Main menu settings
  • 16 Feb 2022
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Main menu settings


Article Summary

When adding or editing a main menu item, you can configure the following settings. 

SettingDescriptionNotes
TypeChoose either:
  • URL: A link to another site/ page
  • Parent: A heading that will have other items below it
This will only appear when adding a new item. 
Parent itemThe item this menu item will sit under. Use the dropdown menu to choose from the existing top-level menu items.

Select Top if you do not want this item to sit under another item. 
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Menu titleThe name of the menu item. This field supports the multi-language content filter.-
VisibilitySelect from:
  • Show
  • Hide
  • Use custom access rules
You can see more on setting up a custom access rule for a main menu item on the dedicated page. 
Menu URL address

Start the URL with a forward slash (/) to make the link relative to your site URL. Otherwise start the URL with http:// or https://, i.e. http://extdomain.com

You can also use following placeholders:

  • ##userid## : Current user ID
  • ##username## : Current username
  • ##useremail## : Current user email
  • ##courseid## : Current course ID
This will only appear when the Type has been set to URL.
Open link in new windowIf selected, clicking this menu item will open the page in a new browser window instead of the current window.
This will only appear when the Type has been set to URL.

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