Nav - Menu's

Example menu. 

 Menu 1 contain a confirmation dialog, menu 2 contains an external URL/Link. 

 <?php

echo Nav::widget([

 'encodeLabels' => false,

 'items' => [

 [ 'label' => 'Menu1',

 'visible' => (isset(Yii::$app->user->identity->role) && Yii::$app->user->identity->role == 'admin'),

 'items' => [

 ['label' => 'Item1', 'url' => ['/control/action'] ],

 ['label' => 'Item2', 'url' => ['/control/action'] ],

 ['label' => 'Item3', 'url' => ['/control/action'] ],

 [ 'label' => 'Item4',

 'url' => ['/control/action'],

 'linkOptions' => array('onclick'=>'return confirm("Are you sure? ")'),

 ],

 ['label' => '-----------------------------------'],

 ['label' => 'Item1', 'url' => ['/control/action'] ],

 ],

 'options' => ['class' => 'nav-item']

 ],

 

 		[ 'label' => 'Menu2',

 'visible' => (isset(Yii::$app->user->identity->role) && Yii::$app->user->identity->role == 'admin'),

 'items' => [

 ['label' => 'Item1', 'url' => ['/control/action'] ],

 ['label' => 'Item2', 'url' => ['/control/action'] ],

 [ 'label' => 'Item3',

 'url' => 'https://server.com/page1',

 'template'=> '<a href="{url}" target="_blank">{label}</a>',

 'linkOptions' => ['target' => '_blank'],

 ],

 ],

 'options' => ['class' => 'nav-item']

 ],

 ],

]); 

 Split menu from main.php 

 // In main.php

// remove the use *navbar* lines (2)

<header>

	// remove menu here and replace it with this line

 <?php echo Yii::$app->view->renderFile('@app/views/layouts/menu.php'); ?>

</header>

// now you can put your menu in the file menu.php (same directory) 

 // menu.php

<?php

use yii\bootstrap4\Nav;

use yii\bootstrap4\NavBar;

use yii\bootstrap4\Html;

NavBar::begin([

 'brandLabel' => Yii::$app->name,

 'brandUrl' => Yii::$app->homeUrl,

 'options' => [

 'class' => 'navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-dark bg-dark fixed-top',

 ],

]);

echo Nav::widget([

 'options' => ['class' => 'navbar-nav'],

 'items' => [

...

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