# Menu

Create intuitive navigation that makes sense for your users. Organize complex apps into clear, logical sections.

- Price: $15/month
- Gem: `gem "avo-menu"`
- Web page: https://avohq.io/addons/menu-editor
- Pricing: https://avohq.io/pricing.md

Lay out your Avo sidebar the way your team actually works, instead of settling for the auto-generated list of resources. Menu Editor gives you a Ruby DSL in `config/initializers/avo.rb`: set `config.main_menu` and build the navigation from sections, groups, resources, dashboards, and plain links, in the order and grouping that match how people use the app.

Each item carries its own options: an icon from Heroicons or Tabler, a `visible` block that can call your Pundit policies so people only see what they can reach, a `hotkey` for keyboard navigation, and collapsable sections and groups. Nest links under a resource for sub-items, or drop in `all_resources` and `all_dashboards` when you want the full set with a few exclusions.

The sidebar is where it earns its keep, but the same DSL drives more than the sidebar: reshape the header menu and the profile menu with the same building blocks, and more menus are on the way. It is a DSL your agent configures in a few lines, and it stays in sync with Avo as both evolve.

## See it in action

![Avo sidebar built with Menu: sections, groups, resources, and dashboards](https://avohq.io/assets/addons/menu-editor/sidebar-ff4562c48bd9e7f8ef4dee13b35b30cfd756c7cb64f0db8b3f9b8bb13c54a1aa.png)

![Custom profile menu with Dashboard, Profile, and Sign out](https://avohq.io/assets/addons/menu-editor/profile-menu-f4a135c70de9c5a8db5119361de47f6da4b376ba886179b147a9da0499dc6539.png)

## What you get

- Build the sidebar in Ruby with `section`, `group`, `resource`, `dashboard`, and `link` in `config.main_menu`
- Nest links under a resource for sub-items, or pull the full set with `all_resources`, `all_dashboards`, `all_tools`
- Per-item icons from Heroicons or Tabler on sections, links, resources, and dashboards
- `visible` blocks that call your authorization policies, so people only see items they can open
- Collapsable and default-collapsed sections and groups for dense admin apps
- Keyboard hotkeys on resources, links, and dashboards for fast navigation
- The same DSL for the header menu and `profile_menu`, not just the sidebar, with more menus on the way

## Why it pays off

- Ship a curated, role-aware sidebar this afternoon instead of generating a menu component and its authorization wiring from scratch.
- As your resources and dashboards change and Avo upgrades, the same menu DSL keeps working, and improvements to it reach your app with bundle update.
- Visibility runs through your existing policies, so access control lives in one place instead of being duplicated in custom menu markup.
- The same menu DSL in every app your agents build, instead of a different navigation layer generated each time.

Included in bundles: Essentials ($75/month)

## Recent releases

- 3.21.0
- 3.20.3
- 3.20.2
- 3.20.1
- 3.19.2