Can't add two (or more) menu entries for same resource

[TCM5]

Because menu tree is built based on mapped resources the current implmentation will not allow the following features:

• Add two or more menu entries for same resource
  For example, it's a common use case to have two menus that references the same resource but will redirect to a filtered list like this:

<MenuItemLink
        to={`/products`}
        primaryText={translate(`resources.products.name`, {
            smart_count: 2,
        })}
        leftIcon={<products.icon />}
 />
<MenuItemLink
      to="/products?filter=category==1"
          primaryText="smartphones"
          leftIcon={<products.icon />}
      />

• Add a custom menu (non-resource based). For example, a preferences menu.
• Specific ordering based on some criteria (this is not necessary a problem because we can re-arrange resources mapping to solve this)

[harshit-budhraja]

@TCM5 What could be a use-case where you'd want to add more than one menu with the same resource name? The name prop in <Resource>, by react-admin's design, is supposed to be unique as it is responsible for the app's routing as well as determines the API Endpoint. Can you please help me with more details?

Ref: https://marmelab.com/react-admin/Resource.html#name

@sivaavkd This cannot be classified as a bug. Can you please change the label from bug to something more relevant?

[TCM5]

@TCM5 What could be a use-case where you'd want to add more than one menu with the same resource name? The name prop in <Resource>, by react-admin's design, is supposed to be unique as it is responsible for the app's routing as well as determines the API Endpoint. Can you please help me with more details?

Ref: https://marmelab.com/react-admin/Resource.html#name

@sivaavkd This cannot be classified as a bug. Can you please change the label from bug to something more relevant?

Hi @harshit-budhraja , sorry for the incomplete/misleading initial thread. I already have update it with a complete description.

Btw, the bug label was auto-assigned and I can't change it. If you can, please do.

[sivaavkd]

I just tried below code and I was able to create a menu item pointing to a custom menu (point 2 above).

<Resource icon={MoveToInboxIcon} name="preferences" options={{ "label": "Preferences", "windowTitle": "Admin - Preferences" }} list={Preferences}/>