django-outbox-menu 1.0.18

DJANGO OUTBOX MENU

DJANGO OUTBOX MENU

Menu is almost use in every web project.

With this library you can create menu for backend and frontend project without headache. All you need to do is:

In your django Environment

Install package to your environment

> pip install django-outbox-menu

Add to INSTALLED_APPS

INSTALLED_APPS = [        
    'django.contrib.sites', 
    'menu',
]

Add SITE_ID in user settings.py

SITE_ID = 1

Include library URLS

urlpatterns += [
    path('', include('menu.urls')),
]

Install requirements

Activate your environment using
> mkvirtualenv env_menu    

Migrate to create table to your database

> python manage.py migrate

In your django Templates

Load menu tags

> {% load menu_tags %}

Generate menu

> {% menu_create FRONTEND 0 as my_menu %}     
syntax :
    > menu_create <menu_kind> <menu_group> as var_name
    > menu_kind  : FRONTEND or BACKEND
    > menu_group : 
        0 : None (use only for FRONTEND)
        1 : Owner
        2 : Manager
        3 : Operator
        4 : Cashier
        etc ... (Update in admin page section [Menu Groups])

> {% for n in my_menu %}
    n have all menu fields such as :
    n.id
    n.parent_id
    n.name
    n.link
    n.icon
    n.is_external
    n.level
    n.haveChild
    n.haveChildEndTag
    You can use it inside for loop

> example in you templates
    <ul class="main-menu">
        {% menu_create FRONTEND 0 as my_menu %}                    
        {% for n in my_menu %}

            {% if forloop.first %}                      
                <li class="main-menu-active">
            {% else %}
                <li>
            {% endif %}

            {% if n.haveChild %}
                <a href="#"> {{n.name}}
                    {% if n.parent_id %}
                        <i class="zmdi zmdi-chevron-right text-to-right"></i>
                    {% endif %}
                </a>
                <ul class="sub-menu">                            
            {% else %}                                
                <a class="clear-content-right" href="#"> {{n.name}} </a>                            
            {% endif %}
                                                            
            
            {% for i in n.haveChildEndTag %}
                <!-- Count = {{forloop.counter}} -->
                {% if forloop.last %}
                    {% if n.parent_id %}
                        </li></ul>
                        {% if not n.haveChild %}                                                
                            </li> <!-- li -->                            
                        {% endif %}  
                    {% else %}
                        </li> <!-- Root -->
                    {% endif %}

                {% else %}
                    </li></ul>
                {% endif %}       

            {% endfor %}                            
                                        
        {% endfor %}                                        
    </ul> 

Run project

> python manage.py runserver
on you browser :
127.0.0.1:8000
127.0.0.1:8000/menu
127.0.0.1:8000/admin