[TYPO3] Select a color according to the active level 1 menu item

[Joerg Wagner - DigiLog multimedia]

Peter, Tyler and Christopher,

thanks a lot for your detailed and much appreciated help!

> TYPO3 is not the bottleneck here, it's your thought process ;^)
That is as true as can be!  :))

Sometimes I get so stuck with a basic misconception that a good kick in the 
pants is needed to get back onto the right track.

I understand all solutions that you proposed and will now compare the pros 
and cons and chose the most appropriate for my job.
Your help was  very exhaustive. Thanks again!

--
Jörg Wagner
DigiLog multimedia



"Joerg Wagner - DigiLog multimedia" <usenet at digilog.de> schrieb im 
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news:mailman.1.1140021955.3834.typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de...
> Hi all!
>
> I want to adjust colors of parts of the page according to the top menu 
> item that is currently selected.
> In other words:
> The site has say 5 menu topics on level 1 and the content of all pages 
> should be colored according to the level 1 menu topic that is currently 
> selected (even if a subpage of it is selected). A kind of color scheme for 
> basic website categories.
>
> I am chewing on TSref for hours now, but haven't even got a clue, what the 
> right approach for this problem is.
> I would have to get an ordinal numbering of the top menu items and then 
> determine which number the currently active top menu item has.
> Then I could select a color (I have defined them in TS Constants) 
> according to this number.
>
> Any help is welcome - even if it is only hints which approach to take.
> Many thanks!
>
> --
> Jörg Wagner
> DigiLog multimedia
>