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Icon Bar Features #49

Closed ajenks1973 closed 2 years ago

ajenks1973 commented 2 years ago

I know it's called the Icon Bar, but It would be great if we had the ability to deselect the icon and put in text instead. Also the abilty to add a content zone. As you can probably guess I'm trying to turn this into a Nav Bar....lol

Thanks for all your hard work

elixirgraphics commented 2 years ago

For something like that it might be better to have a more robust, manually curated navigation bar right?

As for the Content Zone -- Not sure what you're looking for there specifically.

I do not have any Navigation Bar tools that allow for a drop zone in the top tier of the navigation bar itself. The reason being is that with the way a navigation bar is built, it is precarious to just allow any items (read here: code) to be thrown into it willy-nilly. Additionally, most elements will not work layout-wise within a navigation bar, which will lead to user frustration and increased support. So I've weighted the niche need of adding some few possible items into the navigation’s top tier bar against all of the negatives. It’s a bit like the old saying of "give a man enough rope and he will hang himself” — I’m trying to avoid the many pitfalls users would run up against here.

If I'm mis understanding what you mean by Content Zone for the navigation you're talking about please let me know with some clarifications.

ajenks1973 commented 2 years ago

I agree, these features would more geared toward a more robust Nav Bar. I understand what your saying about adding a content section/drop zone in the nav. At the end of the day I’m just wanting to build a Nav bar where I can put my logo in the middle and the Nav items evenly spaced on each side.

elixirgraphics commented 2 years ago

That layout is a hard one with templated pages. That said, you can create that with the current Navigation Bar Pro tool. Though it will take some finesse getting it right at each breakpoint.

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ajenks1973 commented 2 years ago

This does get me close, if I was able to tell the menu items to take all available space and evenly space themselves apart it would be exactly what I'm looking for.

Thanks Screen Shot 2022-08-23 at 5 55 10 PM

ajenks1973 commented 2 years ago

I also need one of my menu items to be a dropdown, but I can't do that with Nav Pro.

elixirgraphics commented 2 years ago

You’ll want a different navigation tool then. Foundry does not have something to meet your needs.