Sections

Introduction

The control panel displays module's structure based on the information found in the module's class.

Defining Sections

Sections can be defined on the sections property of the module or as a handler like ExampleModuleSections.

protected $sections = [
    'products' => [
        'buttons' => [
            'create',
        ],
    ],
    'categories' => [
        'buttons' => [
            'create',
        ],
    ],
];

The Module Segment

Modules are the primary building block of the control panel and must be routed by their slug first.

admin/products // Products module
admin/settings // Settings module

The Section Segment

The third slug is reserved for sections. Module's define their own sections. The first section, known as the default section does not require a URI segment.

admin/products              // default section of products module
admin/products/categories   // "categories" section of products module
admin/products/brands       // "brands" section of products module

Additional Segments

Aside from nesting sections the control panel no longer has any interest in your URI pattern after the section segment.

Section Buttons

Each section can define buttons that display when that section is active. Buttons can be used for anything! Very often they are used for displaying create a new entry buttons for example.

Control Panel Buttons{.link}

Definition

Key	Required	Type	Default	Description
$slug	true	string	The section array key.	The slug will become the URI segment and must be unique.
$title	false	string	{vendor}.module.{module}::section.{slug}.title	The section title or translation key.
$description	false	string	{vendor}.module.{module}::section.{slug}.description	The section description or translation key.
$buttons	false	array	null	An array of button definitions.
$icon	false	string	null	A registered icon string or icon class.
$class	false	string	null	A CSS class to append to the section.
$matcher	false	string	The section's URL	A string pattern to test against a request path to determine if the section is active or not. Example: admin/products/*/variants
$parent	false	string	null	The slug of the parent section if any. Sub-sections will not display in the navigation. Sub-sections highlight their parent when active but display their own buttons.
$sections	false	array	null	An array of child section definitions. These are placed in the base array and parent set on them automatically.
$attributes	false	array	null	An array of `key => value` HTML attributes. Any base level definition keys starting with `data-` will be pushed into attributes automatically.
$href	false	string	admin/{module}/{slug}	The HREF to the section. This gets pushed into `attributes` automatically.
$breadcrumb	false	string	false	The section title.
$view	false	string	null	The view to delegate the section to.
$html	false	string	null	The HTML to display as the section.
$permission	false	string	{vendor}.module.{module}::{slug}.*	The permission string required to access the section. Note that builders within the section usually automate permissions so this may not be required if using said builders.
$permalink	false	string	The section URL.	The actual permalink for the section in the case that the HREF is used for something different. This is helpful when the HREF used for the section link needs to be different than the actual HREF for the section. Like a section link that opens a modal as in the above example to take you into the section.