Navigation

You can easily modify the navigation with the Website Builder to fit your needs.

In this chapter, you will learn how to:

• Delete and create menu items.

• Create a dropdown menu.

• Create a mega menu.

Default

Odoo automatically generates some basic menu items depending on the apps you installed. For example, the Website app adds two items to the main menu. These items are linked to pages, which are also automatically created.

Delete default menu items.

/website_airproof/data/menu.xml

<!-- Contact us -->
<delete model="website.menu" search="[('url','in', ['/', '/contactus']),
('website_id', '=', 1)]"/>

<!-- Shop -->
<delete model="website.menu" search="[('url','in', ['/', '/shop']),
('website_id', '=', 1)]"/>

Menu item

Declaration

/website_airproof/data/menu.xml

<record id="menu_about_us" model="website.menu">
    <field name="name">About us</field>
    <field name="url">/about-us</field>
    <field name="parent_id" search="[
        ('url', '=', '/default-main-menu'),
        ('website_id', '=', 1)]"/>
    <field name="website_id">1</field>
    <field name="sequence" type="int">10</field>
</record>

Field	Description
name	Link text
url	Value of the href attribute
parent_id	The menu in which the item will be added.
website_id	The website on which the item will be added.
sequence	Defines the link’s position in the top menu.

New window

Open the link’s URL in a new tab.

<record id="..." model="website.menu">
    <field name="new_window" eval="True"/>
</record>

External Links

Add a link to an external website.

<record id="..." model="website.menu">
    <field name="url">https://www.odoo.com</field>
</record>

Anchor

Link to a specific section of a page.

<record id="..." model="website.menu">
    <field name="url">/about-us#our-team</field>
</record>

Dropdown menu

Declaration

/website_airproof/data/menu.xml

<record id="menu_services" model="website.menu">
    <field name="name">Services</field>
    <field name="website_id">1</field>
    <field name="parent_id" search="[
        ('url', '=', '/default-main-menu'),
        ('website_id', '=', 1)]"/>
    <field name="sequence" type="int">...</field>
</record>

Add an item to a dropdown menu.

<record id="menu_services_item_1" model="website.menu">
    <field name="name">Item 1</field>
    <field name="url">/dropdown/item-1</field>
    <field name="website_id">1</field>
    <field name="parent_id" ref="website_airproof.menu_services"/>
    <field name="sequence" type="int">...</field>
</record>

Field	Description
parent_id	The dropdown in which the item will be added.

Mega menu

A mega menu is a dropdown menu with additional possibilities and not just a list of links. In a mega menu, you can use any kind of content (text, images, icons, …).

Declaration

/website_airproof/data/menu.xml

<record id="menu_mega_menu" model="website.menu">
    <field name="name">Mega Menu</field>
    <field name="url">/mega-menu</field>
    <field name="parent_id" search="[
        ('url', '=', '/default-main-menu'),
        ('website_id', '=', 1)]"/>
    <field name="website_id">1</field>
    <field name="sequence" type="int">..</field>
    <field name="is_mega_menu" eval="True"/>
    <field name="mega_menu_classes">...</field>
    <field name="mega_menu_content" type="html">
        <!-- Content -->
    </field>
</record>

Field	Description
is_mega_menu	Enable the mega menu feature.
mega_menu_classes	Custom classes to be added to the main element
mega_menu_content	The default content of the mega menu

Custom template

Create your own template and add it to the list.

Layout

/website_airproof/views/website_templates.xml

<template id="s_mega_menu_airproof" name="Airproof" groups="base.group_user">
    <section class="s_mega_menu_airproof o_cc o_cc1 pt40">
        <!-- Content -->
    </section>
</template>

Option

Use the following code to add an option for your new custom mega menu on the Website Builder.

/website_airproof/data/presets.xml

<template id="snippet_options" inherit_id="website.snippet_options" name="Airproof - Mega Menu Options">
    <xpath expr="//*[@data-name='mega_menu_template_opt']/*" position="before">
        <t t-set="_label">Airproof</t>
        <we-button t-att-data-select-label="_label"
            data-select-template="website_website_airproof.s_mega_menu_airproof"
            data-img="/website_airproof/static/src/img/builder/header_opt.svg"
            t-out="_label"/>
    </xpath>
</template>