Reader Menu Editor Scenarios

Here are some use cases to make your experience with the Reader Menu Editor more effective.

Scenario #1 - how to add an image menu item

Open Reader Menu.
In our Reader Menu editor, we've already created some items.
In order to replace a text with an image, we need to delete the item text.
Fill in the CSS class field. In our case, it will be menuItemHome.
Click Save Changes.
Then open Portal Branding CSS.

Copy and paste the following code.

CSS

[CSS]

.menuItemHome
{
    background-image: url(/resources/Storage/Branding/home.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    width: 32px;
    background-position: center;
}

Here is the result.

Scenario #2 - how to create a button

Open Reader Menu.
As we have menu items yet, we've decided that the Home menu item will be a button.
Customize your CSS class. In our case, it will be menuItemHome.
Click Save Changes.
Then open Portal Branding CSS.

Copy and paste the following code.

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CSS

[CSS]

.menuItemHome:hover
{
  background: transparent !important;
}

.menuItemHome a
{ 
  background: #009900 !important;
  color: white !important; 
  transition: background-color .1s !important;
  border-radius: 3px;
  padding: 10px !important;
  display: inline !important;
}

.menuItemHome a:hover
{
  background-color: #00aa00 !important;
}

Here is the result.

Scenario #3 - how to colorize menu items

Open Reader Menu.
We've already created five menu items.
Open Portal Branding CSS.

Now, we should set up CSS classes for every menu item. In our case, we will set up .menuItemHome for the Home menu item. Then, we paste the following code.

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CSS

[CSS]

.menuItemHome a
{
  color: #00695c !important;
}

.menuItemHome:hover a
{
  color: white !important;
  background-color: #00695c !important;
}

.menuItemUserManual a
{
  color: #0277bd !important;
}

.menuItemUserManual:hover a
{
  color: white !important;
  background-color: #0277bd !important;
}

.menuItemApiDocs a
{
  color: #283593 !important;
}

.menuItemApiDocs:hover a
{
  color: white !important;
  background-color: #283593 !important;
}

.menuItemKb a
{
  color: #6a1b9a !important;
}

.menuItemKb:hover a
{
  color: white !important;
  background-color: #6a1b9a !important;
}

.menuItemSupport a
{
  color: #bf360c !important;
}

.menuItemSupport:hover a
{
  color: white !important;
  background-color: #bf360c !important;
}

Here is the result.

Scenario #4 - how to center-align menu items

Imagine we have four menu items. So, open Portal Branding CSS, then copy and paste the following code:

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CSS

[CSS]

.BaseMaster_mainMenuContainer
{
  width: 900px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  box-shadow: none !important;
}

@media (max-width: 979px)
{
  .BaseMaster_mainMenuContainer
  {
    width: auto;
    margin: 0;
  }
}

Here is the result:

Center-aligned Menu Items in the Reader UI

Scenario #5 - how to center-align menu items between your logo and other elements

For example, we have three menu items. So, open Portal Branding CSS, then copy and paste the following code:

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CSS

[CSS]

.BaseMaster_mainMenuContainer #pnlMainMenuContainer
{
  width: 280px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  float: none !important;
}

In this case, keep in mind that you should customize the width attribute based on the number of your menu items.

Here is the result: