Customization of Navigation Menu Items

[AniketUndalekar1997]

Summary

It would be greatly beneficial to have more customization options for navigation menu items. Specifically, I have the following requests:

Prevent Default Routing: Currently, certain menu items default to routing to /. It would be useful to have a way to prevent this default behavior on selected menu items.

Custom Styling:

Increase spacing between menu items: The ability to adjust the spacing between individual menu items would improve the visual layout and readability.

Font size adjustment for NavigationSubheaderItem: A method to increase the font size of NavigationSubheaderItem would enhance its prominence and legibility.

Providing these customization options would significantly enhance the flexibility and usability of the navigation menu.

Examples

Motivation

Customizable navigation menus enhance user experience by allowing more control over the interface. Providing options to prevent default routing, adjust spacing, and change font sizes can lead to a more intuitive and visually appealing navigation system. These features ensure the menu aligns with the overall design and usability goals, offering a more personalized and accessible experience.

Search keywords: Customization of Navigation Menu Items

[apedroferreira]

Hi, looks like a renderItem property as discussed in #4413 would help fix most of your issues.
For the spacing and typography, you might be able to use the sx prop in DashboardLayout and target the elements you mean to customize.

[AniketUndalekar1997]

@apedroferreira, could you share documentation for this if available ?

[apedroferreira]

@apedroferreira, could you share documentation for this if available ?

Adding renderItem to navigation items is in our backlog, but we might be able to prioritize it as it seems quite a few people would find it useful.

About the sx prop, it's only really listed here in the DashboardLayout API docs page: https://mui.com/toolpad/core/api/dashboard-layout/
With the sx prop object you should be able to do something like this, for example:

sx={{
  '& .MuiListSubheader-root': {
    fontSize: '1.2rem',
  },
}}

If this helps solve some of your issues and it wasn't super clear how to use maybe we document it more clearly!