tweaking the 4.07(no plug-in) dropdown menu

kvnmcwebn · 2009-12-14 18:39:02

Hi I only want certain sections to have drop downs. Can I just somehow put a list of the sections in the first conditional?
And also I want to have the dropdown sections active on all other sections of the site not just the currently selected one.

instead of:

<txp:if_section name='<txp:section />'>

<txp:if_section name="section1,section2,section3">

<txp:section_list exclude="this,that" default_title='<txp:text item="home" />' include_default="1" wraptag="ul" break="li">
<txp:if_section name='<txp:section />'><span class="arrow">&raquo;</span></txp:if_section>
  <txp:section link="1" title="1" />
    <txp:if_section name='<txp:section />'>
      <txp:article_custom  section='<txp:section />' wraptag="ul" break="li">
        <txp:if_article_id>&rsaquo;</txp:if_article_id>
        <txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink>
      </txp:article_custom>
  </txp:if_section>
</txp:section_list>

sorry for editing this one so much…

Thanks

Last edited by kvnmcwebn (2009-12-14 19:10:40)

els · 2009-12-14 20:02:40

If I understand you correctly:

<txp:section_list exclude="this,that" default_title='<txp:text item="home" />' include_default="1" wraptag="ul" break="li">
   <txp:if_section name='<txp:section />'><span class="arrow">&raquo;</span></txp:if_section>
      <txp:section link="1" title="1" />
      <txp:if_section name="section1,section2,section3">
         <txp:article_custom  section='<txp:section />' wraptag="ul" break="li">
            <txp:if_article_id>&rsaquo;</txp:if_article_id>
            <txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink>
         </txp:article_custom>
      </txp:if_section>
   </txp:if_section>
</txp:section_list>

kvnmcwebn · 2009-12-14 21:24:27

Hi Els,
Im trying to limit the sections that have dropdowns in the section list menu.
All sections have articles and so will have dropdowns using the menu as is but I only really need to use dropdowns on 3 sections on the site. I suppose this navigation structure goes against the textpattern design philosophy but it’s kind of a unique navigation problem I’m working on.

The code you provided doesn’t seem to limit the dropdowns to the named sections.

 <txp:if_section name="sectionwithdropdowns1,sectionwithdropdowns2,sectionwithdropdowns3">

It does allow the dropdowns to work from anywhere in the site though.

Best
kevin

Last edited by kvnmcwebn (2009-12-14 21:29:22)

els · 2009-12-14 21:37:40

kvnmcwebn wrote:

The code you provided doesn’t seem to limit the dropdowns to the named sections.

No, it wouldn’t. Sorry, didn’t think hard enough. Try this.

<txp:section_list exclude="this,that" default_title='<txp:text item="home" />' include_default="1" wraptag="ul" break="li">
   <txp:if_section name='<txp:section />'><span class="arrow">&raquo;</span></txp:if_section>
      <txp:section link="1" title="1" />
      <txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />'>
         <txp:if_article_section name="sectionwithdropdowns1,sectionwithdropdowns2,sectionwithdropdowns3">
            <txp:if_first_article><ul></txp:if_first_article>
            <li><txp:if_article_id>&rsaquo;</txp:if_article_id>
            <txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></li>
            <txp:if_last_article></ul></txp:if_last_article>
         </txp:if_article_section>
      </txp:article_custom>
   </txp:if_section>
</txp:section_list>

I’ve moved the wraptag and break to the inside of the if_article_section tag, because I suspect that otherwise it will display empty ul and li tags if the conditional returns false.

Edit: I assume that this code is not very efficient because it still checks all articles in the sections that don’t need a dropdown. So maybe smd_query would be a better choice.

Last edited by els (2009-12-14 21:41:48)

kvnmcwebn · 2009-12-14 22:09:37

Hi Els,
That seems to be perfect. It’s not slowing anything down so it’s efficient enough for me. It’s breaking my layout but I should be able to figure that out. Thanks a mill.

Can’t seem to get that code to not break my layout.

Last edited by kvnmcwebn (2009-12-14 23:42:19)

els · 2009-12-14 23:29:00

Just noticed a typo: &rsaquo; :)

kvnmcwebn · 2009-12-14 23:48:17

thanks for that, but still can’t figure it out els..

your code:
———

my old code:
———-

Your code seems to make <div class=“clearfloat”> </div> disappear from rendered html but I don’t know. Can’t figure it out.

Last edited by kvnmcwebn (2009-12-15 02:51:56)

els · 2009-12-15 00:10:02

Oh dear. I shouldn’t be answering posts this late… I left a </txp:if_section> too many :(

New try:

<txp:section_list exclude="this,that" default_title='<txp:text item="home" />' include_default="1" wraptag="ul" break="li">
   <txp:if_section name='<txp:section />'><span class="arrow">&raquo;</span></txp:if_section>
   <txp:section link="1" title="1" />
   <txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />'>
      <txp:if_article_section name="sectionwithdropdowns1,sectionwithdropdowns2,sectionwithdropdowns3">
         <txp:if_first_article><ul></txp:if_first_article>
         <li><txp:if_article_id>&raquo;</txp:if_article_id>
         <txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></li>
         <txp:if_last_article></ul></txp:if_last_article>
      </txp:if_article_section>
   </txp:article_custom>
</txp:section_list>

kvnmcwebn · 2009-12-15 00:15:56

thanks els! working perfectly now. That’s a great piece of code.
Sorry for the hassle I should have caught that additional tag myself.
-kevin

Last edited by kvnmcwebn (2009-12-15 01:04:54)

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