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What This Extension Adds

Navigation is an Available, Schema-owning Capell package in the Capell Foundation product group. It ships as capell-app/navigation and extends these surfaces: admin, frontend, console.

Site- and language-scoped navigation menus for Capell: visual menu builder, page & link items, nested dropdowns, active-state rendering, publish scheduling, and multi-site replication.

After install, admins get package-owned management surfaces and public users may see package-owned frontend output or routes.

Status details:

Status: Available
Tier: free
Bundle: foundation
Composer package: capell-app/navigation
Namespace: Capell\Navigation
Theme key: not applicable

Why It Matters

For developers: The package gives developers package-owned service providers, Actions, Data objects, models, Laravel routes, Filament classes, and Blade views instead of pushing this behaviour into core or application code.

For teams: Build and manage multilingual, per-site menus visually - link to any page or URL, nest dropdowns, and render them in your theme with one tag. Active-state, publish windows, and site cloning included.

Screens And Workflow

Screenshot contract: docs/screenshots.json.

Navigation admin index (admin, required).
Create/edit navigation form (admin, required).
Site relation manager for navigations (admin, required).
Page form navigation tab (admin, required).
Frontend menu output (frontend, required).

Technical Shape

Service providers: Capell\Navigation\Providers\NavigationServiceProvider.
Migrations: packages/navigation/database/migrations/2026_05_10_190860_01_create_navigations_table.php, packages/navigation/database/migrations/2026_06_04_000001_create_navigation_page_references_table.php.
Models: Navigation.
Filament classes: TypeSelect, NavigationSelect, NavigationTab, NavigationItemsColumn, DefaultNavigationConfigurator, NavigationPageSchemaExtender, NavigationSiteExtender, NavigationResource, CreateNavigation, EditNavigation, ListNavigations, NavigationForm, and 2 more.
Route files: packages/navigation/routes/web.php.
Policies: NavigationPolicy.
Events: NavigationCreating.
Listeners: ReplicateSiteNavigationsListener.
Actions: AddPageToNavigationAction, BuildNavigationBreadcrumbsAction, BuildNavigationChildFragmentAction, BuildNavigationRenderModelAction, BuildPageNavigationReferencesAction, EnsureNavigationItemKeysAction, RemovePageFromNavigationAction, ReplicateSiteNavigationsAction, ResolveNavigationItemModelsAction, SyncNavigationPageReferencesAction.
Data objects: NavigationItemData, NavigationItemRenderData, NavigationRenderContextData, NavigationRenderData.
Command signatures: capell:navigation-demo, capell:navigation-setup.
Console command classes: DemoCommand, SetupCommand.
Manifest contributions: admin-resource: Capell\Navigation\Manifest\NavigationAdminResourceContribution, configurator: Capell\Navigation\Manifest\NavigationConfiguratorContribution, configurator: Capell\Navigation\Manifest\NavigationContentGraphContribution, configurator: Capell\Navigation\Manifest\NavigationFrontendRuntimeContribution, console-command: Capell\Navigation\Manifest\NavigationConsoleCommandsContribution, frontend-component: Capell\Navigation\Manifest\NavigationFrontendComponentsContribution, health-check: Capell\Navigation\Manifest\NavigationHealthContribution, migration: Capell\Navigation\Manifest\NavigationMigrationsContribution, model: Capell\Navigation\Manifest\NavigationModelsContribution, page-type: Capell\Navigation\Manifest\NavigationPageTypeContribution, render-hook: Capell\Navigation\Manifest\NavigationRenderHookContribution, route: Capell\Navigation\Manifest\NavigationFrontendRouteContribution, schema-extender: Capell\Navigation\Manifest\NavigationSchemaExtendersContribution.
Health checks: Capell\Navigation\Health\NavigationHealthCheck.
Blade views: packages/navigation/resources/views/components/breadcrumbs.blade.php, packages/navigation/resources/views/components/header/main-navigation.blade.php, packages/navigation/resources/views/components/header/menu/dropdown.blade.php, packages/navigation/resources/views/components/header/menu/item.blade.php, packages/navigation/resources/views/components/header/navigation.blade.php, packages/navigation/resources/views/components/menu-items.blade.php, packages/navigation/resources/views/components/menu.blade.php, packages/navigation/resources/views/components/page/navigations.blade.php.
Cache tags: navigation.

Data Model

Required tables: navigations, navigation_page_references.
Models: Navigation.
Migration files: 2026_05_10_190860_01_create_navigations_table.php, 2026_06_04_000001_create_navigation_page_references_table.php.
Migration impact: run host migrations through the package install flow before opening package surfaces.
Deletion/retention behaviour: Docs gap unless the package has an explicit pruning command, retention setting, or tested cascade path.

Install Impact

Admin navigation: adds package-owned Filament classes when registered.
Permissions: none declared in capell.json.
Public routes: route files exist and must be reviewed before public enablement.
Database changes: package migrations are declared.
Settings: no package settings declared.
Queues or schedules: none detected in standard package paths.
Cache tags: navigation.
Commands: capell:navigation-demo, capell:navigation-setup.

Common Pitfalls

Run migrations before opening package resources or public routes.
Review route middleware, throttling, signed URLs, and public-output safety before exposing routes.
Keep public Blade and cached HTML free of authoring markers, model IDs, permissions, signed editor URLs, and lazy database queries.
Run package commands from the host app; in this repository use vendor/bin/pest for package tests.
Keep composer.json, composer.local.json, capell.json, docs, screenshots, and tests aligned when the package surface changes.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Likely cause	Check	Fix
Package surface is missing after install	Provider or manifest is not loaded	Confirm `capell.json`, package `composer.json`, and provider registration	Reinstall the package, refresh Composer autoload, and clear host caches
Admin screen or command fails on missing table	Package migrations have not run	Check the tables listed in `Data Model`	Run host migrations and rerun the focused package test
Route returns unexpected output	Route cache, middleware, or signed URL setup does not match the package route file	Check the route files listed in `Technical Shape`	Clear route cache and verify middleware before exposing public routes
Background work does not run	Queue worker or scheduled command is not active	Check package jobs, commands, and host scheduler configuration	Start the queue or scheduler, then run the focused command or package test
Public output leaks unexpected state	Render data, cache variation, or authoring boundary has regressed	Check public Blade, cache tags, and public-output safety tests	Move data loading out of Blade and rerun the package public-output tests

Quick Start

Install the package: composer require capell-app/navigation.
Run the required setup: php artisan capell:navigation-setup.
Open the related Capell admin surface and verify Navigation appears.

Next Steps

Package docs
Overview
Screenshot contract
Marketplace assets
Capell content language plan
Capell documentation design system
Capell and package ERD notes
Focused tests: vendor/bin/pest packages/navigation/tests --configuration=phpunit.xml.

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