# Able to use the 'extraNavItem' custom html outlet?

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**Created:** [Octobre 23, 2016, 3:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/able-to-use-the-extranavitem-custom-html-outlet/51928 "2016-10-23T15:38:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [Octobre 23, 2016, 3:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/able-to-use-the-extranavitem-custom-html-outlet/51928/1 "2016-10-23T15:38:49Z")

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I’m attempting to add a custom link to the navbar (Ideally something where I’d be able to specify a name and a relative URL for that pill to go to). It’s similar functionality to the ‘bugs’ or ‘features’ links on meta, but I want them to go to a plugin-defined route (`/lattices/:id`), rather than a category-related route.

This doesn’t appear possible with the ‘top menu’ user setting, because it doesn’t accept a custom URL

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/8/c8d3384c366c623016d9a8e28ae7d08199feb05f.png)

I had a dig and found the ‘extraNavItem’ custom html field, which seems like it would do what I want:

```plaintext
{{#each navItems as |navItem|}}
  {{navigation-item content=navItem filterMode=filterMode}}
{{/each}}
{{custom-html "extraNavItem"}}

```

But that `{{custom-html}}` tag seems inaccessible, at least from the Admin \> Customize \> CSS/HTML customizations, and even if I were to manually save a model myself, there’s no database column for `extra_nav_item_baked` in `site_customizaation.rb`, which is where I assume that outlet would read from.

Any advice on how to proceed?

EDIT:

Hm, I’m going to have a hack at this: [https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-customize-top-menu/35336](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-customize-top-menu/35336). I’ll report back.

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