customizable menu

app/helpers/rails_admin/application_helper.rb

@@ -84,6 +84,21 @@ def main_navigation
       end.join.html_safe
     end
 
+    def root_navigation
+      actions(:root).select(&:show_in_sidebar).group_by(&:sidebar_label).collect do |label, nodes|
+        li_stack = nodes.map do |node|
+          url = rails_admin.url_for(action: node.action_name, controller: "rails_admin/main")
+          nav_icon = node.link_icon ? %(<i class="#{node.link_icon}"></i>).html_safe : ''
+          content_tag :li do
+            link_to nav_icon + " " + wording_for(:menu, node), url, class: "pjax"
+          end
+        end.join.html_safe
+        label ||= t('admin.misc.root_navigation')
+
+        %(<li class='dropdown-header'>#{capitalize_first_letter label}</li>#{li_stack}) if li_stack.present?
+      end.join.html_safe
+    end
+
     def static_navigation
       li_stack = RailsAdmin::Config.navigation_static_links.collect do |title, url|
         content_tag(:li, link_to(title.to_s, url, target: '_blank'))
@@ -138,7 +153,7 @@ def breadcrumb(action = @action, _acc = [])
 
     # parent => :root, :collection, :member
     def menu_for(parent, abstract_model = nil, object = nil, only_icon = false) # perf matters here (no action view trickery)
-      actions = actions(parent, abstract_model, object).select { |a| a.http_methods.include?(:get) }
+      actions = actions(parent, abstract_model, object).select { |a| a.http_methods.include?(:get) && a.show_in_menu }
       actions.collect do |action|
         wording = wording_for(:menu, action)
         %(

app/views/layouts/rails_admin/_secondary_navigation.html.haml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %ul.nav.navbar-nav.navbar-right.root_links
-  - actions(:root).each do |action|
+  - actions(:root).select(&:show_in_navigation).each do |action|
     %li{class: "#{action.action_name}_root_link"}= link_to wording_for(:menu, action), { action: action.action_name, controller: 'rails_admin/main' }, class: action.pjax? ? "pjax" : ""
   - if main_app_root_path = (main_app.root_path rescue false)
     %li= link_to t('admin.home.name'), main_app_root_path

app/views/layouts/rails_admin/_sidebar_navigation.html.haml

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 %ul.nav.nav-pills.nav-stacked= main_navigation
-%ul.nav.nav-pills.nav-stacked= static_navigation
+%ul.nav.nav-pills.nav-stacked= root_navigation
+%ul.nav.nav-pills.nav-stacked= static_navigation

config/locales/rails_admin.en.yml

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ en:
       up: "Up"
       down: "Down"
       navigation: "Navigation"
+      root_navigation: "Actions"
       navigation_static_label: "Links"
       log_out: "Log out"
       ago: "ago"

lib/rails_admin/config/actions/base.rb

@@ -18,6 +18,22 @@ class Base
           []
         end
 
+        register_instance_option :show_in_navigation do
+          root?
+        end
+
+        register_instance_option :show_in_sidebar do
+          !show_in_navigation
+        end
+
+        register_instance_option :show_in_menu do
+          true
+        end
+
+        register_instance_option :sidebar_label do
+          nil
+        end
+
         # http://getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/base-css.html#icons
         register_instance_option :link_icon do
           'icon-question-sign'