatie\Menu\Link

Links are created with the to factory method, which requires a url and a string of text (or html) as parameters. There's also a convenience method on the Menu class.

Menu::new()->add(Link::to('/', 'Home'));

Menu::new()->link('/', 'Home');

<ul>
    <li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
</ul>

Links also have a prefix method, or they can be prefixed in bulk per menu.

Link::to('foo', 'Foo')->prefix('/items');

<a href="/users/sebastian">Sebastian</a>

Menu::new()
    ->prefixLinks('/items')
    ->link('foo', 'Foo')
    ->link('bar', 'Bar');

<ul>
    <li><a href="/items/foo">Foo</a></li>
    <li><a href="/items/bar">Bar</a></li>
</ul>

##Raw Html

Spatie\Menu\Html

Raw html chunks can be added as menu items via the Html class or convenience method.

Menu::new()->add(Html::raw('<span>Hi!</span>'));

Menu::new()->html('<span>Hi!</span>');

<ul>
    <li><span>Hi!</span></li>
</ul>

##Submenus

Spatie\Menu\Menu

Since the Menu class itself implements the Item interface, menus can be nested. All you need to do is pass a new Menu instance to the add function:

Menu::new()
    ->link('/', 'Menu')
    ->add(Menu::new()
        ->link('/basic-usage/your-first-menu', 'Your First Menu')
        ->link('/basic-usage/adding-submenus', 'Adding Submenus')
    );

<ul>
    <li>
        <a href="/">Menu</a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <ul>
            <li>
                <a href="/basic-usage/your-first-menu">
                    Your First Menu
                </a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="/basic-usage/adding-submenus">
                    Adding Submenus
                </a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
</ul>

You can also use submenus to divide your menu in sections. A header is optional, and can be a plain string or an instance of item. The menu parameter can be an instance of Menu or a callable which will pass through a new Menu as it's first parameter.

Menu::new()
    // No header, `Menu` instance
    ->submenu(Menu::new()
        ->link('/introduction', 'Introduction')
        ->link('/requirements', 'Requirements')
        ->link('/installation-setup', 'Installation and Setup')
    })
    // String header, `callable`
    ->submenu('<h2>Basic Usage</h2>', function (Menu $menu) {
        $menu
            ->prefixLinks('/basic-usage')
            ->link('/your-first-menu', 'Your First Menu')
            ->link('/working-with-items', 'Working With Items')
            ->link('/adding-sub-menus', 'Adding Sub Menus');
    });

<ul>
    <li>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="/introduction">Introduction</a></li>
            <li><a href="/requirements">Requirements</a></li>
            <li><a href="/installation-setup">Installation and Setup</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
        <h2>Basic Usage</h2>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="/basic-usage/your-first-menu">Your First Menu</a></li>
            <li><a href="/basic-usage/working-with-items">Working With Items</a></li>
            <li><a href="/basic-usage/adding-sub-menus">Adding Sub Menus</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
</ul>

If you're using a callable, the new instance will be a blueprint—an empty copy—of the current menu. This means that filters applied to your main menu will also be applied to your submenu. This is useful for cascading prefixLinks.

Menu::new()
    ->prefixLinks('/foo')
    ->submenu(function (Menu $menu) {
        $menu
            ->prefixLinks('/bar')
            ->add('/baz', 'Baz');
    });

<ul>
    <li>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="/foo/bar/baz">Baz</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
</ul>