With this gem/plugin you get a helper to define menus and also can control the current item of menu in controller. Easy like always should be!
Rail2
gem.config "menu_builder", :version => '0.2.1'
Rails3
gem "menu_builder", '>=0.4.1'
Just install the plugin and see the example below:
class DashboardController < ApplicationController menu_item :mydashboard ... end
You can also change to menu item in action level instead of class level:
class DashboardController < ApplicationController menu_item :mydashboard def prices menu_item :prices ... end end
<%= menu(:id=>"mainMenu", :class=>"menu") do |m| %> <%= m.account 'Account', account_path, :style => 'float: right' %> <%= m.users 'Users', users_path, :style => 'float: right' %> <%= m.mydashboard 'Dashboard', '/' %> <%= m.projects 'Projects', projects_path %> <% end %>
<ul id="mainMenu" class="menu"> <li><a href="/accounts">Account</a></li> <li><a href="/users">Users</a></li> <li><a href="/" class="current">Dashboard</a></li> <li><a href="/projects">Projects</a></li> </ul>
Also is possible to pass blocks instead of simple strings for content. In this way you can create menu item with icons. Like below:
<%= menu do |m| %> <% m.account account_path do %> <%= image_tag "icon.jpg" /> Accounts <% end %> <%= m.users "Users", users_path %> <%= m.posts "Posts", posts_path %> <% end %>
This plugin don’t came with any kind of asset like image or css. The layout of menu depends of your css. You can use any kind of CSS technique you want, like below:
<html> <head> <style type="text/css" charset="utf-8"> #header ul { font-family:Tahoma; position: absolute; margin:0; list-style:none; } #header li { display:inline; margin:0; padding:0; } #header a { float:left; background: url(corner_left.jpg) no-repeat left top; margin:0; padding:0 0 0 4px; text-decoration:none; } #header a span { float:left; display:block; background: url(corner_right.jpg) no-repeat right top; padding:4px 14px 4px 6px; color:#FFF; } #header a:hover span { color:#FFF; } #header a:hover { background-position:0% -43px; } #header a:hover span { background-position:100% -43px; } #header #current a { background-position:0% -43px; } #header #current a span { background-position:100% -43px; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="header"> <ul> <li><a href="#"><span>Home</span></a></li> <li><a href="#"><span>Quem Somos</span></a></li> <li><a href="#"><span>Portifólio</span></a></li> <li><a href="#"><span>Contato</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </body> </html>
You can read a full tutorial and see a working demo of above in this link
- Authors
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Daniel Lopes
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Fork the project.
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Make your feature addition or bug fix.
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Add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a future version unintentionally.
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Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history.
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Send me a pull request :)
MenuBuilder is released under the MIT License.
Copyright © 2010 Daniel Lopes. See LICENSE for details.