Class yii\widgets\Menu

Inheritanceyii\widgets\Menu » yii\base\Widget » yii\base\Component » yii\base\Object
Implementsyii\base\Configurable, yii\base\ViewContextInterface
Subclassesyii\jui\Menu
Available since version2.0
Source Code https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/blob/master/framework/widgets/Menu.php

Menu displays a multi-level menu using nested HTML lists.

The main property of Menu is $items, which specifies the possible items in the menu. A menu item can contain sub-items which specify the sub-menu under that menu item.

Menu checks the current route and request parameters to toggle certain menu items with active state.

Note that Menu only renders the HTML tags about the menu. It does do any styling. You are responsible to provide CSS styles to make it look like a real menu.

The following example shows how to use Menu:

echo Menu::widget([
    'items' => [
        // Important: you need to specify url as 'controller/action',
        // not just as 'controller' even if default action is used.
        ['label' => 'Home', 'url' => ['site/index']],
        // 'Products' menu item will be selected as long as the route is 'product/index'
        ['label' => 'Products', 'url' => ['product/index'], 'items' => [
            ['label' => 'New Arrivals', 'url' => ['product/index', 'tag' => 'new']],
            ['label' => 'Most Popular', 'url' => ['product/index', 'tag' => 'popular']],
        ]],
        ['label' => 'Login', 'url' => ['site/login'], 'visible' => Yii::$app->user->isGuest],
    ],
]);

Public Properties

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PropertyTypeDescriptionDefined By
$activateItems boolean Whether to automatically activate items according to whether their route setting matches the currently requested route. yii\widgets\Menu
$activateParents boolean Whether to activate parent menu items when one of the corresponding child menu items is active. yii\widgets\Menu
$activeCssClass string The CSS class to be appended to the active menu item. yii\widgets\Menu
$autoIdPrefix string The prefix to the automatically generated widget IDs. yii\base\Widget
$behaviors yii\base\Behavior[] List of behaviors attached to this component yii\base\Component
$counter integer A counter used to generate $id for widgets. yii\base\Widget
$encodeLabels boolean Whether the labels for menu items should be HTML-encoded. yii\widgets\Menu
$firstItemCssClass string The CSS class that will be assigned to the first item in the main menu or each submenu. yii\widgets\Menu
$hideEmptyItems boolean Whether to hide empty menu items. yii\widgets\Menu
$id string ID of the widget. yii\base\Widget
$itemOptions array List of HTML attributes shared by all menu $items. yii\widgets\Menu
$items array List of menu items. yii\widgets\Menu
$labelTemplate string The template used to render the body of a menu which is NOT a link. yii\widgets\Menu
$lastItemCssClass string The CSS class that will be assigned to the last item in the main menu or each submenu. yii\widgets\Menu
$linkTemplate string The template used to render the body of a menu which is a link. yii\widgets\Menu
$options array The HTML attributes for the menu's container tag. yii\widgets\Menu
$params array The parameters used to determine if a menu item is active or not. yii\widgets\Menu
$route string The route used to determine if a menu item is active or not. yii\widgets\Menu
$stack yii\base\Widget[] The widgets that are currently being rendered (not ended). yii\base\Widget
$submenuTemplate string The template used to render a list of sub-menus. yii\widgets\Menu
$view yii\web\View The view object that can be used to render views or view files. yii\base\Widget
$viewPath string The directory containing the view files for this widget. yii\base\Widget

Public Methods

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MethodDescriptionDefined By
__call() Calls the named method which is not a class method. yii\base\Object
__clone() This method is called after the object is created by cloning an existing one. yii\base\Component
__construct() Constructor. yii\base\Object
__get() Returns the value of an object property. yii\base\Object
__isset() Checks if a property is set, i.e. defined and not null. yii\base\Object
__set() Sets value of an object property. yii\base\Object
__unset() Sets an object property to null. yii\base\Object
attachBehavior() Attaches a behavior to this component. yii\base\Component
attachBehaviors() Attaches a list of behaviors to the component. yii\base\Component
begin() Begins a widget. yii\base\Widget
behaviors() Returns a list of behaviors that this component should behave as. yii\base\Component
canGetProperty() Returns a value indicating whether a property can be read. yii\base\Object
canSetProperty() Returns a value indicating whether a property can be set. yii\base\Object
className() Returns the fully qualified name of this class. yii\base\Object
detachBehavior() Detaches a behavior from the component. yii\base\Component
detachBehaviors() Detaches all behaviors from the component. yii\base\Component
end() Ends a widget. yii\base\Widget
ensureBehaviors() Makes sure that the behaviors declared in behaviors() are attached to this component. yii\base\Component
getBehavior() Returns the named behavior object. yii\base\Component
getBehaviors() Returns all behaviors attached to this component. yii\base\Component
getId() Returns the ID of the widget. yii\base\Widget
getView() Returns the view object that can be used to render views or view files. yii\base\Widget
getViewPath() Returns the directory containing the view files for this widget. yii\base\Widget
hasEventHandlers() Returns a value indicating whether there is any handler attached to the named event. yii\base\Component
hasMethod() Returns a value indicating whether a method is defined. yii\base\Object
hasProperty() Returns a value indicating whether a property is defined. yii\base\Object
init() Initializes the object. yii\base\Object
off() Detaches an existing event handler from this component. yii\base\Component
on() Attaches an event handler to an event. yii\base\Component
render() Renders a view. yii\base\Widget
renderFile() Renders a view file. yii\base\Widget
run() Renders the menu. yii\widgets\Menu
setId() Sets the ID of the widget. yii\base\Widget
setView() Sets the view object to be used by this widget. yii\base\Widget
trigger() Triggers an event. yii\base\Component
widget() Creates a widget instance and runs it. yii\base\Widget

Protected Methods

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MethodDescriptionDefined By
isItemActive() Checks whether a menu item is active. yii\widgets\Menu
normalizeItems() Normalizes the $items property to remove invisible items and activate certain items. yii\widgets\Menu
renderItem() Renders the content of a menu item. yii\widgets\Menu
renderItems() Recursively renders the menu items (without the container tag). yii\widgets\Menu

Property Details

$activateItems public property

Whether to automatically activate items according to whether their route setting matches the currently requested route.

See also isItemActive().

$activateParents public property

Whether to activate parent menu items when one of the corresponding child menu items is active. The activated parent menu items will also have its CSS classes appended with $activeCssClass.

$activeCssClass public property

The CSS class to be appended to the active menu item.

$encodeLabels public property

Whether the labels for menu items should be HTML-encoded.

$firstItemCssClass public property

The CSS class that will be assigned to the first item in the main menu or each submenu. Defaults to null, meaning no such CSS class will be assigned.

$hideEmptyItems public property

Whether to hide empty menu items. An empty menu item is one whose url option is not set and which has no visible child menu items.

$itemOptions public property

List of HTML attributes shared by all menu $items. If any individual menu item specifies its options, it will be merged with this property before being used to generate the HTML attributes for the menu item tag. The following special options are recognized:

  • tag: string, defaults to "li", the tag name of the item container tags. Set to false to disable container tag.

See also yii\helpers\Html::renderTagAttributes() for details on how attributes are being rendered.

$items public property

List of menu items. Each menu item should be an array of the following structure:

  • label: string, optional, specifies the menu item label. When $encodeLabels is true, the label will be HTML-encoded. If the label is not specified, an empty string will be used.
  • encode: boolean, optional, whether this item`s label should be HTML-encoded. This param will override global $encodeLabels param.
  • url: string or array, optional, specifies the URL of the menu item. It will be processed by yii\helpers\Url::to(). When this is set, the actual menu item content will be generated using $linkTemplate; otherwise, $labelTemplate will be used.
  • visible: boolean, optional, whether this menu item is visible. Defaults to true.
  • items: array, optional, specifies the sub-menu items. Its format is the same as the parent items.
  • active: boolean, optional, whether this menu item is in active state (currently selected). If a menu item is active, its CSS class will be appended with $activeCssClass. If this option is not set, the menu item will be set active automatically when the current request is triggered by url. For more details, please refer to isItemActive().
  • template: string, optional, the template used to render the content of this menu item. The token {url} will be replaced by the URL associated with this menu item, and the token {label} will be replaced by the label of the menu item. If this option is not set, $linkTemplate or $labelTemplate will be used instead.
  • submenuTemplate: string, optional, the template used to render the list of sub-menus. The token {items} will be replaced with the rendered sub-menu items. If this option is not set, $submenuTemplate will be used instead.
  • options: array, optional, the HTML attributes for the menu container tag.
$labelTemplate public property
string $labelTemplate '{label}'

The template used to render the body of a menu which is NOT a link. In this template, the token {label} will be replaced with the label of the menu item. This property will be overridden by the template option set in individual menu items via $items.

$lastItemCssClass public property

The CSS class that will be assigned to the last item in the main menu or each submenu. Defaults to null, meaning no such CSS class will be assigned.

$linkTemplate public property
string $linkTemplate '<a href="{url}">{label}</a>'

The template used to render the body of a menu which is a link. In this template, the token {url} will be replaced with the corresponding link URL; while {label} will be replaced with the link text. This property will be overridden by the template option set in individual menu items via $items.

$options public property

The HTML attributes for the menu's container tag. The following special options are recognized:

  • tag: string, defaults to "ul", the tag name of the item container tags. Set to false to disable container tag.

See also yii\helpers\Html::renderTagAttributes() for details on how attributes are being rendered.

$params public property
array $params null

The parameters used to determine if a menu item is active or not. If not set, it will use $_GET.

See also:

$route public property
string $route null

The route used to determine if a menu item is active or not. If not set, it will use the route of the current request.

See also:

$submenuTemplate public property
string $submenuTemplate "\n<ul>\n{items}\n</ul>\n"

The template used to render a list of sub-menus. In this template, the token {items} will be replaced with the rendered sub-menu items.

Method Details

isItemActive() protected method

Checks whether a menu item is active.

This is done by checking if $route and $params match that specified in the url option of the menu item. When the url option of a menu item is specified in terms of an array, its first element is treated as the route for the item and the rest of the elements are the associated parameters. Only when its route and parameters match $route and $params, respectively, will a menu item be considered active.

boolean isItemActive$item )
$item array

The menu item to be checked

return boolean

Whether the menu item is active

normalizeItems() protected method

Normalizes the $items property to remove invisible items and activate certain items.

array normalizeItems$items, <b>&</b>$active )
$items array

The items to be normalized.

$active boolean

Whether there is an active child menu item.

return array

The normalized menu items

renderItem() protected method

Renders the content of a menu item.

Note that the container and the sub-menus are not rendered here.

string renderItem$item )
$item array

The menu item to be rendered. Please refer to $items to see what data might be in the item.

return string

The rendering result

renderItems() protected method

Recursively renders the menu items (without the container tag).

string renderItems$items )
$items array

The menu items to be rendered recursively

return string

The rendering result

run() public method

Renders the menu.

void run( )