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Your storefront navigation is made up of one or more named menus, each containing an ordered list of links. Cartble’s Navigation editor lets you add, reorder, nest, and configure every item visually — no code required. The menus you build here are referenced by your theme, so changes appear live on your storefront after publishing. A NavigationMenu has a human-readable name and a unique handle — a short identifier your theme uses to pull in the right menu. Common handles include main-menu (rendered in the header) and footer (rendered in the footer). You can create additional menus for secondary navigation bars, landing pages, or any other use case your theme supports. To create a new menu:
  1. Go to Online Store → Navigation in your admin.
  2. Click Add Menu and enter a name.
  3. Cartble generates a handle from the name automatically (e.g., “Main Menu” → main-menu). You can edit the handle if needed.
  4. Add items to the menu and save.
Each item in a menu points to a destination. You set the type when adding or editing an item: For collection, category, and page items, select the target from a list of your existing content. For custom items, enter the full URL in the URL field.

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Nested items and dropdown menus

You can nest items under any top-level navigation item to create multi-level menus. Nested items appear as children when a visitor hovers over or taps the parent. To add a nested item:
  1. Open an existing menu in the Navigation editor.
  2. Click the Add child button below any top-level item.
  3. Configure the child item’s label, type, and target.
  4. Drag items using the grip handle to reorder within the same level.
Nesting depth is flexible — you can create sub-children under children for complex structures. Most themes render up to two levels deep in dropdowns and three or more in mega-menus.

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Design options per item

Each navigation item has an optional design configuration that controls how it renders when expanded:
Design options are rendered by your active theme. The Spark theme supports both dropdown and mega-menu display types. Check your theme documentation to confirm which options are active.

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Managing items in the Navigation editor

The Navigation editor shows your menu as a drag-and-drop list. You can:
  • Add an item — click Add item, choose the type, set the label and target, and save.
  • Reorder items — drag the grip handle to move an item up, down, or under another item.
  • Edit an item — click the edit icon to update the label, target, or design settings.
  • Delete an item — click the trash icon to remove an item and all its children.
Changes are saved to the menu record when you click Save Menu. Your storefront reflects the new structure immediately after saving.
Link your most important collections directly to the main-menu for maximum discoverability. Customers who can find a collection from the header are significantly more likely to browse and convert than those who rely on search alone.
Deleting a top-level navigation item also deletes all of its nested children. Restructure your menu before removing parent items to avoid accidentally losing nested links.