MarkupSimpleNavigation

[Robin S]

@Soma,

What do you think about adding an option to prepend the Home page (just that single page) besides the "show_root" => true option?

The problem I'm finding with show_root is that it cancels the usefulness of using a PageArray for the root page argument.

Take this example:

$nav = $modules->get("MarkupSimpleNavigation");
$main_sections = $pages->find("parent=1, template=foo");
$nav_options = array(
	"show_root" => true
);
$menu = $nav->render($nav_options, null, $main_sections);

Here I want to use a PageArray for my menu root items rather than craft a long selector to match those pages and all children of those pages. But I also want a link to the Home page in the menu.

When I add "show_root" => true I also get every descendant of the Home page, which effectively cancels out my root pages selection.

[Peter Knight]

Is there a way to add an active class to the root parent of an active child?

IE If I'm currently viewing the page called Mars in the tree below

Home

Fruit

- Apple

- Bannana

Planets

- Saturn

- Mars

Guitars

- Fender

- Les Paul

I'd like Planets to have some class.

It's normal for me to display to the user the section they are currently on.

[Soma]

@Soma,

What do you think about adding an option to prepend the Home page (just that single page) besides the "show_root" => true option?

The problem I'm finding with show_root is that it cancels the usefulness of using a PageArray for the root page argument.

Take this example:

$nav = $modules->get("MarkupSimpleNavigation");
$main_sections = $pages->find("parent=1, template=foo");
$nav_options = array(
	"show_root" => true
);
$menu = $nav->render($nav_options, null, $main_sections);

Here I want to use a PageArray for my menu root items rather than craft a long selector to match those pages and all children of those pages. But I also want a link to the Home page in the menu.

When I add "show_root" => true I also get every descendant of the Home page, which effectively cancels out my root pages selection.

What about leaving the outer_tpl => "||".

Then add the first ul and the first li yourself?

Is there a way to add an active class to the root parent of an active child?

IE If I'm currently viewing the page called Mars in the tree below

Home

Fruit

- Apple

- Bannana

Planets

- Saturn

- Mars

Guitars

- Fender

- Les Paul

I'd like Planets to have some class.

It's normal for me to display to the user the section they are currently on.

Do you mean the "parent" class that gets added by default to all active parents?

[Ivan Gretsky]

@Peter Knight: I believe it is this option:

'current_class' => 'active'

[Soma]

I have a question

can i make the first link disable ?

What do you mean by disable? Some of them seem to need links to work.

There's many approaches to archive something like outputting different markup for items.

For example the xtemplates

'xtemplates' => '', // specify one or more templates separated with a pipe | to use the xitem_tpl and xitem_current_tpl markup
'xitem_tpl' => '<a href="{url}">{title}</a>', // same as 'item_tpl' but for xtemplates pages, can be used to define placholders
'xitem_current_tpl' => '<span>{title}</span>', // same as 'item_current_tpl' but for xtemplates pages

Or a hook might do it.

[Hardoman]

Hello there,

I would like to place a weblink into the MarkupSimpleNavigation, that would open this link in a new tab (target="_blank").
Unfortunately, I did not find any solution yet.

Thanks in advance for your hints.

Best regards
 

[Robin S]

Hi @Hardoman, welcome to the forum.

There are two ways you can achieve this.

1. If all the pages you want to link to with target="_blank" have the same template you can use the 'xtemplates' option. Example:

$nav = $modules->get('MarkupSimpleNavigation');
$nav_options = array(
    'xtemplates' => 'my_template',
    'xitem_tpl' => '<a target="_blank" href="{url}">{title}</a>'
);
echo $nav->render($nav_options);

Now all links to pages using my_template will have target="_blank".

2. If you need to use a different or more specific selector than just template you can use a hook.

function menuSpecialLinks(HookEvent $event) {
    $child = $event->arguments('page'); // current rendered child page
    // any logic with $child possible here
    if($child->name == 'my-page-name') {
        // set the return value of this hook to a custom string
        $event->return = "<a target='_blank' href='{$child->url}'>{$child->title}</a>";
    }
}

$nav = $modules->get('MarkupSimpleNavigation');
$nav->addHookAfter('getItemString', null, 'menuSpecialLinks');
echo $nav->render();

[Hardoman]

Hello Robin,

thanks for welcoming me and for the solution provided. Sorry for my late reply, I just tried it using the 'xtemplates' option and it worked like a charm!

Well, actually, I have another question: Is there a way to provide a 2nd menu using these options which would also collapse with the 'main-menu' into the mobile menu when the page is being resized? But I will try to read all the post in this forum at first..   

Thanks once more.

[Robin S]

@Hardoman,

It's certainly possible to have multiple menus generated by MSN on the same page. Having a desktop menu transform into a mobile menu is more about the CSS you write than MSN.

There will be many ways to skin the cat, but I often use three menus per page:

1. A single-level horizontal menu of top-level pages (show at desktop widths, hide at mobile widths)

2. A vertical sidebar menu containing descendants of the root parent (show at desktop widths, hide at mobile widths)

Example:

$nav = $modules->get("MarkupSimpleNavigation");
echo $nav->render(null, null, $page->rootParent);

3. A mobile menu that contains all pages (hide at desktop widths, show at mobile widths)

[Hardoman]

@Robin,

many thanks for your hints! I also discovered the hook to add custom classes which I added to the secondary menu. That way, I'm able to make it nicely responsive.

Have a nice evening.

[pwFoo]

@Soma

I need to add custom html attributes. Is there a way to add custom attributes like data-* without replace the links template?

 

P.S.

I tested MSN with PW devns. Should be compatible. If there are no issues you could add support up to 3.0?

[Soma]

@pwFoo I don't know exactly what you mean by replace links template. But read the documentation with the part for hook to modify item string etc. https://github.com/somatonic/MarkupSimpleNavigation#hook-for-custom-item-string-new-in-120

And various examples around here 

https://gist.github.com/somatonic/6258081

[pwFoo]

Hi @Soma,

I searching for an easy way to hook your module and add additional html attributes to the link elements (like "data-*"). Any suggestion how just to insert a custom string? Hook would be great. As option (changed template) would be ok too, but hook would be prefered.

Maybe you could add a customAttributes option to insert a custom string?

<!-- see the placed variable -->
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" {$customAttributes}>' . $title . ' <b class="caret"></b></a>

<!-- examples -->
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">' . $title . ' <b class="caret"></b></a>
<!-- or second one... -->
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" data-mydata="another value">' . $title . ' <b class="caret"></b></a>

 

*UPDATE*
Same question as above, but another idea / goal *g*

 

Also an ajax / intercooler example...
String I need to inject to the link element.

<a href="/test/" ic-get-from="/test/" ic-target="#pageContent"  ic-push-url=true>Test</a>

Custom string to insert:
 

[...] ic-get-from="{$page->url}" ic-target="{$target}"  ic-push-url=true [...]

 

Edited August 19, 2016 by pwFoo

[pwFoo]

Two workarounds.

 

Modify the template item_tpl:

$opts = array(
    //'item_tpl' => "<a href='{url}' ic-get-from='{url}' ic-target='#pageContent' ic-push-url=true>{title}</a>",
);

 

Or hook MarkupSimpleNavigation::getTagsString to replace the string

    public function hook_msn_item_tpl($event) {
        $link = $event->arguments[1];
        $event->return = "<a href='{$link->url}' ic-get-from='{$link->url}' ic-target='#pageContent' ic-push-url=true>{$link->title}</a>";
    }

 

Modify item_tpl replace the default template and have to be done manually. The hook replaces the hole string and also user configuration too.

[MaryMatlow]

I'm facing a strange problem. I'm using the MrkupSimpleNavigation module. In the _navigation.php file when the data-toggle attribute has the "dropdown" value the menu items are unclickable on Web and Mobile. The dropdown opens on all devices but can't be clicked. When I remove the "dropdown" value everything works but on mobile the submenu doesn't open up. I searched on this forum and elsewhere but couldn't find anything. Would anyone of you experts know what is wrong.

Here's my _navigation.php code:

	
	<?php
  $treeMenu = $modules->get("MarkupSimpleNavigation"); // load the module
  $options = array(
    'parent_class' => 'parent',
    // overwrite class name for current parent levels

    'current_class' => 'current',
    // overwrite current class

    'has_children_class' => 'has_children',
    // overwrite class name for entries with children

    'levels' => true,
    // wether to output "level-1, level-2, ..." as css class in links

    'levels_prefix' => 'level-',
    // prefix string that will be used for level class

    'max_levels' => 2,
    // set the max level rendered

    'firstlast' => false,
    // puts last,first class to link items

    'collapsed' => false,
    // if you want to auto-collapse the tree you set this to true

    'show_root' => false,
    // set this to true if you want to rootPage to get prepended to the menu

    'selector' => 'template!=MediaLibrary',
    // define custom PW selector, you may sanitize values from user input

    'selector_field' => 'nav_selector',
    // string (default 'nav_selector') define custom PW selector by using a property or field on a page. Use this setting if you want to overwrite the default nav_selector

    'outer_tpl' => '<nav class="collapse navbar-collapse navbar-right" role="navigation">
                    <div class="main-menu"><ul class="nav navbar-nav">||</ul></div></nav>',
    // template string for the outer most wrapper. || will contain entries

    'inner_tpl' => '<div class="dropdown-menu"><ul>||</ul></div>',
    // template string for inner wrappers. || will contain entries

    'list_tpl' => '<li class="dropdown">||</li>',
    // template string for the items. || will contain entries, %s will replaced with class="..." string

    'list_field_class' => '', // string (default '') add custom classes to each list_tpl using tags like {field} i.e. {template} p_{id}

    'item_tpl' => '<a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="{url}">{title}</a>',
    // template string for the inner items. Use {anyfield} and {url}, i.e. {headline|title}, if field is of type image it will return url to image (first image if multiple)

    'item_current_tpl' => '<a class="current" href="{url}">{title}</a>',
    // template string for the active inner items.

    'xtemplates' => '',
    // specify one or more templates separated with a pipe | to use the xitem_tpl and xitem_current_tpl markup

    'xitem_tpl' => '<a href="{url}">{title}</a>',
    // same as 'item_tpl' but for xtemplates pages, can be used to define placholders

    'xitem_current_tpl' => '<span>{title}</span>',
    // same as 'item_current_tpl' but for xtemplates pages

    'date_format' => 'Y/m/d',
    // default date formatting for Datetime fields and native created/modified

    'code_formatting' => true,
    // enable or disable code indentations and newslines in markup output

    'debug' => false,
    // show some inline information about rendertime and selectors used as html comments

);

  echo $treeMenu->render($options); // render menu
 ?>

 

[rolspace.net]

Hi Guys,

I have the following problem:

I'm working on a website with 4 Pages, of which 3 of them have subpages (like in a onepager site). now, I get all the menu-items to work, apart from the subpages, which show on a separate, rather lonely and unstyled page (css is not loading) instead of jumping to it (like when I use anchors in non-php-sites). I'm using MarkupSimpleNavigation.

I was trying to find a solution here for hours but it seems I'm missing something.

Appreciate your help.

Thanks

Edited January 17, 2017 by kongondo
Mod Note: Moved to the module's support forum

[Robin S]

On 18/01/2017 at 4:54 AM, rolisx said:

I'm working on a website with 4 Pages, of which 3 of them have subpages (like in a onepager site). now, I get all the menu-items to work, apart from the subpages, which show on a separate, rather lonely and unstyled page (css is not loading) instead of jumping to it (like when I use anchors in non-php-sites).

Assuming you are rendering your child pages in container elements with an ID matching the page name:

$nav = $modules->get('MarkupSimpleNavigation');
$nav->addHookAfter('getItemString', function(HookEvent $event) {
    $item = $event->arguments('page');
    // if the item has more than one parent then it is a subpage
    if($item->parents->count() > 1) {
        $event->return = "<a href='{$item->parent->url}#{$item->name}'>$item->title</a>";
    }
});
// define your options array if needed and render your menu

You may want to block direct access to the subpages, in which case see this thread:

 

Edited January 20, 2017 by Robin S
Fixed typo in code

[rolspace.net]

Thanks Robin, but i still don't get it to work.

This is the main site (onepager without anchors, still work in progress): http://rolspace.net/hd/itenletzi/

And this is an example for one with anchors: http://rolspace.net/hd/itenletzi/hofladen/

Now, I need to use the menu on the main page and click on "lieferservice" and it should jump to ...hofladen#lieferservice

Any ideas?

[Robin S]

47 minutes ago, rolisx said:

Thanks Robin, but i still don't get it to work.

The hook example I gave will work, but you need to make sure the 'if' condition matches the child pages you are rendering inside their parent page.

if($item->parent->count() > 1) {...

If this condition isn't matching your child pages (I can't tell on your site - looks like it isn't installed in the hosting root) then change it to something that does. Like, maybe they have a particular template:

if($item->template->name === 'my_template') {...

Also, it looks like your container divs are using the page title for the ID when they should use the page name:

<div id="Lieferservice" class="titelblock anchor">

...should be...

<div id="lieferservice" class="titelblock anchor">

 

Maybe it will help if you post your MarkupSimpleNavigation code.

[rolspace.net]

ah, ok. it's getting there. I rewrote the IDs now and they work. what doesn't work is the "normal" links from
page to page. here's my tree, maybe that helps. I couldn't find the right "if"-statement yet...

see my tree enclosed for clarification. not sure if i had to define the main-titles as childrem of "home". can't reverse it though...

[Robin S]

There was a typo in the hook code I posted: should have been "parents" and not "parent". This should work...

$nav = $modules->get('MarkupSimpleNavigation');
$nav->addHookAfter('getItemString', function(HookEvent $event) {
    $item = $event->arguments('page');
    // if the item has more than one parent then it is a subpage
    if($item->parents->count() > 1) {
        $event->return = "<a href='{$item->parent->url}#{$item->name}'>$item->title</a>";
    }
});
// define your options array if needed and render your menu

If not please post your MarkupSimpleNavigation code.

[rolspace.net]

8 hours ago, Robin S said:

There was a typo in the hook code I posted: should have been "parents" and not "parent". This should work...

$nav = $modules->get('MarkupSimpleNavigation');
$nav->addHookAfter('getItemString', function(HookEvent $event) {
    $item = $event->arguments('page');
    // if the item has more than one parent then it is a subpage
    if($item->parents->count() > 1) {
        $event->return = "<a href='{$item->parent->url}#{$item->name}'>$item->title</a>";
    }
});
// define your options array if needed and render your menu

If not please post your MarkupSimpleNavigation code.

this worked! Thank you so much!

Best

Roli

[yetkind]

Quote

<li><a class="active" href="/processwire/">Home</a></li>

Hello currently my code is output this above (edit: as you might notice active class go in item not in <li>  )
 

Quote

<li class="active"><a href="#home">HOME</a></li>

If I can make it like this above my css will be work perfectly but can't fixed yet....

my php code is below here, any help appreciated Thanks in advance

 

<?php 
	
  $treeMenu = $modules->get("MarkupSimpleNavigation"); // load the module
  $options = array(
    'parent_class' => 'parent',
    // overwrite class name for current parent levels

    'current_class' => 'active',
    // overwrite current class

    'has_children_class' => 'has_children dropdown',
    // overwrite class name for entries with children

    'levels' => true,
    // wether to output "level-1, level-2, ..." as css class in links

    'levels_prefix' => 'level-a',
    // prefix string that will be used for level class

    'max_levels' => 2,
    // set the max level rendered

    'firstlast' => false,
    // puts last,first class to link items

    'collapsed' => false,
    // if you want to auto-collapse the tree you set this to true

    'show_root' => true,
    // set this to true if you want to rootPage to get prepended to the menu

    'selector' => 'template!=MediaLibrary',
    // define custom PW selector, you may sanitize values from user input

    'selector_field' => 'nav_selector',
    // string (default 'nav_selector') define custom PW selector by using a property or field on a page. Use this setting if you want to overwrite the default nav_selector

    'outer_tpl' => '<ul class="menuzord-menu">||</ul>',
    // template string for the outer most wrapper. || will contain entries

    'inner_tpl' => '<ul class="dropdown">||</ul>',
    // template string for inner wrappers. || will contain entries

    'list_tpl' => '<li>||</li>',
    // template string for the items. || will contain entries, %s will replaced with class="..." string

    'list_field_class' => '', // string (default '') add custom classes to each list_tpl using tags like {field} i.e. {template} p_{id}
	
    'item_tpl' => '<a href="{url}">{title}<span class="indicator"></span></a>',
    // template string for the inner items. Use {anyfield} and {url}, i.e. {headline|title}, if field is of type image it will return url to image (first image if multiple)

    'item_current_tpl' => '<a class="active" href="{url}">{title}</a>',
    // template string for the active inner items.

    'xtemplates' => '',
    // specify one or more templates separated with a pipe | to use the xitem_tpl and xitem_current_tpl markup

    'xitem_tpl' => '<a href="{url}">{title}</a>',
    // same as 'item_tpl' but for xtemplates pages, can be used to define placholders

    'xitem_current_tpl' => '<span>{title}</span>',
    // same as 'item_current_tpl' but for xtemplates pages

    'date_format' => 'Y/m/d',
    // default date formatting for Datetime fields and native created/modified

    'code_formatting' => true,
    // enable or disable code indentations and newslines in markup output

    'debug' => false,
    // show some inline information about rendertime and selectors used as html comments

);

  echo $treeMenu->render($options); // render menu
 
	?>

 

Edited January 25, 2017 by yetkind
I did not clearley expressed my self apperantly I declared problem is about active class in <a href>

[yetkind]

Sorry for the second post but anyone active ? on this topic  I really really need help on this.

[Robin S]

On 24/01/2017 at 9:37 PM, yetkind said:

Quote

<li class="active"><a href="#home">HOME</a></li>

If I can make it like this above my css will be work perfectly but can't fixed yet....

Try setting this as part of your $options array:

'xtemplates' => 'home',
'xitem_tpl' => '<a href="#home">HOME</a>',
'xitem_current_tpl' => '<a href="#home">HOME</a>',

By the way, you have many settings in your $options array that are identical to the defaults - these are unnecessary.