Re: Adding a new block after the main navigation

keevitaja · ‎03-14-2017

Hello!

How can i add a custom block right after the main navigation? I am extending the Luma theme.

I created the block and i can add it to static page, but not to a layout file.

ShoaibRehman89 · ‎03-14-2017

catalog.topnav is the block you need. You must put the block that you want to display in your default.xml.

<block class="Magento\Theme\Block\Html\Topmenu" name="catalog.topnav" template="html/topmenu.phtml" ttl="3600" before="-"/>

Try the following and let me know if that helps:

  <referenceContainer name="page.top">
            <block class="Magento\Cms\Block\Block" name="my.custom.block" after="catalog.topnav">
                <arguments>
                    <argument name="block_id" xsi:type="string">Customer-block-id</argument>
                </arguments>
            </block>
        </referenceContainer>

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keevitaja · ‎03-14-2017

Thank you, but this removes the topnav completly. This is my layout

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
/**
 * Copyright © 2013-2017 Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * See COPYING.txt for license details.
 */
-->
<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
    <body>
        <referenceContainer name="header.panel">
            <block class="Magento\Framework\View\Element\Html\Links" name="header.links">
                <arguments>
                    <argument name="css_class" xsi:type="string">header links</argument>
                </arguments>
            </block>
        </referenceContainer>
        <block class="Magento\Theme\Block\Html\Topmenu" name="catalog.topnav" template="html/topmenu.phtml" ttl="3600" before="-"/>
        <referenceContainer name="page.top">
            <block class="Acty\Slider\Block\Slider" name="my.custom.block" after="catalog.topnav">
                <arguments>
                    <argument name="block_id" xsi:type="string">Customer-block-id</argument>
                </arguments>
            </block>
        </referenceContainer>
    </body>
</page>

ShoaibRehman89 · ‎03-14-2017

@keevitaja

Just remove <referenceContainer name="page.top"> section and try again. Also, try redeploying the static content as well.

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keevitaja · ‎03-14-2017

Sorry, this is not working