--- schema_version: "1" id: 933d6d22ae44c972dbea68514750ca530b64bfde55f3b7e75407885bd35ffddc title: Navigation Menu collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/experience/264-0-0/rss_setup_nav_menu.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.rss_setup_nav_menu.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: a855908dea8fddbaee406634cb1fd244c12d940f760e4aec687a26a49470b8ab description: The Navigation Menu component extends your site’s navigation beyond navigational topics. Navigation menu items can include Salesforce objects, topics, pages in your site, URLs to external sites, and menu labels. Menu labels are parent headings under which you can nest other menu items. You can also enable the App Launcher to make it easy for members to switch between their sites and their Salesforce org. products: - Experiences release: "264" --- # Navigation Menu The Navigation Menu component extends your site’s navigation beyond navigational topics. Navigation menu items can include Salesforce objects, topics, pages in your site, URLs to external sites, and menu labels. Menu labels are parent headings under which you can nest other menu items. You can also enable the App Launcher to make it easy for members to switch between their sites and their Salesforce org. When setting up the navigation menu, consider the following: - You can add up to 20 navigation menu items. Menu items that don’t fit on the first line of the navigation menu appear in a More overflow menu item. - If you want to map a navigational topic to a menu item, you must first set it up in Experience Management. - The Help Center and LWR templates (Build Your Own and Microsites) don’t include generic record pages. So if you create an object or global action type menu item that links to a Salesforce object, make sure that you also create the corresponding object pages. If you don't create the associated object pages, end users can’t see anything when they click the menu item. To create or modify navigation menu items: 1. Select the **Navigation Menu** component in the page you’re configuring. 2. To display the App Launcher in existing sites, clear the checkbox for **Hide App Launcher in header**. 3. To show an icon for Home instead of text, select **Replace Home text with icon**. 4. In the property editor, click **Navigation Menu**. ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/images/icon_note.png) Note In the menu editor overlay, you can edit or delete existing menu items, or add new ones. 5. To add a menu item: 1. Click **Add Menu Item**. 2. Enter the name you want to use in the navigation menu for this item. 3. Select the type of item you’re navigating to. Options include: - Event—Events like log in, log out, and account switcher. - External URL—Links to a URL outside of your site. For example, https://salesforce.com. - Global Action—Links to a global action. For example, New Case. - Menu Label—Adds a parent heading for your navigation menu. Nest items underneath the menu label. - Navigational Topic—A dropdown with links to the navigational topics in your site. Navigational topics are set up in Experience Management. - Site Page—Links to a page inside your site using a relative URL. For example, /contactsupport. - Salesforce Object—Available objects include accounts, cases, campaigns, contracts, contacts, dashboards, groups, leads, opportunities, orders, price books, products, quotes, reports, tasks, work orders, and any custom objects. ![Tip](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/images/icon_tip.png) Tip Select this option to create a list view page for the selected object. This option is the easiest way to expose Salesforce record data in your site with minimum configuration. - System Link—Links to Experience Builder, Workspaces, and setup. 4. Complete the fields based on the type you selected. - If you selected Salesforce Object, select the default list view to show. - If you selected Site Page, use the dropdown to select the site page you want to link to. The URL field automatically populates the relative URL for the page based on your selection. - To add the Messages page to your navigation menu, replace the :recordId parameter with Home. - If you selected External URL, enter the fully qualified URL. To keep navigation within your site, select the Open link in the same tab checkbox. - Select **Publicly Available** if you want the navigation menu item to appear for guest users who aren’t members of the site. 6. To move an item, click ![Move icon for navigation menu items](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/nav_menu_move.png) and drag the item to where you want it to appear in the menu. Nest other menu items underneath a menu label by dragging them to the right under the menu label. 7. To delete a menu item, hover over or click the item and click ![Delete icon](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/nav_menu_delete.png). 8. To save your changes, click **Save Menu**. ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/images/icon_note.png) Note For these changes to be visible to users, your site must be activated in Experience Workspaces and recent changes must be published. ![Example](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/images/icon_example.png) Example Sample Navigation Menu component: ![Navigation Menu component](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/nav_menu.png) On a mobile device, your site navigation menu collapses to better fit your screen. Sample Navigation Menu component on a mobile device: ![Nav menu in header on mobile device](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/nav_menu_mobile.png) If your site hosts users who speak different languages, you can translate your navigation menu using the Translation Workbench. However, the fallback language setting doesn’t apply to the navigation menu. For information on using the Translation Workbench, see [Translation Workbench](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.workbench.htm&type=5&language=en_US) in Salesforce Help. Make sure to publish your site after translating so the translations appear to your users. #### See Also - [Which Components Can I Use with Each Aura Template?](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.rss_component_reference_table.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Aura site templates, such as Customer Service and Partner Central, are each composed of pages, which in turn are made up of customizable components. Consult this table to find out which Aura template each component can be used in, and when the component became available.") - [Assign an Audience to a Component Variation](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_personalize_components.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use audiences to vary the content that users see within the CMS Collection, Navigation Menu, or Tile Menu components. For example, show one navigation menu to your site members and a more abbreviated navigation menu to guest users. Or show different CMS content to internal employees and external partners.")