SonataAdmin, add menu on left

Question

I'm working on Symfony2 and SonataAdminBundle.

I need to know how to add a menu in the left part of my dashboard ? Like in the screen :

I need to have the Dashboard block in the left part on the page (in dark-grey on my screen).. how can i do that ?

you can see on the demo of SonataAdmin http://demo.sonata-project.org/admin/dashboard , login admin, apssword admin

Answer 1

http://blog.eike.se/2014/03/custom-page-controller-in-sonata-admin.html

this post helped me.

extend template

vendor/sonata-project/admin-bundle/Resources/views/standard_layout.html.twig

override block

{% extends 'SonataAdminBundle::standard_layout.html.twig' %}
{% block side_bar_after_nav %}
YOUR CUSTOM MENU
{% endblock %}

Answer 2

I've just added ROLE_SONATA_ADMIN to ROLE_ADMIN in security.yml:

security:
    role_hierarchy:
        ROLE_ADMIN:       [ROLE_USER, ROLE_SONATA_ADMIN]

and it shown up, finaly. For more info check this: https://github.com/sonata-project/SonataAdminBundle/issues/2321

Answer 3

The first thing to do is to open this file in this path:

\\wamp\\www\\YourProject\\vendor\\sonata-project\\admin-bundle\\Resources\\view \\standard_layout.html.twig

Then look for : ROLE_SONATA_ADMIN (using Ctrl+F) then changed to the role that you are using to log in to your admin dashboard for me I'm using ROLE_ADMIN , then save the file, close it, check your admin dashboard, you will find exactly what you look for.

hope it will works

Answer 4

well, if you want to use the automatic menu generated by sonata you can use this steps to reach the point:

Solution

1. override the default sonata layout twig file from config.yml

    sonata_admin: templates: layout: ::layout.html.twig 

2. your ::layout.html.twig :

    {% extends 'SonataAdminBundle::standard_layout.html.twig' %} {% block side_bar_nav %} {{ knp_menu_render('sonata_admin_sidebar', {template: sonata_admin.adminPool.getTemplate('knp_menu_template')}) }} {% endblock %} 

Why this solution?

since the default SonataAdminBundle::standard_layout.html.twig checks the user to have the ROLE_SONATA_ADMIN permission (and you might not using sonata user bundle ), you need to override permission checking process, which is by default:

{% block side_bar_nav %}
    {% if app.user and is_granted('ROLE_SONATA_ADMIN') %}
        {{ knp_menu_render('sonata_admin_sidebar', {template: sonata_admin.adminPool.getTemplate('knp_menu_template')}) }}
    {% endif %}
{% endblock side_bar_nav %}

I think this is the easiest way to use navigation buttons on left sidebar.

Answer 5

okay finally,

it seems they updated sonata admin bundle doc,

take a look at this => http://sonata-project.org/bundles/admin/master/doc/reference/architecture.html

or with user bundle :

http://sonata-project.org/bundles/user/master/doc/reference/user_dashboard.html

hope it will works

Answer 6

Do two things:

1. Create a template called standard_layout.html.twig in your custom bundle's Resources/views folder. Add this to that template:

   {% extends 'SonataAdminBundle::standard_layout.html.twig' %} {% block side_bar_nav %} //add your code here {% endblock side_bar_nav %}

PS: Look at block side_bar_nav in vendor/sonata-project/admin-bundle/Resources/views/standard_layout.html.twig for direction

2. In app/config/config.yml (or wherever your config file is), add:

sonata_admin: templates: layout: YourBundle::standard_layout.html.twig

I recommend using YourBundle:Admin:standard_layout.html.twig to organize all your admin templates into a single Admin folder. You'd need to change the location of the template in step 1 accordingly