Studio Editor: Managing Old Menus
Manage menus to help visitors find their way around the site. Menus are fully customizable, showing any link your client wants – site pages, external websites, or even their phone number.
Before you start:
This article refers to the old menu. These menus are no longer available to add in the Add Elements panel. However, you can manage any existing old menus with the steps in this article.
We recently released our new menu component, which affects horizontal, vertical, and hamburger menus. For steps on adding and setting up new menus, please click here.
How can I tell if I have the old menu experience?
You can check whether you have the new or old experience by clicking the menu in your editor, and clicking the Layout icon
.
New menus:
The blue label says Menu.
The Layout panel displays the option to change the menu type (between navigation bar or hamburger).
Old menus:
The blue label specifies the type of menu element you have (e.g. Horizontal Menu).
The Layout panel does not display the option to change the menu type.
Managing an existing menu
You can always adjust an existing menu and the items it shows. Add more items, remove ones that are irrelevant or change their order to keep the menu fresh.
To manage a menu:
Select the relevant menu in the editor.
Click Manage Menu.
Choose what to do next:
Add more menu items
Click + Add Item at the bottom and select the item you want to add:
Main pages
Dynamic and app pages
Link: You can add many kinds of links to the menu. Link to other websites, anchors on this site, your client's contact details, etc.
Submenu title: This adds a non-clickable title to the menu, under which you can nest pages in a submenu.
Mega menu: This is a full-screen container that appears below the menu when visitors hover over the item. You can design this container to show any kind of content.
Looking for pages related to Wix apps?
Add a new Link to the menu and select Page on the left. Clicking the drop-down, you'll see a list of all the pages related to Wix apps (e.g. Wix Stores, Wix Bookings).
Change a menu item's link
Hover over the relevant item and click the More Actions icon
.
Click Change Link.
Change the link type and / or its details.
Click Done.
Rename a menu item
Hover over the relevant item and click the More Actions icon
.
Click Rename.
Enter the new name.
Press the Enter key on your keyboard to save your changes.
Remove a menu item
Hover over the relevant item and click the More Actions icon
.
Click Remove from menu.
Reorder menu items
Hold the Reorder icon
next to an item and drag it to the desired position.
Creating drop-down submenus
There are 2 ways to create a new submenu, depending on what you want the title to be:
An existing menu item: Decide on an existing item (page or link) from the menu to show the submenu when visitors hover over it.
A title that is not clickable: Add a Submenu title that does not lead to any page. Visitors hover over it to see the submenu.
To move items under a new submenu:
Select the relevant menu in the editor.
Click Manage Menu.
(Optional) Add a non-clickable title for the submenu:
Click + Add Item.
Select Submenu title.
Enter the new title for the submenu.
Press the Enter key on your keyboard to save your changes.
Move menu items to the submenu:
Drag a menu item to move it below the submenu title.
Tip: The submenu title is either another menu item, or the non-clickable title you added.
Hover over the same item and click the More Actions icon
.
Select Move under "Page Name".
Repeat step a - c for all other submenu items.
Displaying multiple menus on the same site
You can create as many menus as you need and show completely different items in each.
After adding a new menu element, you can choose which menu it should display: An existing menu that you saved, or a new one that you create on the spot. This means you can save menus and reuse them on various menu elements across the site.
Click below to learn how to:
Choose which menu is displayed on a page
Select the relevant menu.
Click Manage Menu.
Click the drop-down under Which menu is displayed?.
Depending on the menu you need, follow the steps:
Existing menu: Select the menu from the list.
New menu:
Click Manage Site Menus.
Click + Add New Menu at the bottom.
Enter a name for the new menu.
Note: This name isn't visible to visitors.
Save a new menu
Select the relevant menu.
Click Manage Menu.
Click the drop-down under Which menu is displayed?.
Select Manage Site Menus.
Click + Add New Menu at the bottom.
Enter a name for the new menu. This name isn't visible to visitors.
Start adding pages to the menu:
Select the new menu you just created.
Click the Exit icon
at the top right.
Click + Add new Item to add a new page, link, mega menu or submenu.
Showing the same item on multiple menus?
You can give the item a unique name on each menu so it always match the specific intent. All the menus that you create are completely independent of one another.
Updating your menu to the new experience
Want to keep the design of your menu, but get the new experience? Update to our latest menu to create dropdowns, use multiple layers of navigation, and more.
Previously, you needed to add separate menus to each breakpoint in order to display different layouts across screen sizes. The new menu allows you to choose the layout for each breakpoint, making it even easier to create the look you want.
To update your menu:
Select the menu in your editor.
Click the Open Inspector icon
at the top right of the editor.
(In the Inspector) Click Update at the top.
Select Update in the pop-up.
(Optional) Remove old menus from site breakpoints:
Click the relevant breakpoint at the top of the editor.
Click Layers
on the left side of the editor.
Remove the older menu:
Hover over the older menu element and click the More Actions icon
.
Select Delete.
(If hidden) Click the Show icon
next to the updated menu element.
