Quick Launch Navigation in SharePoint 2010: Part 2

In this article we will be seeing how to add or remove the heading and links from the Quick Launch Navigation in SharePoint 2010.

Add a new custom heading to the Quick Launch Navigation

SPNavigationNode class accepts the following properties when we are creating a new heading.

a. Display Name(Required)

b. URL(Required)

c. External Link [True/False] (optional) – Specifies whether the link is internal (item in SharePoint) or external (another website)

1. SPNavigationNodeCollection nodeColl = web.Navigation.QuickLaunch;

2. SPNavigationNode heading1 = new SPNavigationNode("My Articles","");

3. nodeColl.AddAsFirst(heading1);

4. SPNavigationNode heading2 = new SPNavigationNode("My Blogs", "");

5. nodeColl.AddAsLast(heading2);

Add a new Navigation Links to the custom heading in the Quick Launch Navigation

1. SPNavigationNodeCollection nodeColl = web.Navigation.QuickLaunch;

2. foreach (SPNavigationNode heading in nodeColl)                   

3. {

4. if (heading.Title == "My Articles")                       

5. {

6. SPNavigationNode link1 = new SPNavigationNode("Articles","http://www.csharpcorner.com/", true);                           

7. heading.Children.AddAsFirst(link1);                       

8. }

9. if (heading.Title == "My Blogs")                       

10. {

11. SPList list = web.Lists.TryGetList("Blogs");

12. SPNavigationNode link2 = web.Navigation.GetNodeByUrl(list.DefaultViewUrl);

13. if (link2 != null)                           

14. {                               

15. link2 = new SPNavigationNode(list.Title, list.DefaultViewUrl);                                

16. heading.Children.AddAsFirst(link2);                           

17. }                       

18. }                   

19. }
    

How to delete the link from the Quick Launch:

Using C#

1. using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:1111/sites/SPSiteDataQuery/"))           

2. {

3. using (SPWeb web = site.RootWeb)               

4. {

5. SPNavigationNodeCollection nodeColl = web.Navigation.QuickLaunch;

6. foreach (SPNavigationNode heading in nodeColl)                   

7. {                 

8. foreach (SPNavigationNode links in heading.Children)                       

9. {

10. if (links.Title == "cl1")                           

11. {                                

12. links.Delete();                           

13. }                       

14. }                                           

15. }                                   

16. }           

17. }
    

Using PowerShell

1. $webURL="http://serverName:1111/sites/SPSiteDataQuery/"

2. $web=Get-SPWeb $webURL

3. $navigationNodeColl=$web.Navigation.QuickLaunch

4. $heading = $navigationNodeColl | where { $_.Title -eq "Libraries" }

5. $link = $heading.Children | where { $_.Title -eq "Shared Documents" }

6. $link.Delete()
   

How to delete the heading from the Quick Launch:

Using C#

1. SPNavigationNodeCollection nodeColl = web.Navigation.QuickLaunch;

2. foreach (SPNavigationNode heading in nodeColl)                   

3. {

4. if (heading.Title == "Libraries")                       

5. {                           

6. heading.Delete();                       

7. }                   

8. } 
   

Using PowerShell

1. $webURL="http://serverName:1111/sites/SPSiteDataQuery/"

2. $web=Get-SPWeb $webURL

3. $navigationNodeColl=$web.Navigation.QuickLaunch

4. $heading = $navigationNodeColl | where { $_.Title -eq "Libraries" }

5. $heading.Delete()