A Laravel Nova package to display custom links in the sidebar navigation
This package leets you add any number of links to the Nova sidebar.
Note: For Nova 3 or earlier use version 1.x
Installation
You can install the package via composer:
composer require vmitchell85/nova-linksUsage
Register the tool in the tools method of the NovaServiceProvider.
// app/Providers/NovaServiceProvider.php
// ...
public function tools()
{
return [
// ...
(new \vmitchell85\NovaLinks\Links('Documentation'))
->addExternalLink('Laravel Docs', 'https://laravel.com/docs')
->addExternalLink('Nova Docs', 'https://nova.laravel.com/docs')
];
}Examples
Add internal links or external links calling the addLink or addExternalLink methods respectively.
// app/Providers/NovaServiceProvider.php
// ...
public function tools()
{
return [
// ...
(new \vmitchell85\NovaLinks\Links('All Links'))
->addLink('Nova Main', '/')
->addExternalLink('Laravel Docs', 'https://laravel.com/docs'),
];
}You can also change the navigation label by passing a string to the constructor:
// app/Providers/NovaServiceProvider.php
// ...
public function tools()
{
return [
// ...
(new \vmitchell85\NovaLinks\Links('Quick Links'))
->addLink('Nova Main', '/')
->addExternalLink('Frontend', url('/')),
(new \vmitchell85\NovaLinks\Links('Laravel-related News'))
->addExternalLink('Laravel Blog', 'https://blog.laravel.com')
->addExternalLink('Laravel News', 'https://laravel-news.com'),
];
}To open a link in a new browser window, set the third parameter on addLink or addExternalLink to true:
// app/Providers/NovaServiceProvider.php
// ...
public function tools()
{
return [
// ...
(new \vmitchell85\NovaLinks\Links('Laravel-related News'))
->addLink('Nova Main', '/', true)
->addExternalLink('Laravel News', 'https://laravel-news.com', true),
];
}License
The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.
