Grouped collections / globals

edblocker

11 months ago

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  DanRibbens

  Payload Team

  11 months ago

  Hey @edblocker,
  Great question, you didn't miss anything. As of today, the built in nav doesn't offer any structure. You could make a custom Nav component, though, I'm in favor of building this one in as a feature to Payload.

  Give us some time here to circle back around on it...

  If you want to build your own, check out the docs for customizing the admin UI: https://payloadcms.com/docs/admin/components
  Nav is the one you will need to replace.

  A good starting point would be to copy the existing Nav component to build on top of: https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/tree/master/src/admin/components/elements/Nav

  It isn't ideal, but you could use your prefixes to group them or something, up to you on how you'd handle it.
  Let us know if you do build something and want to share.

  Thanks,
  Dan

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  Rar9

  5 months ago

  @DanRibbens This feels wrong that everyone should create a custom nav to resolve the issue.

  Please consider adding a 2nd level, so category can have deeper categories.

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  DanRibbens

  Payload Team

  5 months ago

  @DanRibbens This feels wrong that everyone should create a custom nav to resolve the issue.

  Please consider adding a 2nd level, so category can have deeper categories.

  You're right @Rar9! This answer is out of date.

  There is now the admin.group property that allows for organizing nav items under names that you provide. You no longer need a custom nav component for this.

  It is documented here: https://payloadcms.com/docs/configuration/collections#admin-options