# Compact Navigation

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/compact-navigation/172034
**Category:** Theme component
**Tags:** official, desktop, compact-navigation
**Created:** [December 2, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compact-navigation/172034 "2020-12-02T19:19:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
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### Author: ![Discourse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/32/148734_2.png) [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compact-navigation/172034/1 "2020-12-02T19:19:29Z")

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| :discourse2: | **Summary** | **Compact Navigation** allows you to display the “Mobile” navigation pills drop-down layout on desktop. |
| 👓 | **Preview** | [Preview on Discourse Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Discourse/compact-navigation) |
| 🛠 | **Repository Link** | [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-compact-nav](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-compact-nav) |
| 📖 | **New to Discourse Themes?** | [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) |

Install this theme component

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> :discourse2: As this is an #official theme component maintained by the Discourse team, #Support, #Contribute > Bug, #Contribute > UX, and #Contribute > Feature requests can be made in the respective categories here on Meta, and tagged with the appropriate theme component tag. Click on a link below to get one started. 👍
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> [❓&nbsp; **Support**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=6&tags=compact-navigation "Ask for support on configuring and using Compact Navigation") [🐛&nbsp; **Bug**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=1&tags=compact-navigation "A bug report means something is broken, preventing normal/typical use of the theme component") [👀&nbsp; **UX**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=9&tags=compact-navigation "Discussion about the user interface of Compact Navigation, and how features are presented (including language and UI elements)") [💡&nbsp; **Feature**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=2&tags=compact-navigation "Discussion about how existing Compact Navigation features can be improved or enhanced, and how proposed new features could work")

### Features

**Compact Navigation** allows you to display the “Mobile” navigation pills drop-down layout on desktop. You can choose to display it via settings on the `home` page, `category` pages, as well as `tag` pages.

### Example

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/c/5c8ec9a3466c54dbe7778fa3a90e02b11d295cef.png)

### Settings

| Name | Description |
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| everywhere | Show minimal nav all the time (overrides home\_page/tag\_pages/category\_pages settings) |
| on home page | Show minimal nav on homepage |
| on tag pages | Show minimal nav on tag pages |
| on category pages | Show minimal nav on category pages |
| nav items to exclude | A list of nav item names to exclude from the ‘compact’ nav, and keep in the nav pills list. ATTN: It is whatever is used in the `name` property, not to be confused with the `displayName`. |
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