to stay put where it is, however when you move to a different page, like localhost/user, it disappears, it only shows up in grails home index. any idea how I can get it to stay put?
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="layout" content="main"/>
<title>Inventory System</title>
<asset:link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-ico" />
</head>
<body>
<content tag="nav">
<li class="dropdown">
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Users <span class="caret"></span></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><g:link class="user" controller="user" action="create">Create</g:link></li>
<li><g:link class="user" controller="user" action="index">Users List</g:link></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="dropdown">
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Expenses <span class="caret"></span></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><g:link class="expenses" controller="expenses" action="create">Create Expenses</g:link></li>
<li><g:link class="expenses" controller="expenses" action="index">Expenses List</g:link></li>
<li><g:link class="type" controller="type" action="create">Create Types</g:link></li>
<li><g:link class="type" controller="type" action="index">Types List</g:link></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="dropdown">
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Clients <span class="caret"></span></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><g:link class="client" controller="client" action="create">Create</g:link></li>
<li><g:link class="client" controller="client" action="index">Clients List</g:link></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="dropdown">
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Assets <span class="caret"></span></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><g:link class="supply" controller="supply" action="create">Create Supplies</g:link></li>
<li><g:link class="supply" controller="supply" action="index">Supplies List</g:link></li>
<li><g:link class="supply" controller="supply" action="create">Create Item</g:link></li>
<li><g:link class="supply" controller="supply" action="create">Asset Item List</g:link></li>
</ul>
</li>
</content>
<div class="svg" role="presentation">
<div class="grails-logo-container">
<asset:image src="grails-cupsonly-logo-white.svg" class="grails-logo"/>
</div>
</div>
<div id="content" role="main">
<section class="row colset-2-its">
<h1>Inventory System</h1>
<ul>
Welcome to the Inventory System created for the final requirement of ITWB303 Advanced Web Programming class.
Presented to Engineer Jomin Yu, the professor of the class.
</ul>
<ul>
Created by the group of Krizia Genica Simon and Harold Jesse Co.
</ul>
</section>
</div>
</body>
</html>
You can move div (in this case whole <content tag="nav">) with menu to separated template and include this template in layout.
Than you can set specified layout in views where you want this menu.