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>

##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>

It is also possible to add html directly into link display text, by calling render on the raw html and concatenating it with the rest of your desired output text or by writing the html directly into the display text. Please note, that this does not parse Laravel Blade syntax.

Menu::new()->link('/hi',Html::raw('<b>Hello</b>')->render()." World")

Menu::new()->link('/hi',"<b>Hello</b> World")

<ul>
    <li>
        <a href="/hi">
            <b>Hello</b> World
        </a>
    </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>