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---
title: Menu templates
description: Use menu variables and methods in your templates to render a menu.
categories: [templates]
keywords: [lists,sections,menus]
menu:
docs:
parent: templates
weight: 140
toc: true
weight: 140
aliases: [/templates/menus/]
---
## Overview
After [defining menu entries], use [menu variables and methods] to render a menu.
Three factors determine how to render a menu:
1. The method used to define the menu entries: [automatic], [in front matter], or [in site configuration]
1. The menu structure: flat or nested
1. The method used to [localize the menu entries]: site configuration or translation tables
The example below handles every combination.
## Example
This partial template recursively "walks" a menu structure, rendering a localized, accessible nested list.
{{< code file="layouts/partials/menu.html" >}}
{{- $page := .page }}
{{- $menuID := .menuID }}
{{- with index site.Menus $menuID }}
<nav>
<ul>
{{- partial "inline/menu/walk.html" (dict "page" $page "menuEntries" .) }}
</ul>
</nav>
{{- end }}
{{- define "partials/inline/menu/walk.html" }}
{{- $page := .page }}
{{- range .menuEntries }}
{{- $attrs := dict "href" .URL }}
{{- if $page.IsMenuCurrent .Menu . }}
{{- $attrs = merge $attrs (dict "class" "active" "aria-current" "page") }}
{{- else if $page.HasMenuCurrent .Menu .}}
{{- $attrs = merge $attrs (dict "class" "ancestor" "aria-current" "true") }}
{{- end }}
{{- $name := .Name }}
{{- with .Identifier }}
{{- with T . }}
{{- $name = . }}
{{- end }}
{{- end }}
<li>
<a
{{- range $k, $v := $attrs }}
{{- with $v }}
{{- printf " %s=%q" $k $v | safeHTMLAttr }}
{{- end }}
{{- end -}}
>{{ $name }}</a>
{{- with .Children }}
<ul>
{{- partial "inline/menu/walk.html" (dict "page" $page "menuEntries" .) }}
</ul>
{{- end }}
</li>
{{- end }}
{{- end }}
{{< /code >}}
Call the partial above, passing a menu ID and the current page in context.
{{< code file="layouts/_default/single.html" >}}
{{ partial "menu.html" (dict "menuID" "main" "page" .) }}
{{ partial "menu.html" (dict "menuID" "footer" "page" .) }}
{{< /code >}}
## Page references
Regardless of how you [define menu entries], an entry associated with a page has access to page variables and methods.
This simplistic example renders a page parameter named `version` next to each entry's `name`. Code defensively using `with` or `if` to handle entries where (a) the entry points to an external resource, or (b) the `version` parameter is not defined.
{{< code file="layouts/_default/single.html" >}}
{{- range site.Menus.main }}
<a href="{{ .URL }}">
{{ .Name }}
{{- with .Page }}
{{- with .Params.version -}}
({{ . }})
{{- end }}
{{- end }}
</a>
{{- end }}
{{< /code >}}
## Menu entry parameters
When you define menu entries [in site configuration] or [in front matter], you can include a `params` key as shown in these examples:
- [Menu entry defined in site configuration]
- [Menu entry defined in front matter]
This simplistic example renders a `class` attribute for each anchor element. Code defensively using `with` or `if` to handle entries where `params.class` is not defined.
{{< code file="layouts/partials/menu.html" >}}
{{- range site.Menus.main }}
<a {{ with .Params.class -}} class="{{ . }}" {{ end -}} href="{{ .URL }}">
{{ .Name }}
</a>
{{- end }}
{{< /code >}}
## Localize
Hugo provides two methods to localize your menu entries. See [multilingual].
[automatic]: /content-management/menus/#define-automatically
[define menu entries]: /content-management/menus/
[defining menu entries]: /content-management/menus/
[in front matter]: /content-management/menus/#define-in-front-matter
[in site configuration]: /content-management/menus/#define-in-site-configuration
[localize the menu entries]: /content-management/multilingual/#menus
[menu entry defined in front matter]: /content-management/menus/#example-front-matter
[menu entry defined in site configuration]: /content-management/menus/#example-site-configuration
[menu variables and methods]: /variables/menus/
[multilingual]: /content-management/multilingual/#menus