Sometimes you may need add items to October backend menus or to plugins. This may be accomplished by adding the following code to your plugin's boot method.

if (App::runningInBackend()) {
        BackendMenu::registerCallback(function ($manager) {
            //dd($manager); //uncomment to explore the current menu items
            $manager->addSideMenuItem('Author.Plugin', 'mainmenuitem', 'mysidemenuitem', [
                'label'       => 'My Side Menu Item',
                'icon'        => 'icon-puzzle-piece',
                'url'         => Backend::url('my/plugin/page'),
                'permissions' => ['my.plugin.access_page'],
                'order'         => 550
            ]);
        });
    }

Of special note: While you can add items to the October.Cms sidemenu, they will not function properly as the sidemenu functionality of this page is modified by october.sidepaneltab.js.

Last updated 8 years ago

Here is another approach to adding side menu items to a plugin:

# Plugin.php

public function boot()
{
    // Extend the navigation
    Event::listen('backend.menu.extendItems', function($manager) {
       $manager->addSideMenuItems('Author.Plugin', 'mainmenuitem', [
            'mysidemenuitem' => [
                'label'       => 'My Side Menu Item',
                'icon'        => 'icon-puzzle-piece',
                'code'        => 'mysidemenuitem',
                'owner'       => 'Author.Plugin',
                'url'         => Backend::url('my/plugin/page'),
            ],
        ]);
    });
}

Last updated 8 years ago