Re: help hiding submenu until parent is clicked [Q and A]

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help hiding submenu until parent is clicked

2004/10/21 14:11
Mike1234
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Posts: 16
Since: 2004/8/16

Well, this is my first semi-advanced question, so I think I am learning xoops. :)

I am hand coding a menu w/submenus so I can pick which items to show (instead of showing all modules like the Main Menu). This works fine:


<table cellspacing="0">

  <tr>

    <td id="mainmenu">

      <a class="menuTop" href="<{$xoops_url}>/">Home</a>

    <a class="menuMain" href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/tinycontent/">Company</a>

        <a class="menuSub" href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=2">About Us</a>

<a class="menuSub" href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=3">Clients</a>

     <a class="menuMain" href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/tinycontent0/">Software</a>

   </td>

  </tr>

</table>

But when displayed in a Block, the About Us and Clients (submenus) show even when Software (or Home) is clicked. How can I hide About Us and Clients so that they don't show up unless Company is clicked?

thx

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Re: help hiding submenu until parent is clicked

2004/10/21 17:59
Mike1234
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Posts: 16
Since: 2004/8/16

Maybe it will help if I rephrase my question: Where does the Main Menu Block get the instructions to hide subitems until the module is pressed? I can't find anything in the template...just a couple of for loops.

Example News, Web Links both have subitems that don't show without the parent being first picked.

Thanks

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Re: help hiding submenu until parent is clicked

2004/10/21 18:13
ackbarr
Posts: 1449
Since: 2002/10/2

the php code that fills the template determines which module is active, and only fills the sub-menu elements for that module.
To look at the code, see:
/modules/system/blocks/system_blocks.php in the function b_system_main_show()

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Re: help hiding submenu until parent is clicked

2004/10/21 19:56
Mike1234
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Posts: 16
Since: 2004/8/16

Ok, got it, but where does it say "don't *display* SubMenu elements in the menu until the menu element is chosen. I.E you hit home and all the SubMenu items are hidden...

thx
mike

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Re: help hiding submenu until parent is clicked

2004/10/21 20:57
ackbarr
Posts: 1449
Since: 2002/10/2


$sublinks =& $modules[$i]->subLink();

  [color=0080FF][b]if ((count($sublinks) > 0) && (!empty($xoopsModule)) && ($i == $xoopsModule->getVar('mid'))) {[/b][/color]

    foreach($sublinks as $sublink){

      $block['modules'][$i]['sublinks'][] = 

        array('name' => $sublink['name'], 

        'url' => 

        XOOPS_URL.'/modules/'. $modules[$i]->getVar('dirname') . '/'. $sublink['url']);

    }

  [color=0080FF][b]} else {[/b][/color]

   $block['modules'][$i]['sublinks'] = array();

  [color=0080FF][b]}[/b][/color]

The highlighted code above is responsible for determining the current module and filling the submenu items for it.

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Re: help hiding submenu until parent is clicked

2004/10/21 21:06
Mithrandir
XOOPS is my life!
Posts: 6320
Since: 2003/6/21

Hmmm... I should really get that changed... no need to load the sublinks with $modules[$i]->subLink() if it is not the current module... Thanks for bringing that to my attention, Brian (not much to do with the question, I'm afraid)

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Re: help hiding submenu until parent is clicked

2004/10/21 21:10
ackbarr
Posts: 1449
Since: 2002/10/2

good. I was thinking the same thing, and made a note to change it. Glad to see we were thinking the same things

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Re: help hiding submenu until parent is clicked

2004/10/21 22:52
WarDick
Just can't stay away
Posts: 890
Since: 2003/9/13

Is it just my firefox/mozilla browsers or does this page look amateurish to all?

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Re: help hiding submenu until parent is clicked

2004/10/22 0:10
ackbarr
Posts: 1449
Since: 2002/10/2

that look a bit better?

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Re: help hiding submenu until parent is clicked

2004/10/22 12:50
Mike1234
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Posts: 16
Since: 2004/8/16

ok...thanks.

Final question: is there any easy hack I can do, so that for a given active module that a given user has access to:

Do not display that module name & sublinks in the Main Menu.

I want some, not all, of the modules displayed in the main menu block. This is because those not in the main menu I want to be displayed in their respective blocks instead

thx

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