Adding menu elements to the navigation menu in FSE
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 6:20 am
If you want a deeper look into managing menus with the Full Site Editor, check out the section on editing your navigation menu in our Full Site Editing Guide. This section also covers creating submenus.
Depending on the block, the toolbar offers some options for customization. For example, if you select a link to a page, you can make it bold, italic, strikethrough, and rearrange it if necessary.
These tools allow you to highlight a single menu item from the rest.
The block toolbar settings for a page link in menuIn the settings panel on the right, switch to the “Block” tab and navigate to the “Styles” tab below.Here you can customize the color, typography , dimensions, margins and shadow of your block.
The block styles tab for block elements in navigation menu
Blocks typically have default style settings. For example, if you're editing a link to a page, you might only see options like "font size" and "width."
But don't worry, just click the three-dot menu next to list of poland cell phone number these options to enable more customization options, such as changing the font family and letter spacing.
Enabling more styling features in the block styles tab
Similarly, if you have a button block in your navigation menu, clicking on it will give you options to customize the style, text, background color, typography, dimensions, border, and even shadow.
For more information, see our guide on adding a call-to-action button .
Adding a drop shadow to the call-to-action buttonIf you want to change the background color of your navigation menu, you will need to edit your theme's header template.
To open it, just click on the command search box at the top that says "Navigation," then type "Header" and press Enter.
Depending on the block, the toolbar offers some options for customization. For example, if you select a link to a page, you can make it bold, italic, strikethrough, and rearrange it if necessary.
These tools allow you to highlight a single menu item from the rest.
The block toolbar settings for a page link in menuIn the settings panel on the right, switch to the “Block” tab and navigate to the “Styles” tab below.Here you can customize the color, typography , dimensions, margins and shadow of your block.
The block styles tab for block elements in navigation menu
Blocks typically have default style settings. For example, if you're editing a link to a page, you might only see options like "font size" and "width."
But don't worry, just click the three-dot menu next to list of poland cell phone number these options to enable more customization options, such as changing the font family and letter spacing.
Enabling more styling features in the block styles tab
Similarly, if you have a button block in your navigation menu, clicking on it will give you options to customize the style, text, background color, typography, dimensions, border, and even shadow.
For more information, see our guide on adding a call-to-action button .
Adding a drop shadow to the call-to-action buttonIf you want to change the background color of your navigation menu, you will need to edit your theme's header template.
To open it, just click on the command search box at the top that says "Navigation," then type "Header" and press Enter.