Local Navigation

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Local Navigation helps visitors move between pages within the same section of your website. Unlike the main navigation, which links to the major sections of your site, Local Navigation displays links that are relevant to the section the visitor is currently viewing.

Add components menu showing Local navigation option

Fig. 1 Still from the video ‘How to use the Local Navigation Menu component’. Video length 5:15

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How to edit

Getting started

  • Navigate to Settings > Menus > Add Menu
  • Give it a meaningful title and optional description so you can easily identify it when adding to a page. e.g: Local NAV, Test Menu Configuration 
  • Ensure active link is toggled on
  • Either add further sub levels and links immediately or return later
    • Menus added as components to the body of a page only support 3 levels of hierarchy, so some menu links may not be available if they would exceed this limit.
    • Ignore the above steps if you already have a Menu set-up that you wish to use
  • Add the Local Navigation component to a page
    • The Local Navigation component can only be added to columns
  • Select your configured Menu (Fig. 2)
    • Optionally enable Show Title to allow an alternative title to display above the local navigation menu
    • Optionally type a new menu title in the Override menu title field.
    • Optionally enable Sticky. This makes the local navigation menu stick to the top of the screen when scrolling up and down the page.
  • Click Apply and Save Changes
Example screenshot of the local navigation configuration window

Fig. 2 - Local Navigation Window

Changes may have been made to enhance this feature since we last updated this page. See What’s new for the latest release information.

Last updated: 6 August 2026