Main Menu

[Steve_B]

You can now change the menu behavior at System->General setup -> Menu

When "Remain visible at top of page" is selected, however, the top part of each page is hidden underneath the menu. JDillard is working on that so stay tuned.

[biggsy]

Thanks very much guys.  It seemss to have been quite a lot of work and I certainly hope I wasn't the only one who wanted for this!

It works really well on the Tue Nov 24 20:16:41 CST 2015 build but I couldn't see that Menu item in System > General setup.

[phil.davis]

For some reason the option in System->General Setup has been commented out:
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/a8ddecc1db0e09911f3a31b16292c562f5f8d464

[jdillard]

@phil.davis:

For some reason the option in System->General Setup has been commented out:
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/a8ddecc1db0e09911f3a31b16292c562f5f8d464

I made it permanent so there was less code to maintain. It may go back to being an option, but for now the fixed nav is forced.

[jdillard]

@biggsy:

Thanks very much guys.  It seemss to have been quite a lot of work and I certainly hope I wasn't the only one who wanted for this!

It works really well on the Tue Nov 24 20:16:41 CST 2015 build but I couldn't see that Menu item in System > General setup.

Looks like we're still having issues with the nav. I backed out the hover changes until we come up with a more robust solution. Also the length of some of the drop down creates issues when the nav is fixed to the top, so I am making that an option marked as BETA.

[biggsy]

Yes, some problems still in there with Nov 30 17:12:57 CST 2015.

Is the three-line nav button on the top right suppose to toggle the menu style?  I just lost all the main menu labels and can't see how to get them back.  The hover seemed to work fine until then.

[NOYB]

biggsy - Your not wide enough.  Make the browser window a little wider.  The top horizontal nav transitions at the same width as the dash board transitions from single to double column.  991 pixels.  The image you posted indicates just a little shy of that.

P.S. Oh and don't be like me and forget to refresh browser.

[jahonix]

@biggsy:

Is the three-line nav button on the top right…

GUI folks usually reference this icon as burger- or whopper-menu

@biggsy:

… suppose to toggle the menu style?

Hopefully not! It's THE icon for a menu. Every other use would be misleading and I hope that pfSense uses it in this way too.
I have to admit that I have not tested any of the bootstrapped 2.3 versions myself. I do GUIs (touchpanel interfaces) as part of my day job, well, mostly at night, though…  ;-)

[jdillard]

Biggsy, the WebGUI options are in System > General Setup

Edit: I can try and get it to transition to the vertical "burger menu" at smaller than 991px width…that is still kind of large.

[biggsy]

Thanks all.

I don't think I had resized the browser window from when I first connected and used the main menu but I'll have another look at that later.

I must be getting old.  I'd never heard of a "Burger menu" before - at least not in relation to GUIs.  :)