Best layouts structure

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In Next.js, you can use nested layouts to display different menus based on the current route. Each route segment can optionally define its own layout, and these layouts will be shared across all pages in that segment. Layouts in a route are nested by default, with each parent layout wrapping child layouts below it using the React children prop.

Given your project structure, you can create a layout for each segment (events, eventNumber, analytics, section, edit, new-event) that needs a unique menu. Here's a simplified example of how you might structure your layouts:

app
-events
--layout.js (menu for events)
--[eventNumber]
---layout.js (menu for eventNumber)
---analytics
----layout.js (menu for analytics)
----[section]
-----layout.js (menu for section)
-----page.js
---edit
----layout.js (menu for edit)
----[section]
-----layout.js (menu for section)
-----page.js
--page.js
--new-event
--layout.js (menu for new-event)
--page.js

Each layout.js file would define the layout (including the menu) for its respective segment. The children prop would be used to render the nested layouts or pages.

Remember that layouts are Server Components by default but can be set to a Client Component. Layouts do not have access to the route segments below itself. To access all route segments, you can use useSelectedLayoutSegment or useSelectedLayoutSegments in a Client Component.

For more information, refer to the Next.js documentation on layouts (https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/routing/pages-and-layouts#layouts).

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