The primary navigation feature displays areas at the root level of your digital workplace. It is used to move people between areas of the digital workplace quickly and efficiently. It reflects the organization of the digital workplace and can help people understand how to browse it. It is easy to access, staying at the top of the page no matter where you navigate within the digital workplace.
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Features
- Navigation links: These are links to areas at the top of the architecture, including the homepage and any channels, pages, or spaces present.
- Access controlled: Navigation items are access-controlled to prevent users from seeing items they don't have the appropriate permissions to view
- Dropdowns: Channels, pages, or spaces nested beneath primary navigation items in the digital workplace's architecture can appear in dropdown menus.
- Hidden from navigation: Channels, pages, or spaces can be hidden from navigation via their full Edit page or the Site Manager.
- More links: If the bar contains too many navigation items, they will collapse into the More Links dropdown.
Use the navigation bar
To move through the workplace using the primary navigation feature, select an item from the menu to navigate to it or hover over it to expand the dropdown menu. See Site Manager to learn more about arranging or hiding items or configuring dropdowns in the navigation.
Frequently Asked Questions
I've hidden something from the primary navigation, but people can still find it.
Hiding items from the navigation bar removes the links but doesn't change the permissions on the item. Remove any access rules to ensure that people cannot access an item.
When does the primary navigation collapse items into more links?
The More Links option appears based on 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 are too many.
An item is only appearing in the primary navigation for administrators. Why does it not appear for other workplace members?
The primary navigation feature obeys all access rules, so people may see different items in their navigation bar depending on their access to the digital workplace. If an item doesn't appear, it is likely that they don't have the appropriate access permissions to view it.