solved it: Had to enter expAll=1 to the first level entry in the menu. Like this: 1=TMENU 1.expAll=1 1.NO.wrapItemAndSub = <li>|</li> I always put it before the level configuration, like this: 5 = HMENU 5 { wrap = <ul id="secondmenu"> | </ul> special = list special.value = 82 entryLevel > expAll=1 which did not work! So, maybe this helps somebody else.. :-)