Non Linked Menu Item

[redwax]

Hi

I would like to create an entry in the navigation menu that isn't a link so that it serves only as a heading to a drop down. So is there a waty to detect if an item has subitems and if so not create a link. The example is here: http://www.renewablesfirst.co.uk - we want the 'Hydro Services' and 'Wind Services' to have the drop down but not be links themselves.

Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

[ramjet]

You could make the page "Wind Services" an internal redirect to "Intro to Wind services" in Site Structure perhaps?

[imported_Nina]

@redwax: Please check "language default" in the page root. You forgot it and that is the reason why I can't even take a look at your page but only get the dreadfull "No pages found"-message

[xchs]

Hi redwax,

I would like to create an entry in the navigation menu that isn't a link so that it serves only as a heading to a drop down.

You can change your default navigation template "nav_default.tpl" as follows:

<ul class="<?php echo $this->level; ?>">
<?php foreach ($this->items as $item): ?>
<?php if ($item['isActive']): ?>
<li class="active<?php if ($item['class']): ?> <?php echo $item['class']; ?><?php endif; ?>"><span class="active<?php if ($item['class']): ?> <?php echo $item['class']; ?><?php endif; ?>"><?php echo $item['link']; ?></span><?php echo $item['subitems']; ?>
<?php else: ?>
<li<?php if ($item['class']): ?> class="<?php echo $item['class']; ?>"<?php endif; ?>><?php if(strpos($item['class'], 'nonavlink')===false):?> "<?php if ($item['class']): ?> class="<?php echo $item['class']; ?>"<?php endif; ?><?php if ($item['accesskey'] != ''): ?> accesskey="<?php echo $item['accesskey']; ?>"<?php endif; ?><?php if ($item['tabindex']): ?> tabindex="<?php echo $item['tabindex']; ?>"<?php endif; ?><?php if ($item['nofollow']): ?> rel="nofollow"<?php endif; ?><?php echo $item['target']; ?>><?php else: ?><span class="<?php echo $item['class']; ?>"><?php endif; ?><?php echo $item['link']; ?><?php if(strpos($item['class'], 'nonavlink')===false):?><?php else: ?></span><?php endif; ?><?php echo $item['subitems']; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>[/list]

After renaming the template to e.g. "nav_partiallinked.tpl" you con choose it in your navigation frontend module.

Finally, assign to all pages in your site structure, which should not be linked in the navigation menu, the CSS class "nonavlink".

HTH

[redwax]

@redwax: Please check "language default" in the page root. You forgot it and that is the reason why I can't even take a look at your page but only get the dreadfull "No pages found"-message

Thanks for the info - I hadn't clocked this setting.

[redwax]

Hi redwax,

I would like to create an entry in the navigation menu that isn't a link so that it serves only as a heading to a drop down.

You can change your default navigation template "nav_default.tpl" as follows:

<ul class="<?php echo $this->level; ?>">
<?php foreach ($this->items as $item): ?>
<?php if ($item['isActive']): ?>
<li class="active<?php if ($item['class']): ?> <?php echo $item['class']; ?><?php endif; ?>"><span class="active<?php if ($item['class']): ?> <?php echo $item['class']; ?><?php endif; ?>"><?php echo $item['link']; ?></span><?php echo $item['subitems']; ?>
<?php else: ?>
<li<?php if ($item['class']): ?> class="<?php echo $item['class']; ?>"<?php endif; ?>><?php if(strpos($item['class'], 'nonavlink')===false):?> "<?php if ($item['class']): ?> class="<?php echo $item['class']; ?>"<?php endif; ?><?php if ($item['accesskey'] != ''): ?> accesskey="<?php echo $item['accesskey']; ?>"<?php endif; ?><?php if ($item['tabindex']): ?> tabindex="<?php echo $item['tabindex']; ?>"<?php endif; ?><?php if ($item['nofollow']): ?> rel="nofollow"<?php endif; ?><?php echo $item['target']; ?>><?php else: ?><span class="<?php echo $item['class']; ?>"><?php endif; ?><?php echo $item['link']; ?><?php if(strpos($item['class'], 'nonavlink')===false):?><?php else: ?></span><?php endif; ?><?php echo $item['subitems']; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>[/list]

After renaming the template to e.g. "nav_partiallinked.tpl" you con choose it in your navigation frontend module.

Finally, assign to all pages in your site structure, which should not be linked in the navigation menu, the CSS class "nonavlink".

HTH

You're a genius. Thanks ever so much this worked a treat!

[xchs]

Fine. You're welcome.

N.B.: The above solution was taken over from the German Contao Wiki.