README.md

Menu Editor

Vanilla Javascript Menu Editor Library (made with Typescript).

>>> Demo <<<

Install

Via NPM

npm install @davicotico/menu-editor

Via CDN

<!-- Styles -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/davicotico/[email protected]/dist/styles.min.css">

<!-- and the javascript file -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/davicotico/[email protected]/dist/menu-editor.min.js"></script>
<script>
	var menuEditor = new MenuEditor('element-id', { maxLevel: 3 });
</script>

How to use

Imports

import '@davicotico/menu-editor/lib/css/styles.css';
import { MenuEditor } from '@davicotico/menu-editor';

Creating the object

HTML

<div id="element-id"></div>

Javascript

const menuEditor = new MenuEditor('element-id', { maxLevel: 3 });

Setting the Events

menuEditor.onClickDelete((event) => {
	if (confirm('Do you want to delete the item ' + event.item.getDataset().text)) {
		event.item.remove(); // remove the item
	}
});

menuEditor.onClickEdit((event) => {
	let itemData = event.item.getDataset();
	console.log(itemData);
	menuEditor.edit(event.item); // set the item in edit mode
});

Setting the data

The data

var nestedData = [
	{
	"text": "Home",
	"href": "/home",
	"tooltip": "Go to home page",
	"icon": "fa-solid fa-house",
	"children": []
	},
	{
	"text": "About Us",
	"href": "/about",
	"tooltip": "Learn more about our company",
	"icon": "fa-solid fa-address-card",
	"children": []
	},
	{
	"text": "Services",
	"href": "/services",
	"tooltip": "Discover the services we offer",
	"icon": "fa-solid fa-gear",
	"children": [
		{
		"text": "Service 1",
		"href": "/services/1",
		"tooltip": "Details for Service 1",
		"icon": "cog",
		"children": []
		},
		{
		"text": "Service 2",
		"href": "/services/2",
		"tooltip": "Details for Service 2",
		"icon": "cog",
		"children": []
		}
	]
	}
];

The method:

menuEditor.setArray(nestedData);

Mount the menu editor

menuEditor.mount();

Add a new item

let newItem = {
    text: txtText.value, // required
    href: txtHref.value, // required
    icon: txtIcon.value, // required
    tooltip: txtTooltip.value, // required
    something: "Something" // custom attributes are optional
};
menuEditor.add(newItem);

Update an item

The menu editor must have an item in edit mode. See onClickEdit event in Events section

let data = {
	text: txtText.value,
	href: txtHref.value,
	icon: txtIcon.value,
	tooltip: txtTooltip.value,
};
menuEditor.update(data);

Output

let output = menuEditor.getString();
console.log(output);

Remove all items

menuEditor.empty();

Changelog

v1.1.0

• New feature: maxLevel option (zero-based value, where zero indicates the first level of the nested menu).
• Improvements in the layout of items and buttons.

v1.0.0

• First release