Skip to main content
Version: 3.xx.xx

Custom Layout

You can create custom layouts using <Refine> and <LayoutWrapper> components.

Both of these components can accept the listed props for customization. <Refine> is for global customization and the <LayoutWrapper> is for local.

Usage

caution

To make this example more visual, we used the @pankod/refine-antd package. If you are using Refine headless, you need to provide the components, hooks, or helpers imported from the @pankod/refine-antd package.

Let's look at an example of modifying the default layout to have a top menu layout.

/src/App.tsx
import { Refine } from '@pankod/refine-core'
import {
AntdLayout,
ReadyPage,
notificationProvider,
ErrorComponent,
} from '@pankod/refine-antd'
import routerProvider from '@pankod/refine-react-router-v6'
import dataProvider from '@pankod/refine-simple-rest'

import '@pankod/refine-antd/dist/reset.css'

import { PostList } from 'pages/posts'
import { CustomSider } from 'components'

const { Link } = routerProvider

const API_URL = 'https://api.fake-rest.refine.dev'

const App: React.FC = () => {
return (
<Refine
routerProvider={routerProvider}
dataProvider={dataProvider(API_URL)}
Layout={({ children, Footer, OffLayoutArea }) => (
<AntdLayout>
<AntdLayout.Header>
<CustomSider />
</AntdLayout.Header>
<AntdLayout.Content>
<AntdLayout.Content>
<div style={{ padding: 24, minHeight: 360 }}>{children}</div>
</AntdLayout.Content>
{Footer && <Footer />}
</AntdLayout.Content>
{OffLayoutArea && <OffLayoutArea />}
</AntdLayout>
)}
Title={() => (
<Link to="/" style={{ float: 'left', marginRight: '10px' }}>
<img src="/refine.svg" alt="Refine" />
</Link>
)}
ReadyPage={ReadyPage}
notificationProvider={notificationProvider}
catchAll={<ErrorComponent />}
/>
)
}

export default App

Here, we override the <Title> and <Layout> components. When we override <Layout>, we put the <CustomSider> (instead of the <Sider> that was provided to <Layout> to render it by default) on top of <AntdLayout>.

So, we just provided a custom <Sider>. Here's our custom sider that looks horizontal, instead of the default vertical one:

/src/components/sider/index.tsx
import { useTitle, useMenu } from '@pankod/refine-core'
import { Menu } from '@pankod/refine-antd'
import routerProvider from '@pankod/refine-react-router-v6'

const { Link } = routerProvider

export const CustomSider: React.FC = () => {
const Title = useTitle()
const { menuItems, selectedKey } = useMenu()

return (
<>
{Title && <Title collapsed={false} />}
<Menu selectedKeys={[selectedKey]} mode="horizontal">
{menuItems.map(({ icon, route, label }) => (
<Menu.Item key={route} icon={icon}>
<Link to={route ?? ''}>{label}</Link>
</Menu.Item>
))}
</Menu>
</>
)
}

Here, we use useMenu hook to get the list of current resources and print it.

info

By default, <Sider> is responsible for rendering <Title>. It gets this component (configured by <Refine> and/or <LayoutWrapper>) by useTitle hook.

info

This example demonstrated how to configure a global layout. To learn how to use global layout in custom pages and make local modifications per page, refer to the <LayoutWrapper> docs. &#8594

Example

Here's how it looks in the end:

RUN IN YOUR LOCAL
npm create refine-app@latest -- --example customization-top-menu-layout