The Category Menu is a store component that displays a list of departments in a configurable menu layout. It helps organize and present categories and subcategories to improve navigation.

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1. Add the app to your store theme's dependencies in the manifest.json.

2. Add the category-menu block to your store theme.

Prop name	Type	Description	Default Value
showAllDepartments	Boolean	Shows all department categories in the menu	true
menuDisposition	Enum	Indicates the menu's position on the screen. Possible values: left, center, right	center
showSubcategories	Boolean	Defines if the subcategories will be displayed	true
departments	Array(items)	List of department items to be displayed on the menu	[]
mobileMode	Boolean	Renders the category menu in a sidebar if set to true	false
sortSubcategories	Enum	Determines how subcategories are sorted. Possible value: name

Prop name	Type	Description
id	Number	The department ID to be displayed on the menu

In order to apply CSS customizations in this and other blocks, follow the instructions on Using CSS Handles for store customization.

CSS Handles
container
departmentLink
departmentList
firstLevelLink
firstLevelLinkContainer
firstLevelList
itemContainer
itemContainer--category
itemContainer--department
menuContainer
secondLevelLink
secondLevelLinkContainer
secondLevelList
section--category
section--department
sidebar
sidebarContainer
sidebarContent
sidebarHeader
sidebarItem
sidebarItemContainer
sidebarOpen
sidebarScrim
submenuItem
submenuList