Laravel Sidebar

Adding a menu

$builder = app('Maatwebsite\Sidebar\SidebarManager');

$builder->group('app', function ($group)
{
    $group->addItem('dashboard', function($item)
    {
        // Route method automatically transforms it into a route
        $item->route('acp.dashboard');

        // If you want to call route() yourself to pass optional parameters
        $item->route = route('acp.dashboard');
    });
}

Groups

It's possible to group the menu items. A little header will be rendered to separate the different menu items.

Adding items

The first parameter of $group->addItem() is the name. The name field will automatically be translated through the menu translation file. (e.g. menu.dashboard). If the translation does not exists, the given name will be displayed.

The second parameter is optionally a callback. Alternatively you can chain the methods.

You can change the route, name and icon. If you route given it will automatically be translated to acp.{$name}.index.

Item children

We can go a level deeper with the menu items by calling $item->addItem(). This will automatically nest them. You can add the same values to them as their parent item (including appends and badges).

Without group headings

To disable rendering of the group headings, you can easily use $builder->withoutGroup(). Group headings will now be ignored.

Appends

To append a quick link, you can use $item->append(). You can either pass the route or pass a callback:

// This will append a plus sign
$item->append('acp.pages.create');

// Chain methods
$item->append('acp.pages.custom')->icon('fa fa-pencil');

$item->append(function($append)
{
    $append->route('acp.pages.custom');
    $append->icon = 'fa fa-pencil';
});

You can add as many appends as you want!

Badges

To append a badge you can use $item->badge() You can either pass the value and color or pass a callback:

// This will add a quick badge with green color and the word new
$item->badge('new', 'badge-success');

// Chain methods
$item->badge('new')->color('badge-success');

// Inside the closure you can make use of dependency injection
$item->badge(function($append, PageRepository $repo)
{
    // Display a dynamic value
    $append->value = $repo->getCount();
});

Authorization

By default all groups, items, appends and badges are public for all users. You can use ->authorized(false) on all these objects to disable them or use any condition you want.