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Theme and topic menu
<gcds-topic-menu>

Also called: global navigation, theme-based navigation.

The theme and topic menu is a navigation to the top tasks of Government of Canada websites.

  • GitHub
  • Figma

Theme and topic menu component preview

Theme and topic menu anatomy

  1. The menu button toggles the Theme and topic menu open or closed.
  2. The theme and topic list includes the pre-set main themes for Canada.ca.
  3. The flyout is a list of relevant links to each topic that appears on hover. All links will load and update automatically.
  4. Most requested links is a list of the most frequent actions taken in each theme. All links will load and update automatically.
The theme and topic menu with numbers pointing to individual parts of the component’s anatomy.

Accessibility and design for the theme and topic menu

  • Style the menu button label as capital letters, but write the label in sentence case (Menu), so screen readers don't read each letter individually.
  • Place the theme and topic menu in the header underneath the divider line.

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2024-12-11