Menu Editor

In this article:

• Open Menu Editor
• Menu Editor Show Mode
• Introduction
• Menu Item Visibility
• Menu Item Management
• Menu Item Sorting
• Document Management

Open Menu Editor

In order to open a manu editor, you have to click .

Alternatively, you can open the editor in a separate window by clicking on the link inside the editor on the header. This link can also be used the next times to open the separate editor.

Menu Editor Show Mode

Text editor has default and small views on the page.

The default editor is highlighted on the page.

The content of the small editor immediately looks like a preview. Hover over i to see the label.

Introduction

Menu items are documents.

The menu editor consists of a workspace for manipulating menu elements and Document Manager.

Menu Item Visibility

ImCMS has a version and access control system. Therefore, the menu item may be invisible to users.

In order to make a document visible to a authorized user in a menu, you have to:

1. Make sure the document is published. You can check it in State column.
2. Enable VIEW for all users or give VIEW for one of the user’s roles.
3. Enable Visibility in the menu for authorized users. You can check it in Vis column.

In order to make a document visible to a unauthorized user in a menu, you have to:

1. Make sure the document is published. You can check it in State column.
2. Enable VIEW for all users.
3. Enable Visibility in the menu for unauthorized users. You can check it in Vis column.

See also

Read more about access control here.

Menu Item Management

In order to add a new item to the menu, you have to:

1. Hold that appears in the row of the document in the list.
2. Move it to workspace on the left.

You can remove an item in two ways:

1. Move the mouse cursor over the item and click X that appears.
2. Enable Multi-remove, select items and click Remove.

Menu Item Sorting

Possible sorting of items in the menu:

• Tree Sort - sorting manually with the ability to nest items inside others.
• Manual - sorting manually without nested items.
• Alphabetical (A-Z) - alphabetical sorting by title from A to Z.
• Alphabetical (Z-A) - alphabetical sorting by title from Z to A.
• Published (new first) - sorting by publication date from latest to oldest.
• Published (old first) - sorting by publication date from oldest to latest.
• Changed (new first) - sorting by date modified from latest to oldest.
• Changed (old first) - sorting by date modified from oldest to latest.

We can manage menu items using numbers or by dragging the items while sorting manually.

Manage by numbers

Enable the Sort by numbers checkbox under the dropdown list of sort options.

The order of the items is indicated by numbers, starting from 1.

Tree sort sorting allows to nest items. To nest an item, you have to use a dot (.) and start the order inside from 1. For example, the item is first - 1 and has 1.1, 1,2 items inside.

Manage by dragging

Disable the Sort by numbers checkbox under the dropdown list of sort options.

In order to change an item position, you have to:

1. Move the mouse cursor over the item closest to the right side.
2. When the mouse cursor becomes , hold and drag up or down.

Tree sort sorting allows to nest items. In order to nest an item, you have to:

1. Move the mouse cursor over the item.
2. Hold the mouse cursor on that appears on the left.
3. Drag an item to another item.

In order to nest an item, you have to:

1. Move the mouse cursor over the item.
2. Hold the mouse cursor on that appears on the left.
3. Drag the item outside of the current parent item.

Document Management

In order to create a new document, you have to:

1. Click + button on the top left.
2. In the open window, select the document type and click Ok.
3. Choose a profile (more details here) or a document id/alias that will be inherited for the current document and click Create.
4. Click Ok after filling in the required fields in the page info.

In order to edit a document, you have to move the mouse over the item representing the document and click that appears.

In order to copy a document, you have to move the mouse over the item representing the document and click that appears.