[TYPO3-english] HMENU as if on other page

[Tyler Kraft]

Hi Rudy,

Not as far as I know, but I need something very similar in concept.
http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=11248

So I might be offering to sponsor this pdq.

Tyler

Rudy Gnodde (WIND Internet) wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> We are building a website which has a lot pages on multiple levels. On 
> the site there are 3 HMENU's. The main menu shows the first level, a sub 
> menu shows the next 2 levels and a rootline menu. The main menu always 
> has one active item and the submenu differs depending on where you are 
> in the site.
> 
> So far so good. We now want a link added to every submenu to a single 
> page (which is located below the first main menu item). This isn't a 
> problem. However when you click on this link the menu's should not 
> change. So if you click the link while you're in the second main menu 
> item the second main menu item should still be active, the submenu for 
> the second main menu item should still be shown and the rootline should 
> still go to the page you were on.
> 
> I could do this with mount points, but that would mean adding mount 
> points to each main menu item and then you'd still have a problem if you 
> came from a deeper level.
> 
> So how I'm hoping to do this is to add a parameter to the link so the 
> uid of the page you came from is known. What I need to know is if there 
> is any way to make an HMENU think you're on a certain page through 
> TypoScript. "special = directory" isn't an option because of the 
> multiple levels of the submenu and the rootline.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Rudy