Add method to reference a route for a menu link

[xtrasmal]

Hi there

route:list

Shows me that I have a named route called

infrastructure.index

It tells me that I do not have a route named

infrastructure.index

when I'm following your instructions in de wiki.

Have you encountered such an problem before?

[kaidesu]

I have not. Could you provide the code you're using to generate your menu?

[xtrasmal]

menuserviceprovider.php

    /**
     * Bootstrap the application services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function boot()
    {

        Menu::make('primary', function($menu) {
            $menu->add('Infrastructure', array('route' => 'infrastructure.index'));
        });
    }

routes.php

# Content routes
Route::group(
    [
        'prefix'    => 'infrastructure',
        'middleware'    => 'auth',
    ],
    function()
    {
        Route::get('/', ['as'=>'infrastructure.index', 'uses'=>'InfraViewController@index']);
    }
);

whoops

InvalidArgumentException in UrlGenerator.php line 273: 
Route [infrastructure.index] not defined.

    in UrlGenerator.php line 273
    at UrlGenerator->route('infrastructure.index') in Builder.php line 229
    at Builder->dispatch(array('route' => 'infrastructure.index', 'prefix' => null)) in Item.php line 172
    at Item->url() in Item.php line 300
    at Item->checkActiveStatus() in Item.php line 95
    at Item->configureLink(array('route' => 'infrastructure.index')) in Item.php line 65
    at Item->__construct(object(Builder), '1', 'Infrastructure', array('route' => 'infrastructure.index')) in Builder.php line 76
    at Builder->add('Infrastructure', array('route' => 'infrastructure.index')) in MenuServiceProvider.php line 17
    at MenuServiceProvider->App\Providers\{closure}(object(Builder))
    at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Builder)) in Menu.php line 65
    at Menu->make('primary', object(Closure)) in Facade.php line 213

[xtrasmal]

It does work when I register my own view composer and put the code there.

[kaidesu]

Ah right, I believe I never got around to adding support for referencing routes when building out a menu. I'll be sure to get that added and I will let you know!

[xtrasmal]

After going through a lot of methods...it seems like a lot of stuff isn't really implemented yet. For instance:

Menu::make('primary', function($menu) {
    $menu->add('Infrastructure', array('route' => 'infrastructure.index') );
    $menu->infrastructure->add('Virtual machines', array('route' => 'infrastructure.vms.index') );
    // SO how would I add a a child to $menu->virtualmachines?
   //  $menu->virtualmachines->add() throws an error.
});

[kaidesu]

Item slugs use camel case, to make them a little easier to read since they don't use any underscore or hyphens:

$menu->virtualMachines->add();

You can add children items this way indefinitely. You can also assign an item to it's own variable and add children to it that way as well, if you prefer:

$virtualMachines = $menu->infrastructure->add('Virtual Machines', 'lorem/ipsum');

$virtualMachines->add('Child Item', 'foo/bar');