feat(main-nav): Main nav refactoring, change links order (#20275)

* feat(main-nav): change links order in main nav

* feat(main-nav): add the position property to order links in the main nav

* feat(main-nav): refactor the sorting of the nav links

* feat(main-nav): add useCollator and format message to sort by name the links

packages/core/admin/admin/src/StrapiApp.tsx

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ interface MenuItem {
   Component: React.LazyExoticComponent<React.ComponentType>;
   exact?: boolean;
   lockIcon?: boolean;
+  position?: number;
 }
 
 interface StrapiAppSettingLink extends Omit<MenuItem, 'icon' | 'notificationCount'> {

packages/core/admin/admin/src/components/LeftMenu.tsx

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import { Divider, Flex, FlexComponent } from '@strapi/design-system';
+import { Divider, Flex, FlexComponent, useCollator } from '@strapi/design-system';
-import { Feather, Lock, House } from '@strapi/icons';
+import { Lock } from '@strapi/icons';
 import { useIntl } from 'react-intl';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { styled } from 'styled-components';
 
 import { useAuth } from '../features/Auth';
 import { useTracking } from '../features/Tracking';
-import { Menu } from '../hooks/useMenu';
+import { Menu, MenuItem } from '../hooks/useMenu';
 import { getDisplayName } from '../utils/users';
 
 import { MainNav } from './MainNav/MainNav';
@@ -16,12 +16,30 @@ import { NavBrand } from './MainNav/NavBrand';
 import { NavLink } from './MainNav/NavLink';
 import { NavUser } from './MainNav/NavUser';
 
-const NewNavLinkBadge = styled(NavLink.Badge)`
+const sortLinks = (links: MenuItem[]) => {
+  return links.sort((a, b) => {
+    // if no position is defined, we put the link in the position of the external plugins, before the plugins list
+    const positionA = a.position ?? 6;
+    const positionB = b.position ?? 6;
+
+    if (positionA < positionB) {
+      return -1;
+    } else {
+      return 1;
+    }
+  });
+};
+
+const NavLinkBadgeCounter = styled(NavLink.Badge)`
   span {
     color: ${({ theme }) => theme.colors.neutral0};
   }
 `;
 
+const NavLinkBadgeLock = styled(NavLink.Badge)`
+  background-color: transparent;
+`;
+
 const NavListWrapper = styled<FlexComponent<'ul'>>(Flex)`
   overflow-y: auto;
 `;
@@ -30,10 +48,13 @@ interface LeftMenuProps extends Pick<Menu, 'generalSectionLinks' | 'pluginsSecti
 
 const LeftMenu = ({ generalSectionLinks, pluginsSectionLinks }: LeftMenuProps) => {
   const user = useAuth('AuthenticatedApp', (state) => state.user);
-  const { formatMessage } = useIntl();
   const { trackUsage } = useTracking();
   const { pathname } = useLocation();
   const userDisplayName = getDisplayName(user);
+  const { formatMessage, locale } = useIntl();
+  const formatter = useCollator(locale, {
+    sensitivity: 'base',
+  });
 
   const initials = userDisplayName
     .split(' ')
@@ -45,6 +66,11 @@ const LeftMenu = ({ generalSectionLinks, pluginsSectionLinks }: LeftMenuProps) =
     trackUsage('willNavigate', { from: pathname, to: destination });
   };
 
+  const listLinksAlphabeticallySorted = [...pluginsSectionLinks, ...generalSectionLinks].sort(
+    (a, b) => formatter.compare(formatMessage(a.intlLabel), formatMessage(b.intlLabel))
+  );
+  const listLinks = sortLinks(listLinksAlphabeticallySorted);
+
   return (
     <MainNav>
       <NavBrand />
@@ -52,108 +78,47 @@ const LeftMenu = ({ generalSectionLinks, pluginsSectionLinks }: LeftMenuProps) =
       <Divider />
 
       <NavListWrapper tag="ul" gap={3} direction="column" flex={1} paddingTop={3} paddingBottom={3}>
-        <Flex tag="li">
+        {listLinks.length > 0
-          <NavLink.Tooltip label={formatMessage({ id: 'global.home', defaultMessage: 'Home' })}>
+          ? listLinks.map((link) => {
-            <NavLink.Link
-              to="/"
-              onClick={() => handleClickOnLink('/')}
-              aria-label={formatMessage({ id: 'global.home', defaultMessage: 'Home' })}
-            >
-              <NavLink.Icon label={formatMessage({ id: 'global.home', defaultMessage: 'Home' })}>
-                <House width="2rem" height="2rem" fill="neutral500" />
-              </NavLink.Icon>
-            </NavLink.Link>
-          </NavLink.Tooltip>
-        </Flex>
-        <Flex tag="li">
-          <NavLink.Tooltip
-            label={formatMessage({
-              id: 'global.content-manager',
-              defaultMessage: 'Content Manager',
-            })}
-          >
-            <NavLink.Link
-              to="/content-manager"
-              onClick={() => handleClickOnLink('/content-manager')}
-              aria-label={formatMessage({
-                id: 'global.content-manager',
-                defaultMessage: 'Content Manager',
-              })}
-            >
-              <NavLink.Icon
-                label={formatMessage({
-                  id: 'global.content-manager',
-                  defaultMessage: 'Content Manager',
-                })}
-              >
-                <Feather width="2rem" height="2rem" fill="neutral500" />
-              </NavLink.Icon>
-            </NavLink.Link>
-          </NavLink.Tooltip>
-        </Flex>
-        {pluginsSectionLinks.length > 0
-          ? pluginsSectionLinks.map((link) => {
-              if (link.to === 'content-manager') {
-                return null;
-              }
-
               const LinkIcon = link.icon;
-              const badgeContent = link?.lockIcon ? <Lock /> : undefined;
+              const badgeContentLock = link?.lockIcon ? <Lock /> : undefined;
 
-              const labelValue = formatMessage(link.intlLabel);
+              const badgeContentNumeric =
-              return (
-                <Flex tag="li" key={link.to}>
-                  <NavLink.Tooltip label={labelValue}>
-                    <NavLink.Link
-                      to={link.to}
-                      onClick={() => handleClickOnLink(link.to)}
-                      aria-label={labelValue}
-                    >
-                      <NavLink.Icon label={labelValue}>
-                        <LinkIcon width="2rem" height="2rem" fill="neutral500" />
-                      </NavLink.Icon>
-                      {badgeContent && (
-                        <NavLink.Badge
-                          label="locked"
-                          background="transparent"
-                          textColor="neutral500"
-                        >
-                          {badgeContent}
-                        </NavLink.Badge>
-                      )}
-                    </NavLink.Link>
-                  </NavLink.Tooltip>
-                </Flex>
-              );
-            })
-          : null}
-        {generalSectionLinks.length > 0
-          ? generalSectionLinks.map((link) => {
-              const LinkIcon = link.icon;
-
-              const badgeContent =
                 link.notificationsCount && link.notificationsCount > 0
                   ? link.notificationsCount.toString()
                   : undefined;
 
               const labelValue = formatMessage(link.intlLabel);
-
               return (
                 <Flex tag="li" key={link.to}>
                   <NavLink.Tooltip label={labelValue}>
                     <NavLink.Link
-                      aria-label={labelValue}
                       to={link.to}
                       onClick={() => handleClickOnLink(link.to)}
+                      aria-label={labelValue}
                     >
                       <NavLink.Icon label={labelValue}>
                         <LinkIcon width="2rem" height="2rem" fill="neutral500" />
                       </NavLink.Icon>
-                      {badgeContent && (
+                      {badgeContentLock ? (
-                        <NewNavLinkBadge label={badgeContent} backgroundColor="primary600">
+                        <NavLinkBadgeLock
-                          {badgeContent}
+                          label="locked"
-                        </NewNavLinkBadge>
+                          textColor="neutral500"
-                      )}
+                          paddingLeft={0}
+                          paddingRight={0}
+                        >
+                          {badgeContentLock}
+                        </NavLinkBadgeLock>
+                      ) : badgeContentNumeric ? (
+                        <NavLinkBadgeCounter
+                          label={badgeContentNumeric}
+                          backgroundColor="primary600"
+                          width="2.3rem"
+                          color="neutral0"
+                        >
+                          {badgeContentNumeric}
+                        </NavLinkBadgeCounter>
+                      ) : null}
                     </NavLink.Link>
                   </NavLink.Tooltip>
                 </Flex>

packages/core/admin/admin/src/components/MainNav/NavLink.tsx

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ const BadgeImpl = ({ children, label, ...props }: NavLink.NavBadgeProps) => {
   return (
     <CustomBadge
       position="absolute"
-      width="2.3rem"
       top="-0.8rem"
       left="1.7rem"
       aria-label={label}

packages/core/admin/admin/src/hooks/useMenu.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import { Cog, PuzzlePiece, ShoppingCart } from '@strapi/icons';
+import { Cog, PuzzlePiece, ShoppingCart, House } from '@strapi/icons';
 import cloneDeep from 'lodash/cloneDeep';
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { selectAdminPermissions } from '../selectors';
  * useMenu
  * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-type MenuItem = Omit<StrapiAppContextValue['menu'][number], 'Component'>;
+export type MenuItem = Omit<StrapiAppContextValue['menu'][number], 'Component'>;
 
 export interface Menu {
   generalSectionLinks: MenuItem[];
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ const useMenu = (shouldUpdateStrapi: boolean) => {
   const permissions = useSelector(selectAdminPermissions);
   const [menuWithUserPermissions, setMenuWithUserPermissions] = React.useState<Menu>({
     generalSectionLinks: [
+      {
+        icon: House,
+        intlLabel: {
+          id: 'global.home',
+          defaultMessage: 'Home',
+        },
+        to: '/',
+        permissions: [],
+        position: 0,
+      },
       {
         icon: PuzzlePiece,
         intlLabel: {
@@ -34,6 +44,7 @@ const useMenu = (shouldUpdateStrapi: boolean) => {
         },
         to: '/list-plugins',
         permissions: permissions.marketplace?.main ?? [],
+        position: 7,
       },
       {
         icon: ShoppingCart,
@@ -43,6 +54,7 @@ const useMenu = (shouldUpdateStrapi: boolean) => {
         },
         to: '/marketplace',
         permissions: permissions.marketplace?.main ?? [],
+        position: 8,
       },
       {
         icon: Cog,
@@ -55,6 +67,7 @@ const useMenu = (shouldUpdateStrapi: boolean) => {
         // using the settings menu
         permissions: [],
         notificationsCount: 0,
+        position: 10,
       },
     ],
     pluginsSectionLinks: [],

packages/core/content-manager/admin/src/index.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export default {
       },
       permissions: [],
       Component: () => import('./layout').then((mod) => ({ default: mod.Layout })),
+      position: 1,
     });
 
     app.registerPlugin(cm.config);

packages/core/content-releases/admin/src/index.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const admin: Plugin.Config.AdminInput = {
         },
         Component: () => import('./pages/App').then((mod) => ({ default: mod.App })),
         permissions: PERMISSIONS.main,
+        position: 2,
       });
 
       /**
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ const admin: Plugin.Config.AdminInput = {
           return { default: PurchaseContentReleases };
         },
         lockIcon: true,
+        position: 2,
       });
     }
   },

packages/core/content-type-builder/admin/src/index.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export default {
       },
       permissions: PERMISSIONS.main,
       Component: () => import('./pages/App'),
+      position: 5,
     });
 
     app.registerPlugin({

packages/core/upload/admin/src/index.js

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export default {
       },
       permissions: PERMISSIONS.main,
       Component: () => import('./pages/App'),
+      position: 4,
     });
 
     app.addSettingsLink('global', {

packages/plugins/documentation/admin/src/index.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export default {
         const { App } = await import('./pages/App');
         return App;
       },
+      position: 9,
     });
 
     app.addMiddlewares([() => api.middleware]);