Secondary navigation appears under the titles of pages and spaces, and lets users move between the areas of the digital workplace nested beneath them.
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Features
Secondary navigations links to areas in the digital workplace that are nested beneath the item in the architecture, including the homepage and any channels, pages, or spaces present. It supports dropdowns for channels, pages, or spaces nested beneath secondary navigation items in the digital workplace’s architecture.
Navigation items are controlled by access permissions, so areas that users don’t have access to do not appear in navigation. Items can be hidden from navigation via their Full Edit screen, or the Site Manager. Navigation items will collapse into the More Links dropdown if there are too many items for the bar to contain.
Configure secondary navigation
To configure the secondary navigation bar of a page, see Enabling the sub-navigation bar of a page.
Spaces show their secondary navigation bars by default.
Frequently asked questions
I’ve hidden something from the secondary navigation. Why are some users still able to find it?
Hiding items from the navigation bar removes the links, but doesn’t change the access permissions on the item. In order to make sure that users can’t access an item, remove any access rules for the location.
When does the secondary navigation collapse items into More Links?
The More Links option appears based on the length of the longest item in the navigation bar, and how many items the navigation bar can fit. If the navigation bar contains a microblog channel called “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” it will count the number of characters it can fit in the bar and collapse items into More Links as soon as there is one too many.
An item only appears for administrators. Why does it not appear for other users?
The Secondary Navigation obeys all access rules, so users may have different items in their navigation bar based on the access they have in the workplace. If an item does not appear, the user likely does not have the proper permissions to access it.
Best practices
Use organization to your advantage
Keep core elements like calendars, discussions, or often-consulted resources at the top level of a space or page to help users get around the site, and encourage them to move deeper into the digital workplace. This could even include a help item, with links to documentation or contextual information for the area.
Use access permissions to shape your navigation experience
Use access permissions to your advantage by giving certain users a customized view of the workplace. If someone doesn’t have at least Read access to an item, it won’t appear in the navigation. Use that to curate the navigation experience for some users, and not for others. This can be done by applying permissions on certain items to keep users in primary navigation.