Blog • Navigation Editor

Developer Notes:

Please checkout our Youtube Channel where you can find videos going over the Navigation Editor update and the Lightbox update in more detail.

The Administration Panel icons have been updated with special dual-tone icons that match the Theme Colors for your school.
The Navigation Editor has been revamped with a new interface and new features. The Previous Navigation Editor is still available while users get acclimated to the new version.
New Setting in the Primary Navigation to place a Secondary Navigation Menu in the top bar.
Secondary Navigation bar reformatted depending on if a Secondary Navigation is set.
All Menus, excluding Mega Menus, have been restructured to be fully OCR compliant.
All Menus will more properly "reflow" as the viewport to the site changes. As the viewport changes to a mobile viewport, the same menu will change to accommodate the new view
Re-mapped many of the settings in the Primary Navigation and Main Content Settings
Here is a summary of the update:

(NEW) Navigation Editor Module Interface and Features
- (NEW) The look and flow for the Navigation Editor
- (NEW) Features available in the New Navigation Editor including the ability to more easily link different items
- (NEW) Ways to search & filter from within the New Navigation Editor - find exactly what you're looking for
(NEW) Ways to re-orient your Navigation.
- Drag and Drop is still available; however, not as robust as the previous Navigation Editor
- Add new Menu Items directly to your navigation items - create submenus much easier
- Create New Pages or Portals easily right from the Navigation Editor
(PATCHED) Removing a Navigation Item will no longer automatically remove the resource.
(NEW) Menu Block Setting for making a Menu "Distinct
(NEW) Menu Item Setting to change the label applied to a menu item
(NEW) Menu Item Setting to change the target of a menu item - allows for opening menu items in a new tab.

(PATCHED) Over the past year, we've been working with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to update our Platform and make it more Accessible. A major part of this collaboration has been making our navigation accessible.
(PATCHED) All available menus in the platform have been swapped to the OCR approved menu structure
- This includes the Primary Navigation, Secondary Navigation, and Side Navigation
- Mega Menus are unaffected, they require a separate structure that has yet to be implemented.
OCR Compliant Navigation are navigable with only a keyboard and appropriately read out menu structure and labels when using a screen reader
(PATCHED) Navigation in the Platform persists through "reflow" (window resizing).
- This means that whether viewing the site on a mobile phone, at increased zoom levels, or within a tablet (at portrait or landscape orientation) the menu will always be available and always be compliant.