Local page navigation

Overview

Local page navigation allows authors to build several children pages to provide additional details about a main (parent) topic.

A third level navigation bar will appear below the global navigation to provide visitors with the ability to navigate between parent and children pages.

Configuration
  • Number of children to display: Sets the limit of child links that render. If the number of pages exceed the set limit, the remaining pages will appear under an ellipsis (...).
  • Enable local page navigation: Causes the local navigation to display
  • Hide bottom line: Hides the line that appears above the navigation bar
  • Hide top line: Hides the line that appears below the navigation bar
Good to know:
  • In the local navigation bar, the parent page will appear left aligned; child pages will appear right aligned
  • Configure the local page navigation settings in the parent template
  • Children pages automatically inherit the local navigation from its parent
  • Only certain templates support the local page navigation
  • Navigation labels will automatically be determined by the page titles
  • If the label that appears in the navigation bar should be different than the page title, set the Navigation title in the corresponding page's page properties
  • Only 1 level of pages will be supported in the navigation. If other pages are built under children, they will not be represented in the menu.

Re-ordering navigation

The order of children is detremined by the order of the pages in the system; to re-order the pages in the system, switch to list-view in AEM and click and drag the order of the pages.

Local navigation in mobile

Local navigation will have the same functionality on mobile, however visual renderingwill be optimized for the appropriate screen size. A drop down list will appear at the top of the parent and children pages.

Availability

Local navigation is only available on the following templates:

Parent
  • Tier 1 Template
  • System Template
  • Procedure Template
Child
  • Long page details

 

Video:  Local page navigation