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title: "Adding a menu to your master template"
date: "2017-11-12T14:55:19+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to enhance your Site Studio master template with a customizable menu. Follow our step-by-step guide to easily add, configure, and style menus for improved website navigation and user experience."
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You can add menus to your Master template using the Menu element. The Menu element allows you to select a Drupal menu and select a Menu template. For more information on creating Menus and Menu templates see [Creating menus](/drupal-starter-kits/add-ons/site-studio/creating-menus "Creating menus") and [menu templates](/drupal-starter-kits/add-ons/site-studio/creating-menu-templates "Creating menu templates").

Add a menu to your master template
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To add a menu:

1.  Navigate to Site Studio > Templates > **Master templates**
2.  Click **Edit** next to your Master template
3.  Click on the **+button** on the Layout canvas
4.  Within the Sidebar browser, locate the Menu element within Drupal core elements
5.  Drag the **Menu element** onto your Layout canvas.

![53530e67-add-menu-master-template.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/2c4e6232-c119-433e-8f41-7cfdd5f80726/web/53530e67-add-menu-master-template.png)

Select the menu and menu template to use
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1.  Double click on the **Menu element** to edit its settings
2.  Click on the **Menu drop-down** field select your menu. For more information, see [Creating menus](/drupal-starter-kits/add-ons/site-studio/creating-menus "Creating Drupal menus")
3.  If you only want the menu to display the active trail, toggle on **Only render active trail.** 
4.  If you want the menu to start at a specific level of your Drupal menu, enter a number in the **Start at level x in active trail.** Leave blank (or 1) for level 1, enter 2 for level 2 etc
5.  Click on the **Template drop-down** field and select your Menu template. For more information, see [Creating menu templates](/drupal-starter-kits/add-ons/site-studio/creating-menu-templates "Creating menu templates")
6.  Click **Apply** and then **Save and continue.**

![a7063568-menu-element-settings.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/c9f0b63a-00b6-4ec8-9b17-d3e44465667f/web/a7063568-menu-element-settings.png)