Navigation Menu

marimo.nav_menu

nav_menu(
    menu: dict[str, JSONType],
    *,
    orientation: Literal[
        "horizontal", "vertical"
    ] = "horizontal",
) -> Html

Navigation menu component.

This is useful for creating a navigation menu with hyperlinks, most used when creating multi-page applications, with marimo.create_asgi_app (docs).

PARAMETER	DESCRIPTION
menu	a dictionary of tab names to tab content; the content can also be nested dictionaries (one level deep) strings are interpreted as markdown TYPE: dict[str, JSONType]
orientation	The orientation of the menu. TYPE: Literal['horizontal', 'vertical'] DEFAULT: 'horizontal'

RETURNS	DESCRIPTION
Html	An Html object.

Example

nav_menu = mo.nav_menu(
    {
        "/overview": "Overview",
        "/sales": f"{mo.icon('lucide:shopping-cart')} Sales",
        "/products": f"{mo.icon('lucide:package')} Products",
    }
)

You can also nest dictionaries to create submenus

nav_menu = mo.nav_menu(
    {
        "/overview": "Overview",
        "Sales": {
            "/sales": "Overview",
            "/sales/invoices": {
                "label": "Invoices",
                "description": "View invoices",
            },
            "/sales/customers": {
                "label": "Customers",
                "description": "View customers",
            },
        },
    }
)