[TYPO3] RO_chBgColor & optionSplit

[JoH asenau]

>>> Anders Kongsted wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to create a TMENU where the BGcolor has to be different
>>>> on each item when it is active. It work with NO and ACT, but I
>>>> would like to have a RO-effect too.
>>>>
>>>> Is that possible?
>>> For sure. I see 2 relatively simple ways to achive this:
>>>
>>> 1) use ACTRO (which generates some JS, I think, never used that
>>> myself)
>>
>> Doesn't exist in TMENU, since this is a GMENU item state.
>>
>>> compare
>>>
>>
http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/references/doc_core_tsref/4.1.0/view/10/2/
>
> So then: _why_ are all these *RO states listed on a page with the
> title "Common item states for TMENU, GMENU and IMGMENU series" ?
> Without a clear hint, that these don't apply to TMENU ???

The difference is:

[Common Item States, see above]
for TMENU

vs.

[Common Item States, see above]
+ rollover version for all, except SPC
+additional Properties
for GMENU

But I have to admit it's a bit misleading that this difference is not
explained at the "Common Item States" page itself.

> Also compare the TMENUITEM TSref documentation (look for the
> "RO_chBgColor" property, which has a sample using tables for menu
> entries and changes the background color for the table cells) at
>
http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/references/doc_core_tsref/4.1.0/view/10/8/
>
>>> 2) simply use CSS
>> +1
>
> As I'm still happy with pure CSS I even didn't try out above sample
> code, so I can't tell, what's the outcome (JS? CSS?).
>
> And who needs tables for formatting/layout nowadays anyway? :-)

The quick and dirty hackers?

 ;-)

Joey

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