Magento 2 add custom link topmenu

Today, we’ll talk about Magento 2 add custom link topmenu. This tutorial include how to add custom link in top navigation or topmenu in Magento 2.It is very create For any suggestions & question, please feel free to drop a comment.

If you are adding in your theme create default.xml in following path.

Layout Method

app/design/frontend/QaisarSatti/theme/Magento_Theme/layout/default.xml

Or you want it to add from module layout then create default.xml in following path.

app/code/QaisarSatti/view/HelloWorld/frontend/layout/default.xml

Now add the following code, you can label and url ask you required.

<referenceBlock name="catalog.topnav">
<block class="Magento\Framework\View\Element\Html\Link\Current" name="cart" before="account">
<arguments>
<argument name="label" xsi:type="string">Cart</argument>
<argument name="path" xsi:type="string">checkout/cart</argument>
</arguments>
</block>
</referenceBlock>

Observer Method

Create file events.xml if not exists. QaisarSatti/HelloWorld/etc/frontend/events.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Event/etc/events.xsd">
<event name="page_block_html_topmenu_gethtml_before">
<observer name="QaisarSatti_HelloWorld_Topmenu" instance="QaisarSatti\HelloWorld\Observer\Topmenu" />
</event>
</config>

Now Create file Topmenu.php in following directory QaisarSatti/HelloWorld/Observer/Topmenu.php

namespace QaisarSatti\HelloWorld\Observer;
use Magento\Framework\Event\Observer as EventObserver;
use Magento\Framework\Data\Tree\Node;
use Magento\Framework\Event\ObserverInterface;
class Topmenu implements ObserverInterface
{
public function __construct(
...//add dependencies here if needed
)
{
...
}
/**
* @param EventObserver $observer
* @return $this
*/
public function execute(EventObserver $observer)
{
/** @var \Magento\Framework\Data\Tree\Node $menu */
$menu = $observer->getMenu();
$tree = $menu->getTree();
$data = [
'name' => __('Menu label'),
'id' => 'some-unique-id-here',
'url' => 'url goes here',
'is_active' => (expression to determine if menu item is selected or not)
];
$node = new Node($data, 'id', $tree, $menu);
$menu->addChild($node);
return $this;
}
}

Plugin Method

Create file di.xml if not exists. QaisarSatti/HelloWorld/etc/frontend/di.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:ObjectManager/etc/config.xsd">

<type name="Magento\Theme\Block\Html\Topmenu">
<plugin name="add_menu_item" type="QaisarSatti\HelloWorld\Plugin\Topmenu" sortOrder="10" disabled="false"/>
</type>
</config>

Now Create file Topmenu.php in following directory QaisarSatti/HelloWorld/Plugin/Topmenu.php

namespace QaisarSatti\HelloWorld\Plugin;
use Magento\Framework\Event\Observer as EventObserver;
use Magento\Framework\Data\Tree\Node;
use Magento\Framework\Event\ObserverInterface;
class Topmenu implements ObserverInterface
{
public function afterGetHtml(\Magento\Theme\Block\Html\Topmenu $topmenu, $html)
{
$itemUrl = $topmenu->getUrl('helloworld');//add link here
$currentUrl = $topmenu->getUrl('*/*/*', ['_current' => true, '_use_rewrite' => true]);
if (strpos($currentUrl,'helloworld') !== false) {
$html .= "<li class="level0 nav-5 active level-top parent ui-menu-item">";
} else {
$html .= "<li class="level0 nav-4 level-top parent ui-menu-item">";
}
$html .= "<a href="" . $itemUrl . "" class="level-top ui-corner-all"><span class="ui-menu-icon ui-icon ui-icon-carat-1-e"></span><span>" . __("Hello World") . "</span></a>";
$html .= "</li>";
return $html;
}
}

Qaisar Satti

Hi, I'm Qaisar Satti! I've been a developer for over 20 years, and now I love sharing what I've learned through tutorials and guides. Whether you're working with Magento, PrestaShop, or WooCommerce, my goal is to make your development journey a bit easier and more fun. When I'm not coding or writing, you can find me exploring new tech trends and hanging out with the amazing developer community. Thanks for stopping by, and happy coding!