Module: ExpressAdmin::Menu

Defined in:
lib/express_admin/menu.rb

Overview

Provide menus for Express Admin addon engines.

To use:

1) include ExpressAdmin::Menu::Loader in your engine.rb 2) add a config/menu.yml defining the menu structure

Example:

title: 'Blog'
path: 'express_blog.admin_blog_posts_path'
items:
  -
    title: 'Posts'
    path: 'express_blog.admin_blog_posts_path'
  -
    title: 'Categories'
    path: 'express_blog.admin_blog_categories_path'

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: Loader Classes: MenuItem

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.[](addon_name) ⇒ Object

Return the top level MenuItem for the addon or defined in the supplied path.

Accepts an addon_name such as :express_admin or a path to a yaml file containing a menu definition.



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# File 'lib/express_admin/menu.rb', line 26

def self.[](addon_name)
  @menus ||= {}
  @menus[addon_name.to_sym] ||= begin
    menu_yml_path =
      if addon = Gem.loaded_specs[addon_name]
        File.join(addon.full_gem_path, 'config', 'menu.yml')
      else
        File.join(Rails.root, 'config', 'menu.yml')
      end
    from(menu_yml_path)
  end
end

.from(yaml_path) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/express_admin/menu.rb', line 39

def self.from(yaml_path)
  raise "unable to locate #{yaml_path}" unless File.exists?(yaml_path)
  MenuItem.new YAML.load_file(yaml_path).with_indifferent_access
end