How do I customize the main menu?

Purpose

Use this procedure to reorganize or display/hide main menu items.

You can create functional areas and folders to organize menu items, and you can create links to external URLs. Functional areas are used as visual aids that divide menu items into categories. Folders are used similarly, but can be opened and closed to display or hide their contents, thereby managing the size of the main menu.

Steps
 
1 

Login to NSP as an administrator.

2 

On the NSP banner bar, click User, Settings.

3 

Click Customize Main Menu on the navigation panel.

4 

In the Customize Main Menu form, perform any of the actions listed below.

Hide or display a menu item
 
5 

On a menu item click png1.png or png2.png to hide or display the item.

If you hide or display a functional area or a folder, all of the items within it are hidden or displayed.

Move a menu item
 
6 

Click on a menu item and drag it to a new position on the menu. The png3.png Drag icon indicates that the item is moveable.

If you move a functional area or a folder, all of the items within it are moved.

Create a menu item
 
7 

Newly-created items are added at the bottom of the menu list, from which you can drag them to other locations.

At the bottom of the menu list, click New, followed by one of the following:

  • Functional Area: specify a name for the functional area.

  • Folder: specify a name for the folder.

  • Link: specify a URL in the Link field, a name (as it will appear in the menu) in the Name field. Descriptive text is optional. If you want the link to open in a new browser tab, enable the Open In New Tab option.

8 

To remove a functional area, folder, or link, click on the item and click Delete. You cannot delete NSP components from the menu.

Revert to default menu settings
 
9 

Click Restore To Default.

Note: The Restore To Default command removes all menu customizations from all sessions (current and past), and restores the NSP main menu to its original design. If you have clicked it in error, click Discard Changes immediately.

10 

Click Save when you have finished changing settings.

End of steps