[TYPO3] Getting title of parent item in a menu

[Loek Hilgersom]

Thanks Joey, it wasn't exactly what I need, but it was a useful trick that is 
part of the solution below.
The problem was that I also needed to show only certain subpages, e.g. only 
those with downloads, or only those with the wiki. But since those pages all 
have the same name I solved this with a condition:


currentpagetitle.cObject = TEXT
currentpagetitle.cObject.data = page:title

temp.custommenu = HMENU
temp.custommenu.wrap = <ul>|</ul>
temp.custommenu {
	special = directory
	special.value.field = pages
	1 = TMENU
	1 {
		expAll = 1
		NO {
			doNotShowLink = 1
			stdWrap.cObject = LOAD_REGISTER
			stdWrap.cObject {
				level1Title = TEXT
				level1Title.field = title
			}
		}
	}

	2 = TMENU
	2.NO.allStdWrap {
		# Show only if current-page-title and menu-item-title match
		if.value < currentpagetitle
		if.equals.field = title
		# Show title of 1st level page before this item
		dataWrap = <li>{register:level1Title}:&#32;|</li>
	}
}

So a page called 'downloads' is capable of showing a menu with subpages that are 
also called 'downloads', and page named 'wiki' can do the same for the 
wiki-subpages.

I needed the allStdWrap to be able to hide the unwanted items entirely, but 
because of that now only the words downloads/info/wiki are linked, not the 
entire line including {register:level1Title}. I tried to achieve that but didn't 
succeed. Anyway, it's acceptable like it is now.

Interesting enough I found out that
	currentpagetitle.cObject.data = page:title
behaves differently then
	currentpagetitle.cObject.field = title
The first one takes the title of the current page (always), the second - when 
used in a menu like this one - returns the last title of the last item of that 
level.


Thanks,
Loek


JoH asenau wrote:
>> What I'm trying to achieve is this:
>>
>> The page tree looks like this:
>>
>>> --Page1
>>>    |--downloads
>>>    |--info
>>>    \--wiki
>>>
>>> --Page2
>>>    |--downloads
>>>    |--info
>>>    \--wiki
>>>
>> etc.
>>
>> Now I want to show a menu with only pages from the 2nd level but
>> where the link texts also mention the first level:
>>
>> I need links to the subpages, but the titles of those subpages don't
>> say much. Therefore I need to display the title of the level above:
>>
>>    <link to info under Page1>Page1:info</link>
>>    <link to info under Page2>Page2:info</link>
>>    <link to info under Page3>Page3:info</link>
>>
>> Suggestions welcome!
> 
> There are two possible ways to do it, depending on something that I can just
> guess:
> 
> 1. If you want to show the next level for the current page you can use
> Daniels approach.
> 2. If you want to show the whole menu you could do it like this:
> 
> temp.whatever = HMENU
> temp.whatever {
>     wrap = <ul>|</ul>
>     entryLevel = 0
>     1 = TMENU
>     1 {
>         expAll = 1
>         NO {
>             doNotShowLink = 1
>             stdWrap.cObject = LOAD_REGISTER
>             stdWrap.cObject {
>                 level1Title = TEXT
>                 level1Title.field = title
>             }
>         }
>     }
>     2 = TMENU
>     2 {
>         NO {
>             allWrap = <li>|</li>
>             stdWrap.dataWrap = {register:level1Title}:|title
>         }
>     }
> }
> 
> This will put the title of the level1 page into a register called
> level1Title and then reuse it for the level2 titles. The level1 titles and
> links won't be rendered though. Since level2 will be rendered after each
> corresponding level1 title, the register should change accordingly and
> always contain the correct level1 title.
> 
> Not tested, but should be working.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Joey
>