[TYPO3-core] RFC #6853: item state CUR for pages of type "shortcut" missing in menus

[Franz Koch]

Hi,

...
> STANDARD SCENARIO:
> root
>  |- page 1
>  |- page 2
>  |- page 3 (shortcut to page 4)
>    |- page 4
>    |- page 5
> 
> 
> CASE [A] - Click at "page 3" or "page 4" and you get:
> 
> root
>  |- page 1
>  |- page 2
>  |- page 3 CUR (shortcut to page 4)
>    |- page 4 CUR
>    |- page 5
> 
> 
> 
> CASE [B] - Click at "page 5" and you get:
> 
> root
>  |- page 1
>  |- page 2
>  |- page 3 (shortcut to page 4)
>    |- page 4
>    |- page 5 CUR
> 
> 
> I think CASE [A] is less consistent while we are talking about user 
> experience. This will be not clear why "page 3" is for example bold if I 
> click at "page 4" and is not bold if I click at "page 5".

how things look like depends on your layout - if your ACT state is 
styled accordingly, it'll look the same for ACT and CUR - but the point 
is that CUR doesn't like to itself.

...
> But after I little bit TypoScript trick, it can be solved with "special 
> = list" and "special.value.cObject = CONTENT". And this will of course 
> support CUR and ACT.
> 
> 
> 
> 10 = HMENU
> 10.wrap = <ul class="clearfix">|</ul>
> 10 {
> 
>   special = list
>   special.value.cObject = CONTENT
>   special.value.cObject {
>     table = pages
>     select {
>      pidInList = 708
>      selectFields = uid,shortcut
>     }
>     renderObj = TEXT
>     renderObj.dataWrap = {field:shortcut//field:uid},
>   }
> 
>   1 = TMENU
>   1 {
>     noBlur=1
>     NO.stdWrap.htmlSpecialChars = 1
>     NO.linkWrap = <li>|</li>|*|  <li>|</li> |*|  <li class="last">|</li>
> 
>     ACT < .NO
>     ACT = 1
>     ACT.ATagParams = class="active"
>     }
> }

although it's working, it looks a bit odd to me having to do this 
workaround to get a proper menu. And what do you do if you have one 
shortcut page among others say in a menu using entryLevel=1 ? It won't 
work again.

-- 
kind regards,
Franz Koch

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