Navigation elements
Generate navigation menus from your folder structure
The navigation of your help site will be generated from the folder structure in your Content folder and the contents of your documents:
Multiple languages
On top level you will find A. en and B. de which you will contain the localized documentation for each language.
These languages will appear in the top level language picker to choose from.
The A. and B. at the beginning of the language name will be used to determine the order of the entries in the dropdown menu. They will not appear in the picker.
You could also use numbers, just make sure that there is a space after the prepending characters and the name that should show up.
Top navigation
In each language folder you will find the folders for the top level navigation.
The names of these folders will appear in uppercase letters in the colored top navigation bar.
The order of the menu items is based on the name of the folders and files. Please prepend letters or numbers followed by a space as shown in the example to create the desired order.
On mobile devices the top level folders can be accessed by clicking on the burger-menu in the colored main toolbar.
Again the names of the menu items will not contain the prepended letters or numbers that have to be provided for defining the sort order of the items.
Left navigation
The files and folders below the top navigation will appear in the menu on the left-hand side.
You can either have folders or documents on this level.
If you just have a single file in your top folder the menu will be hidden and the content of the page will use the additional space.
Right navigation
The navigation menu on the right-hand side is generated from the content of your documents.
All section titles formatted with Heading 3 will appear in the navigation on the right.
If you scroll in a longer document the matching headline will be highlighted and users can jump to the sections of interest by using the right navigation menu.
Questions and Feedback
If you have any comments on this page, feel free to add suggestions right to the Google document that we are using to generate this page.
Last Updated: 19.01.17
