---
title: "Essentials Navigation"
description: "Format Ghost theme puts Primary navigation in the header and Secondary behind the 3-dots button, with dropdown menus, section labels and separator gaps."
url: "https://www.priority.vision/docs/format/essentials-navigation"
scope: theme
appliesTo: [Format]
lastUpdated: 2026-10-23
---

# Navigation

With Ghost you can add, edit and reorder navigation items. This guide will show you how to create and manage navigation items in your Ghost site.

![Format navigations](https://www.priority.vision/images/docs/format/navigation.png)

The Format support Primary and Secondary navigation.

- **Primary** navigation is displayed in the header
- **Secondary** navigation is displayed under the hamburger button (3-dots icon).

## Manage navigation items

To manage navigation items, follow these steps:

1. Go to **Settings → Site → Navigation**
1. Click **Customize**

![Ghost navigation settings](https://www.priority.vision/images/docs/common/navigation.png)

## Dropdowns

Our theme support dropdown menus in navigation, allowing you to organize related links under a parent item. This is useful for creating more complex navigation structures without cluttering the menu.

![Format theme navigation dropdown](https://www.priority.vision/images/docs/format/navigation-dropdown.png)

To create a dropdown menu:

1. Add a parent item that will serve as the dropdown trigger
2. Add child items by creating navigation items with labels that start with `- ` (dash followed by a space)

The items with labels starting with `- ` will be nested under the previous regular navigation item.

![Navigation dropdown settings](https://www.priority.vision/images/docs/common/navigation-dropdown-settings.png)

For example, to create a "Resources" dropdown with "Tutorials" and "Documentation" items:

1. Add a regular navigation item with label "Resources"
2. Add an item with label "- Tutorials" 
3. Add an item with label "- Documentation"

This will create a dropdown menu where "Tutorials" and "Documentation" appear when hovering over or clicking on "Resources".

## Sections

Format allows you to add sections with labels between navigation items. This is useful to separate different items to sections.

![Format theme navigation section](https://www.priority.vision/images/docs/format/navigation-section.png)

To add the section, create a new item with label starting with `# ` and `label`. This item will be recognized as a separator.

![Navigation section setting](https://www.priority.vision/images/docs/common/navigation-section-settings.png)

## Separators

Format allows you to add a separator between navigation items. This is a small gaps and it is useful to separate different sections of your navigation.

![Format theme navigation separator](https://www.priority.vision/images/docs/format/navigation-separator.png)

To add the separator, create a new item with label `---` and this item will be recognized as a separator.

![Navigation separator setting](https://www.priority.vision/images/docs/common/navigation-separator-settings.png)

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