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adding tree functionality to 3.4 subleft menu template

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steve walker

Thursday 17 June 2004 6:57:13 am

Hi there,

I want to create a 'TopLeft' nav system with subnavigation being listed down the left. The sub_left template does this, but doesnt expand to show further naviagtion, unlike the full flat_left template that has full tree menu functionality - and I want my sub_left template to behave as it is, but to exapnd treemenu styley!

I think the easiest solution is to hack the flat_left menu so that it starts at the subnav level, rather than at topnav level. The other alternative is to add treemenu functionality into the subleft template...

Could anyone give a pointer on doing this, my coding brain isnt that great...

Thanks, Steve.

http://www.oneworldmarket.co.uk

Mark Marsiglio

Thursday 17 June 2004 10:47:59 am

I think I have done what you are trying to do, but I am not sure. I have top level objects listed across the top of my site (in tabs). When you click on one of the tabs, the pages within that section appear in a left hand nav list with the section name at the top. If this is what you are trying to do I can post some code...

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steve walker

Thursday 17 June 2004 12:02:30 pm

Mark,

It may be... I have top nav on top, and left hand sub nav working fine - but the left hand subnavigation doesnt expand out to show the third level navigation, and this is the bit I want to add.

If you have code that does this that would be marvellous!

Steve.

http://www.oneworldmarket.co.uk

Mark Marsiglio

Thursday 17 June 2004 12:36:47 pm

Try this...I have the depth set to 4 (four levels deep) but that is adjustable. In fact, that might be the only thing that I changed. This file is called flat_left.tpl and is located in mydesign/override/templates/menu folder.

Good luck...
Mark

<div id="leftmenu">
<div id="leftmenu-design">

<h3 class="hide">This menu {"Left menu"|i18n("design/base")}</h3>

<div id="navparent">
       {section name=parent loop=$module_result.path max=1 offset=1 }
             {section show=$parent:item.url}
                  <a href={$parent:item.url_alias|ezurl}>{$parent:item.text|wash}</a>
               {section-else}
    	      {$parent:item.text|wash}
               {/section}
    
         {/section}
</div>

{let docs=treemenu( $module_result.path,
                    $module_result.node_id,
                    array( 'folder', 'infopage', 'article' ), 1, 5 )
                    depth=4}
        <ul>
        {section var=menu loop=$:docs last-value}
            {section show=and( $menu.last.level|eq( $menu.level ), $menu.number|gt( 1 ) )}
                </li>
            {section-else}
            {section show=and( $menu.last.level|gt( $menu.level ), $menu.number|gt( 1 ) )}
                </li>
                    {"</ul>
                </li>"|repeat(sub( $menu.last.level, $menu.level ))}
            {/section}
            {/section}

            {section show=and( $menu.last.level|lt( $menu.level ), $menu.number|gt( 1 ) )}
                <ul>
                    <li class="menu-level-{$menu.level}">
            {section-else}
                <li class="menu-level-{$menu.level}">
            {/section}

            <a {$menu.is_selected|choose( '', 'class="selected"' )} href={$menu.url_alias|ezurl}>{$menu.text|shorten( 25 )}</a>

            {set depth=$menu.level}
        {/section}
           </li>

        {section show=sub( $depth, 0 )|gt( 0 ) loop=sub( $depth, 0 )}
            </ul>
        </li>
        {/section}
        </ul>

{/let}

</div>
</div>

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steve walker

Friday 18 June 2004 3:03:15 am

Mark,

Many thanks - this code works perfectly!

Regards, Steve.

http://www.oneworldmarket.co.uk

Søren Knudsen

Tuesday 08 February 2005 8:23:01 am

How should i do if i only want to have the selected menu-item class="selected" in the menu, and not the whole path down to this item?

Best regards,
Søren Knudsen