HTML menu creation for Laravel Blade

This allows you to define your HTML menu system using easy to read syntax in a blade file.

It allows the menu urls to change if it's called from an admin directory.

Installing

Add the dependency to your project:

composer require DNABeast/tabmenu

##Publish the config file

php artisan vendor:publish

Laravel 5.5:

The ServiceProvider is automatically discovered.

Laravel 5.2:

Add to your app.php config.

DNABeast\TabMenu\TabMenuServiceProvider::class,

You may need to clear the view cache

php artisan view:clear

Usage

In your blade file enter the custom @menu directive, and the @endmenu directive. Enter your menu as a text list. You can indent if you wish.

@menu
[tab][tab]Menu 1
[tab][tab]Menu 2
[tab][tab]Menu 3
@endmenu

outputs

<ul>
	<li><a href="/menu-1">Menu 1</a></li>
	<li><a href="/menu-2">Menu 2</a></li>
	<li><a href="/menu-3">Menu 3</a></li>
</ul>

Sub-menus

Add a tab and the menu item will become a sub-menu.

@menu
[tab][tab]Menu 1
[tab][tab][tab]Menu 1a
[tab][tab][tab][tab]Menu 1ax
[tab][tab]Menu 2
@endmenu

creates

<ul>
	<li><a href="/menu-1">Menu 1</a><ul>
		<li><a href="/menu-1a">Menu 1a</a><ul>
			<li><a href="/menu-1ax">Menu 1ax</a></li></ul>
		</li></ul>
	</li>
	<li><a href="/menu-2">Menu 2</a></li>
</ul>

Set URLs

Put a comma and set the url when it's different to the menu name

@menu
Menu, /menu-one-location
Menu 2
@endmenu

becomes

<ul>
	<li><a href="/menu-one-location">Menu</a></li>
	<li><a href="/menu-2">Menu 2</a></li>
</ul>

Set a Class

If your menu item requires a class name just add it after a second comma

@menu
Menu Item, /menu-item, action
@endmenu

becomes

<ul>
	<li><a href="/menu-item" class="action">Menu Item</a></li>
</ul>

Unwrap the primary ul tag

If you need to add manual menu items it's useful to be able to remove the wrapping <ul> tag.

Publish the config file

php artisan vendor:publish

and change the nowrap flag to true.

@menu
Menu Item, /menu-item, action
@endmenu

becomes

	<li><a href="/menu-item" class="action">Menu Item</a></li>

Change the tabs to spaces

I get it. You prefer pragmatism over semantics. You can change the tab to 2 spaces or 4 spaces if you like.

In the published config file type whatever your preferred indentation is.

'indent' => '----'

Alter the prefix for admin links

In the published config file enter the name of your admin folder.

'prefix' => 'dashboard'