Dashboard Layout

The dashboard layout component provides a customizable out-of-the-box layout for a typical dashboard page.

The DashboardLayout component is a quick, easy way to provide a standard full-screen layout with a header and sidebar to any dashboard page, as well as ready-to-use and easy to customize navigation and branding.

Many features of this component are configurable through the AppProvider component that should wrap it.

Demo

A DashboardLayout brings in a header and sidebar with navigation, as well as a scrollable area for page content.

If application themes are defined for both light and dark mode, a theme switcher in the header allows for easy switching between the two modes.

<AppProvider
  navigation={NAVIGATION}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

<AppProvider
  navigation={NAVIGATION}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

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Branding

Some elements of the DashboardLayout can be configured to match your personalized brand.

This can be done via the branding prop in the AppProvider, which allows for setting a custom logo image or title text in the page header.

<AppProvider
  navigation={NAVIGATION}
  branding={{
    logo: <img src="https://mui.com/static/logo.png" alt="MUI logo" />,
    title: 'MUI',
  }}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

<AppProvider
  navigation={NAVIGATION}
  branding={{
    logo: <img src="https://mui.com/static/logo.png" alt="MUI logo" />,
    title: 'MUI',
  }}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

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The navigation prop in the AppProvider allows for setting any type of navigation structure in the DashboardLayout sidebar by including different navigation elements as building blocks in any order.

The flexibility in composing and ordering these different elements allows for a great variety of navigation structures to fit your use case.

Navigation links can be placed in the sidebar as items with the format:

{ segment: 'home', title: 'Home', icon: <DescriptionIcon /> }

<AppProvider
  navigation={[
    {
      segment: 'home',
      title: 'Home',
      icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
    },
    {
      segment: 'about',
      title: 'About Us',
      icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
    },
  ]}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

<AppProvider
  navigation={[
    {
      segment: 'home',
      title: 'Home',
      icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
    },
    {
      segment: 'about',
      title: 'About Us',
      icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
    },
  ]}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

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Navigation headings can be placed in the sidebar as items with the format:

{ kind: 'header', title: 'Animals' }

<AppProvider
  navigation={[
    {
      kind: 'header',
      title: 'Animals',
    },
    {
      segment: 'lion',
      title: 'Lion',
      icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
    },
    {
      kind: 'header',
      title: 'Movies',
    },
    {
      segment: 'lord-of-the-rings',
      title: 'Lord of the Rings',
      icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
    },
  ]}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

<AppProvider
  navigation={[
    {
      kind: 'header',
      title: 'Animals',
    },
    {
      segment: 'lion',
      title: 'Lion',
      icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
    },
    {
      kind: 'header',
      title: 'Movies',
    },
    {
      segment: 'lord-of-the-rings',
      title: 'Lord of the Rings',
      icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
    },
  ]}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

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Dividers can can be placed between items in the sidebar as items with the format:

{
  kind: 'divider';
}

<AppProvider
  navigation={[
    {
      segment: 'star-wars',
      title: 'Star Wars',
      icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
    },
    { kind: 'divider' },
    {
      segment: 'eagle',
      title: 'Eagle',
      icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
    },
  ]}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

<AppProvider
  navigation={[
    {
      segment: 'star-wars',
      title: 'Star Wars',
      icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
    },
    { kind: 'divider' },
    {
      segment: 'eagle',
      title: 'Eagle',
      icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
    },
  ]}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

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Nested navigation structures can be placed in the sidebar as items with the format:

{ title: 'Movies', icon: <FolderIcon />, children: [ ... ] }

<AppProvider
  navigation={[
    {
      segment: 'movies',
      title: 'Movies',
      icon: <FolderIcon />,
      children: [
        {
          segment: 'lord-of-the-rings',
          title: 'Lord of the Rings',
          icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
        },
        {
          segment: 'harry-potter',
          title: 'Harry Potter',
          icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
        },
      ],
    },
  ]}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

<AppProvider
  navigation={[
    {
      segment: 'movies',
      title: 'Movies',
      icon: <FolderIcon />,
      children: [
        {
          segment: 'lord-of-the-rings',
          title: 'Lord of the Rings',
          icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
        },
        {
          segment: 'harry-potter',
          title: 'Harry Potter',
          icon: <DescriptionIcon />,
        },
      ],
    },
  ]}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

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Navigation links have an optional action prop to render any content on the right-side of the respective list item, such as badges with numbers, or buttons to toggle a popover menu.

<AppProvider
  navigation={[
    {
      segment: 'contacts',
      title: 'Contacts',
      icon: <PersonIcon />,
      action: <Chip label={7} color="primary" size="small" />,
    },
    {
      segment: 'calls',
      title: 'Calls',
      icon: <CallIcon />,
      action: popoverMenuAction,
      children: CALLS_NAVIGATION,
    },
  ]}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

<AppProvider
  navigation={[
    {
      segment: 'contacts',
      title: 'Contacts',
      icon: <PersonIcon />,
      action: <Chip label={7} color="primary" size="small" />,
    },
    {
      segment: 'calls',
      title: 'Calls',
      icon: <CallIcon />,
      action: popoverMenuAction,
      children: CALLS_NAVIGATION,
    },
  ]}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

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Navigation links have an optional pattern prop to define a pattern to be matched for the item to be marked as selected. This feature is built on top of the path-to-regexp library. Some examples:

Constant path: /orders
Dynamic segment: /orders/:segment
Zero or more segments: /orders{/:segment}*
One or more segments: /orders{/:segment}+
Optional segment: /orders{/:segment}+?

<AppProvider
  navigation={[
    {
      segment: 'dashboard',
      title: 'Dashboard',
      icon: <DashboardIcon />,
    },
    {
      segment: 'orders',
      title: 'Orders',
      icon: <ShoppingCartIcon />,
      pattern: '/orders{/:orderId}*',
    },
  ]}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} navigate={navigate} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

<AppProvider
  navigation={[
    {
      segment: 'dashboard',
      title: 'Dashboard',
      icon: <DashboardIcon />,
    },
    {
      segment: 'orders',
      title: 'Orders',
      icon: <ShoppingCartIcon />,
      pattern: '/orders{/:orderId}*',
    },
  ]}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} navigate={navigate} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

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The layout sidebar is collapsible to a mini-drawer (with icons only) in desktop and tablet viewports. This behavior can be disabled with the disableCollapsibleSidebar prop.

<DashboardLayout disableCollapsibleSidebar>
  <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
</DashboardLayout>

<DashboardLayout disableCollapsibleSidebar>
  <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
</DashboardLayout>

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Account

The DashboardLayout comes integrated with the <Account /> component. It renders as an account management menu when a user is signed in – a session object is present – and a button when not.

<AppProvider
  session={session}
  authentication={authentication}
  navigation={NAVIGATION}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

<AppProvider
  session={session}
  authentication={authentication}
  navigation={NAVIGATION}
  router={router}
  theme={demoTheme}
  window={demoWindow}
>
  <DashboardLayout>
    <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
  </DashboardLayout>
</AppProvider>

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Customization

Some areas of the layout can be replaced with custom components by using the slots and slotProps props. For example, this allows you to add new items to the toolbar in the header, such as a search bar.

<DashboardLayout slots={{ toolbarActions: SearchBar }}>
  <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
</DashboardLayout>

<DashboardLayout slots={{ toolbarActions: SearchBar }}>
  <DemoPageContent pathname={pathname} />
</DashboardLayout>

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API

See the documentation below for a complete reference to all of the props and classes available to the components mentioned here.

Dashboard Layout

Demo

Branding

Navigation

Navigation Links

Navigation Headings

Navigation Dividers

Nested Navigation

Navigation Actions

Navigation Pattern Matching

Disabling collapsible sidebar

Account

Customization

API