[TYPO3] Partial menu generation

[Peter Klein]

Hej Jeppe..

Try setting

temp.menu_doc.entryLevel = -1

And then remove the special part of your menu, as well as the conditions..


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Peter Klein/Umloud Untd

"Jeppe Vesterbæk" <jhve02 at control.aau.dk> skrev i en meddelelse 
news:mailman.413.1140045845.3122.typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de...
> Hi,
>
> Suppose I have a tree structure like this:
>
> - Page ID=1 (level 1)
> - Page ID=2 (level 1)
>    - Page ID=3 (level 2)
>    - Page ID=4 (level 2)
>          -Page ID=5 (level 3)
>          -Page ID=6 (level 3)
> -Page ID=3 (level 1)
>
> How do I dynamically generate a new menu given a page ID? Say we want a 
> menu with ID=4 as pageroot, this menu shold look like (example 1):
> - Page ID=4 (level 1)
>    -Page ID=5 (level 2)
>    -Page ID=6 (level 2)
>
> or if menu root is ID=2 and selected page is ID=6, show this menu (example 
> 2):
> - Page ID=2 (level 1)
>    - Page ID=3 (level 2)
>    - Page ID=4 (level 2)
>          -Page ID=5 (level 3)
>          -Page ID=6 (level 3)
>
> I'm doing this way:
>
> temp.menu_doc.special = list
> temp.menu_doc.special.value={GPvar:menuroot}
> temp.menu_doc.special.value.insertData = 1
>
> temp.menu_doc.entryLevel=0
>
> [globalVar = GP:menuentrylevel = 1]
> temp.menu_doc.entryLevel=1
> [globalVar = GP:menuentrylevel = 2]
> temp.menu_doc.entryLevel=2
> [globalVar = GP:menuentrylevel = 3]
> temp.menu_doc.entryLevel=3
> [globalVar = GP:menuentrylevel = 4]
> temp.menu_doc.entryLevel=4
> [global]
>
> So, to generate my menu in (example 1), my query string looks like: 
> index.php?id=5&menuroot=4&menuentrylevel=1
> To generate the menu in (exampe 2), my query string look like 
> index.php?id=6&menuroot=2&menuentrylevel=0
>
> This solution DOES WORK! BUT,  it is not a nice solution because:
> 1) I need to know the entrylevel of the menuroot page
> 2) Quote TSREF p. 72: "NOTE: Don't set .entryLevel for a HMENU when using 
> this option!"
>
> But I need to set the entrylevel because (also from TSREF p. 72): "Also be 
> aware that this selects pages for the first level in
> the menu. Submenus by menuPbjects 2+ will be created as usual."
>
> To sum up, what I want to do is the specify a page ID in the query string 
> that defined the new "menuroot".
>
> Comments?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeppe Vesterbaek
>