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 :

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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

What version of sonata-admin do you run ? because its only on the last one ( not official ) . It should be something to configure with knp menu, official doc doesn t talk about it yet — Charles-Antoine Fournel, Aug 05 '14 at 15:07
If you have time, you can add https://github.com/sonata-project/SonataUserBundle and see what s they do to add items on left menu. will you be kind to post your final answer ? i m curious to see how customize it :) you can have a look in directory named "menu" , there is event that manages side menu — Charles-Antoine Fournel, Aug 05 '14 at 15:11

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 05 '14 at 11:09

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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 %}

answered Dec 05 '14 at 11:09

hc100

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I can confirm that this solution works. The link mentions `top_bar_after_nav` but it has been renamed to `side_bar_after_nav`. – A.L Jan 28 '15 at 18:02

Arkemlar · Answer 2 · 2017-01-17T21:30:34.127

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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

edited Jan 17 '17 at 21:30

answered Feb 25 '16 at 20:03

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Rachid · Answer 3 · 2014-12-14T01:45:59.907

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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

edited Dec 14 '14 at 01:45

answered Dec 14 '14 at 01:06

Rachid

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Or you could just extend `ROLE_ADMIN` from `ROLE_SONATA_ADMIN` in your `security.yml` – Ruslan Polutsygan Apr 27 '15 at 15:05
This should be the accepted answer but for the comment above extending ROLE_SONATA_ADMIN instead! – Simon Sep 08 '15 at 02:55
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Never touch the vendors directly. Always try to use bundle inheritance to make your application as reusable as possible. – D3myon Dec 17 '15 at 15:29

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 11 '16 at 18:31

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

Solution

override the default sonata layout twig file from config.yml

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

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.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 05 '14 at 15:16

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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

answered Aug 05 '14 at 15:16

Charles-Antoine Fournel

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I'm not using userbundle, and i don't know how the doc can help me in my case ? – Clément Andraud Aug 05 '14 at 15:22
there is a "menu" configuration below "dashboard" to add to you config.yml , even if it design for sonata admin bundle 2.3 , it worths to try to see if it works in the beta preview :) – Charles-Antoine Fournel Aug 05 '14 at 15:27

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 04 '16 at 08:10

Do two things:

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

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

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