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# Menu
## Overview
A flexible menu block component that renders a multi-level navigation menu with customizable styling options. Supports up to three levels of navigation (parent, child, and grandchild links) with optional thumbnail images for child and grandchild menu items.
## Common use cases
* Use stacked layout for sidebar or mobile menus
* Use inline layout for horizontal navigation bars
* Enable hover animation for interactive menus with many items
* Add thumbnail images to enhance visual navigation
* Configure different styling for each menu level to create visual hierarchy
* Adjust gap sizes based on menu density and available space
## Block settings
### General
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| Show advanced settings | Reveals 10 advanced options including top spacing, bottom spacing, and more | Checkbox (default: false) |
### Content
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ------- | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Menu | Select the navigation menu to display | Link list picker (default: main-menu) |
### Parent links
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Font family | Controls the font family used for parent links |
• Standard (default) • Heading • Subheading • Accent
Visible when parent font size contains 'type--'
|
| Font size | Controls the font size of parent links |
|
### Child links
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Font family | Controls the font family used for child links |
• Standard (default) • Heading • Subheading • Accent
Visible when child font size contains 'type--'
|
| Font size | Controls the font size of child links |
|
### Grandchild links
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Font family | Controls the font family used for grandchild links |
• Standard (default) • Heading • Subheading • Accent
Visible when grandchild font size contains 'type--'
|
| Font size | Controls the font size of grandchild links |
|
### Spacing
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Top spacing | Spacing above the menu |
0 - 30 px (default: 0)
Visible when Show advanced settings is on
|
| Bottom spacing | Spacing below the menu |
0 - 30 px (default: 0)
Visible when Show advanced settings is on
|
| Enable horizontal padding | Adds horizontal padding around the menu |
Checkbox (default: false)
Visible when Show advanced settings is on
|
| Enable internal padding | Adds internal padding to menu items |
Checkbox (default: false)
Visible when Show advanced settings is on
|
| Gap size | Spacing between menu items |
• None • Default (default) • XS • SM • MD • LG • XL
Visible when Show advanced settings is on
|
### Color
These settings appear in the theme editor when **Show advanced settings** is on.
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Type | Custom scheme vs preset text colors |
• Custom • Base (default)
Visible when Show advanced settings is on and Enable inheritance is off
|
| Text | Text color pairing |
Color scheme picker
Visible when type is Custom, Show advanced settings is on, and Enable inheritance is off
|
| Text | Preset text color |
• Default (default) • Alternative • Link • Error • Success • Shade 1–3
Visible when type is Base, Show advanced settings is on, and Enable inheritance is off
|
| Enable inheritance | Inherit colors from the closest parent with a set scheme |
Checkbox (default: true)
Visible when Show advanced settings is on
|
### Style
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Hover style | Controls the hover effect for menu items |
• None (default) • Background • Fade
Visible when Show advanced settings is on
|
### Layout
| Setting | Description | Options |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| Layout | Controls the menu layout direction |
|
### Display
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Visibility | Controls when the block is visible |
• All (default) • Mobile only • Desktop only
Visible when Show advanced settings is on
|
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