Grouping Modules in the admin sidebar

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• admin

  August 2017 edited 9:52AM

  Yes. You can overwrite the entire navigation array array in your MY_fuel.php file. By default, the array is the following:
  // Site... Dashboard will always be there $config['nav']['site'] = array( 'dashboard' => lang('module_dashboard'), 'pages' => lang('module_pages'), 'blocks' => lang('module_blocks'), 'navigation' => lang('module_navigation'), 'tags' => lang('module_tags'), 'categories' => lang('module_categories'), 'assets' => lang('module_assets'), 'sitevariables' => lang('module_sitevariables') ); // My modules... if set to empty array, then it will automatically include all in MY_fuel_modules.php $config['nav']['modules'] = array(); // Tools $config['nav']['tools'] = array(); // Manage $config['nav']['manage'] = array( 'users' => lang('module_users'), 'permissions' => lang('module_permissions'), 'manage/cache' => lang('module_manage_cache'), 'logs' => lang('module_manage_activity'), 'settings' => lang('module_manage_settings'), );
  
  Additionally, there is a $config['nav_auto_arrange'] = TRUE; parameter you can set in MY_fuel.php which will give you some more flexibility in the ordering if set to FALSE.
• vinayindoria

  August 2017 edited 9:52AM

  Okay, I will try this!
  
  Will this overwrite also handle the permission being set for individual user?
• admin

  August 2017 edited 9:52AM

  The permissions will work the same.
• vinayindoria

  August 2017 edited 9:52AM

  Hi Admin,
  
  I tried to implement your solution by adding the below line

  
  $config['nav']['modules'] = array('My Group' => array('healthcare' => 'healthcare', 'benefits' => 'benefits'));
  

  But I received the below error: Can you suggest an alternative or may be I missed out on something.

  
  A PHP Error was encountered
  Severity: Notice
  
  Message: Array to string conversion
  
  Filename: core/Loader.php(392) : eval()'d code
  
  Line Number: 65
  
  Backtrace:
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\fuel\modules\fuel\core\Loader.php(392) : eval()'d code
  Line: 65
  Function: _error_handler
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\fuel\modules\fuel\core\Loader.php
  Line: 392
  Function: eval
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\fuel\modules\fuel\core\Loader.php
  Line: 323
  Function: _ci_load
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\fuel\modules\fuel\core\Loader.php
  Line: 462
  Function: view
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\fuel\modules\fuel\core\Loader.php(392) : eval()'d code
  Line: 22
  Function: module_view
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\fuel\modules\fuel\core\Loader.php
  Line: 392
  Function: eval
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\fuel\modules\fuel\core\Loader.php
  Line: 323
  Function: _ci_load
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\fuel\modules\fuel\core\Loader.php
  Line: 462
  Function: view
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\fuel\modules\fuel\libraries\Fuel_admin.php
  Line: 266
  Function: module_view
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\fuel\modules\fuel\controllers\Dashboard.php
  Line: 30
  Function: render
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\index.php
  Line: 364
  Function: require_once
  

  This error is displayed in the left sidebar of the admin panel. Below the error, I got one single module entry titled as 'Array' and linked to http://localhost/FUEL-CMS-master/admin/My Group .
  I got what the code does but just wanted to know if there is a way to achieve a collapsible head under which certain modules could be grouped same as Site, Modules, Tools, Manage titles.
  
  Thanks.
• admin

  August 2017 edited 9:52AM

  The nav array should only be 2 arrays deep. In your case, you have specified "My Group" to be under the "modules" group. Instead, try the following:
  $nav['my_group'] = array('healthcare' => 'healthcare', 'benefits' => 'benefits');
• vinayindoria

  August 2017 edited 9:52AM

  Awesome, I have a section now which reads my_group but still all the modules are visible under modules section. Here is my code!

  
  //$config['nav']['modules'] = array();
  
  $config['nav']['my_group'] = array('healthcare' => 'healthcare');
  

  If I can have all the modules sorted and bifurcated then I wont need the modules section in the left side bar. Any ways to hide the section?
• admin

  August 2017 edited 9:52AM

  You can just unset that part of the $nav array:
  unset($config['nav']['modules']);
• vinayindoria

  August 2017 edited 9:52AM

  I guess this works, now I don't see modules section in the left side bar but this caused another issue to pop-up right on the dashboard

  
  A PHP Error was encountered
  Severity: Notice
  
  Message: Undefined index: modules
  
  Filename: libraries/Fuel_admin.php
  
  Line Number: 536
  
  Backtrace:
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\fuel\modules\fuel\libraries\Fuel_admin.php
  Line: 536
  Function: _error_handler
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\fuel\modules\fuel\libraries\Fuel_admin.php
  Line: 138
  Function: nav
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\fuel\modules\fuel\libraries\Fuel_base_controller.php
  Line: 55
  Function: initialize
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\fuel\modules\fuel\controllers\Dashboard.php
  Line: 8
  Function: __construct
  
  File: \wamp64\www\FUEL-CMS-master\index.php
  Line: 364
  Function: require_once

  I changed line 536 with

  
  //$arranged_nav['modules'] = $orig_nav['modules'];
  $arranged_nav['modules'] = isset($orig_nav['modules']) ? $orig_nav['modules'] : array();
  

  to solve the issue
• admin

  August 2017 edited 9:52AM

  You can also try adding the following to your fuel/application/config/MY_fuel.php
  $config['nav_auto_arrange'] = TRUE;