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How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by tomkilbourn » Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:22 pm

Hello in Joomla 1.5 there was code available to add to the mod_mainmenu default.php file to allow for css styling of the First and Last items in a menu list.

Is there a similar or equivalent method for Joomla 1.6? I need to give my horizontal nav bar different first and last styles. Has anyone else had this issue?

The code for 1.5 was this -

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 //NEW CODE STARTS HERE
	$children_count = count($node->children());
	$children_index = 0;
	foreach ($node->children() as $child) {
		if ($children_index == 0) {
			$child->addAttribute('class', 'first');
		}
		if ($children_index == $children_count - 1) {
			$child->addAttribute('class', 'last');
		}
		$children_index++;
	}
        //ENDS HERE

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by ronnyp » Thu Mar 17, 2011 2:37 pm

Hello,

Have you found a solution for this problem? I've exactly the same problem.
Is there anybody who can help us?

Thanks

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by dansoper » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:27 am

I think I've managed to do this in Joomla 1.6 as follows:

Copy /modules/mod_menu/tmpl/default.php to /templates/MYTEMPLATE/html/mod_menu/default.php

Around line 34, find:

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	if ($item->deeper) {
		$class .= 'deeper ';
	}
Replace this with:

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	$currentitemcount ++;
	if ($item->shallower or $currentitemcount == count($list)) {
		$class .= 'last ';
	}
	
	if ($lastdeeper or $currentitemcount == 1) {
		$class .= 'first ';
	}
	
	
	if ($item->deeper) {
		$class .= 'deeper ';
		$lastdeeper = true;
	} else {
		$lastdeeper = false;	
	}

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by VipArt » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:14 pm

Thank you very much!

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by realityking » Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:28 pm

You don't really need a first class. Just use the :first-child CSS pseudo element which is supported in every browser since IE7.

If the effect is not very important and/or you don't have a lot of IE users you could also use :last-child.

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by Deldadam » Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:52 pm

Hi,

The above code isn't correct. Consider the following menu structure:

Level1_1 --- Level1_2 --- Level1_3 --- Level1_4
***** Manual signatures are NOT allowed *****_ Level2_1
***** Manual signatures are NOT allowed *****_ Level2_2
***** Manual signatures are NOT allowed *****_ Level2_3
***** Manual signatures are NOT allowed *****_ Level2_4 -> Level3_1
***** Manual signatures are NOT allowed *****_______ Level3_2[/quote]

The problem is with Level2_4: it is the last item on level 2, but it has childrens on level 3. Your code will not add the 'last' class for Level2_4 menu item.

If you investigate the code of default.php from mod_menu, you'll find this in line #68:

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	else if ($item->shallower) {
		echo '</li>';
		echo str_repeat('</ul></li>', $item->level_diff);
	}
The trick is in str_repeat function: </ul></li> will be output twice - because when the code (foreach) reaches the item Level3_2 it will close the li element of item Level3_2, the ul element of level 3 AND the last li item on level2 + the ul item of level2. (Comprende? :D) The reason: the value of $item->level_diff = 2 when Level3_2 item is on the output.
(Just var_dump the $list object, and you'll see the value of level_diff variable will be 2 for the Level3_2 menu item.)

The above code inside the foreach cycle will reach this condition...

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if ($item->shallower or $currentitemcount == count($list)) {
      $class .= 'last ';
   }
... in the NEXT cycle, when it is too late to discover that we had have already got a 'last item' (on level2) 2 items before the actual menu item (Level3_2).

I hope it was clear.

Ciao.

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by w9914420 » Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:51 pm

Thanks for this ;)

Out of curiosity would it be also possible to add "level" classes for each level of lists generated for example:

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<ul id="sitemap">
<li class="level 1">Weblog</li>
<li class="level 1">Articles
   <ul>
   <li class="level 2">How to Beat the Red Sox</li>
   <li class="level 2">Pitching Past the 7th Inning
      <ul>
      <li class="level 3">Part I</li>
      <li class="level 3">Part II</li>
      </ul>
   </li>
   <li class="level 2">Eighty-Five Years Isn't All That Long, Really</li>
   </ul>
</li>
<li class="level 1">About</li>
</ul>
adding a level class would help to style differently these elements.

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by realityking » Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:21 pm

w9914420 wrote:Out of curiosity would it be also possible to add "level" classes for each level of lists generated for example:
Why? This can be easily done via CSS 2.1 (IE7 and up).

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/* Level 1 */
.menu > li {

}

/* Level 2 */
.menu > ul > li {

}

/* Level 3 */
.menu > ul > ul > li {

}
The advantage is that you don't need to add more classes.

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by w9914420 » Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:56 pm

Hi King,
Thanks for the input, In this instance I am more interested on learning how to manipulate the code in mod_menu since i am trying to get my head around the framework and I would like like to know how to generate such output in PHP,

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by Per Yngve Berg » Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:56 am


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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by w9914420 » Sun Oct 23, 2011 7:45 pm

Hello Per Yngve,

No need to give the link to overriding joomla core, you will notice that this whole thread is just that. What i was asking for was at least a step or a possible solution to what I was looking for. the whole point of the 'level' class was to reduce inheritance issues in my css. In my situation the added class would give me a lot more stying possibilities. In fact if you have a look at some of the popular template providers for joomla and take a look at the html generated in their main navigation you may understand better to why it can be better.

My whole point is to understand php and framework syntax I hope I am a bit more clear.

thanks

w9914420

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by Deldadam » Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:03 am

Hi w99,

Copy the <joomla:_install>\modules\mod_menu\tmpl\default.php file to <your_template>\html\mod_menu\default.php

Open the copied file with your lovely text editor, and search for this (line nr. 44):

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	if (!empty($class)) {
		$class = ' class="'.trim($class) .'"';
	}
Add the following code BEFORE the previous code snippet:

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  if ($item->level) {
		$class .= ' level-' . $item->level;
	}
You'll get the level nr. in the class name of each li item in your menu.

Bye,

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by w9914420 » Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:43 pm

Hi Deldadam,

Thank you very much for your input, i see that you use the item-level var and called it in the class.

8)

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by ty_typhoon » Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:34 am

Hey,
Here is what I do.

in helper.php
before the loop add

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$lastparent = array();
Inside the loop, before "$item->parent = (boolean) $menu->getItems('parent_id', (int) $item->id, true);" add

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if(isset($items[$lastitem])){
	if($items[$lastitem]->deeper){
		$lastparent[] = $lastitem;	
	}
	if(isset($lastparent[count($lastparent)-1])){
		if($items[$lastparent[count($lastparent)-1]]->level == $item->level){
		        unset($lastparent[count($lastparent)-1]);
		        $lastparent=array_merge(array(),$lastparent);
	        }
	        elseif($items[$lastparent[count($lastparent)-1]]->level > $item->level){
		         $items[$lastparent[count($lastparent)-1]]->lastparent = 1;
	        }
	        if($i==count($items)-1){
		        foreach($lastparent as $lastparentitem){
		                $items[$lastparentitem]-> lastparent = 1;
	                }
	        }
	}
}
This can fix the "Last parent lose class 'last' " issue.
don't forget to use $items[$lastparentitem]-> lastparent attribute in default.php

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by Per Yngve Berg » Thu Nov 24, 2011 4:01 pm

With css3 you can also pick the first and last menu item with:

li:first-of-type, li:last-of-type {... }

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by huntkey » Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:24 am

We can use css3 to control the style of the first and last menu item.

But if you really want to add the 'first' & 'last' classes into the menu items, try the below code.

At the top of default.php file

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// No direct access.
defined('_JEXEC') or die;
//get the last item of the level 1 menu
$last_level_one_id = 0;
for($j=count($list)-1; $j>0; $j--){
	if($list[$j]->level == 1){
		$last_level_one_id = $list[$j]->id;
		break;
	}
}

$first_start = true;//using for the first of the level 1 menu and the submenu
?>
In the foreach loop:

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	..............
	if ($item->parent) {
		$class .= ' parent';
	}
	///start hack
	if($first_start){
		$class .= ' first';
		$first_start = false;
	}else if ($item->shallower || $item->id == $last_level_one_id ) {
		$class .= ' last';
	}

	if ($item->deeper) {
		$class .= ' deeper';
		$first_start = true;
	}
	///end hack
	if (!empty($class)) {
		$class = ' class="'.trim($class) .'"';
	}
	..............
It works fine even the last level 1 menu item has a submenu.
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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by w9914420 » Sun Jan 29, 2012 12:36 pm

Hi huntkey,

Your example for me does not seem to work as good as the other examples. I do not see any class last on the submenus using your example.

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by huntkey » Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:09 pm

Hi w9914420,
If you see any other codes are good for you, just use it.

And, could you show me the /templates/your-template/html/mod_menu/default.php file?
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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by w9914420 » Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:21 pm

Hi Huntkey,

Sorry about that I should of posted my code.

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<?php
/**
 * @version		$Id: default.php 20983 2011-03-17 16:19:45Z chdemko $
 * @package		Joomla.Site
 * @subpackage	mod_menu
 * @copyright	Copyright (C) 2005 - 2011 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * @license		GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
 */

// No direct access.
defined('_JEXEC') or die;

// Note. It is important to remove spaces between elements.
?>

<ul class="menu<?php echo $class_sfx;?>"<?php
	$tag = '';
	if ($params->get('tag_id')!=NULL) {
		$tag = $params->get('tag_id').'';
		echo ' id="'.$tag.'"';
	
	}
	
?>>
<?php
foreach ($list as $i => &$item) :
	$id = '';
	if ($item->id == $active_id) {
		$id = ' id="current"';
	}

	if (	$item->type == 'alias' &&
			in_array($item->params->get('aliasoptions'),$path)
		||	in_array($item->id, $path)) {
	  $class .= 'selected ';
	  
	}
$currentitemcount ++;
   if ($item->shallower or $currentitemcount == count($list)) {
      $class .= 'last ';
   }
 
   
   if ($lastdeeper or $currentitemcount == 1) {
      $class .= 'first ';
   }
   
   
   if ($item->deeper) {
      $class .= 'deeper ';
      $lastdeeper = true;
   } else {
      $lastdeeper = false;   
   }
	if ($item->parent) {
		$class .= 'parent ';
	}
    if ($item->level) {
      $class .= ' level-' . $item->level;
   }
	if (!empty($class)) {
			$class = ' class="item-'.$item->id.' '.$class.'"';

	}

	

	echo '<li'.$id.$class.'>';

	// Render the menu item.
	switch ($item->type) :
		case 'separator':
		case 'url':
		case 'component':
			require JModuleHelper::getLayoutPath('mod_menu', 'default_'.$item->type);
			break;

		default:
			require JModuleHelper::getLayoutPath('mod_menu', 'default_url');
			break;
	endswitch;

	// The next item is deeper.
	if ($item->deeper) {
		echo '<ul class="deeper level-'. ++$item->level.'">';
	}
	// The next item is shallower.
	else if ($item->shallower) {
		echo '</li>';
		echo str_repeat('</ul></li>', $item->level_diff);
	}
	else if ($item->shallower or $currentitemcount == count($list)) {
      $class .= 'last ';
   }
	// The next item is on the same level.
	else {
		echo '</li>';
	}
endforeach;
?></ul>
This code seems to work ok apart from two things.

1. I can not put a 'last' class on parent li items.
2. current ID seems to work on only sub menus an not on the main menu

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by w9914420 » Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:27 pm

I think Deldadam does explain the problem of the first question but I am not sure how I can modify the code to put the last class on parent list items.

Just need to sort these two minor issues and it's sorted, would be gratefull for any ideas, tips or suggestions. 8)

regards w9914420 ;)

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by huntkey » Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:39 pm

@w9914420
I mention the code I posted and want to know how did you use it. Try to apply my code and check again :). If it still goes wrong, show me the default.php file you have just modified.

The current code you are using doesn't work for me in case the menu has submenus, because the count($list) condition just works fine if there is no any submenus.
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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by w9914420 » Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:07 pm

Hi huntkey,

I have applied your code as in the following:

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<?php
/**
 * @version		$Id: default.php 20983 2011-03-17 16:19:45Z chdemko $
 * @package		Joomla.Site
 * @subpackage	mod_menu
 * @copyright	Copyright (C) 2005 - 2011 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * @license		GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
 */

// No direct access.
// No direct access.
defined('_JEXEC') or die;
//get the last item of the level 1 menu
$last_level_one_id = 0;
for($j=count($list)-1; $j>0; $j--){
   if($list[$j]->level == 1){
      $last_level_one_id = $list[$j]->id;
      break;
   }
}

$first_start = true;//using for the first of the level 1 menu and the submenu
?>

<ul class="menu<?php echo $class_sfx;?>"<?php
	$tag = '';
	if ($params->get('tag_id')!=NULL) {
		$tag = $params->get('tag_id').'';
		echo ' id="'.$tag.'"';
	
	}
	
?>>
<?php
foreach ($list as $i => &$item) :
	$id = '';
	if ($item->id == $active_id) {
		$id = ' id="current"';
	}

	if (	$item->type == 'alias' &&
			in_array($item->params->get('aliasoptions'),$path)
		||	in_array($item->id, $path)) {
	  $class .= 'selected ';
	  
	}
$currentitemcount ++;
   if ($item->shallower or $currentitemcount == count($list)) {
      $class .= 'last ';
   }
 
   
   if ($lastdeeper or $currentitemcount == 1) {
      $class .= 'first ';
   }
   
   
   if ($item->deeper) {
      $class .= 'deeper ';
      $lastdeeper = true;
   } else {
      $lastdeeper = false;   
   }
	if ($item->parent) {
		$class .= 'parent ';
	}
	///start hack
   if($first_start){
      $class .= ' first';
      $first_start = false;
   }else if ($item->shallower || $item->id == $last_level_one_id ) {
      $class .= ' last';
   }

   if ($item->deeper) {
      $class .= ' deeper';
      $first_start = true;
   }
   ///end hack
    if ($item->level) {
      $class .= ' level-' . $item->level;
   }
	if (!empty($class)) {
			$class = ' class="item-'.$item->id.' '.$class.'"';

	}

	

	echo '<li'.$id.$class.'>';

	// Render the menu item.
	switch ($item->type) :
		case 'separator':
		case 'url':
		case 'component':
			require JModuleHelper::getLayoutPath('mod_menu', 'default_'.$item->type);
			break;

		default:
			require JModuleHelper::getLayoutPath('mod_menu', 'default_url');
			break;
	endswitch;

	// The next item is deeper.
	if ($item->deeper) {
		echo '<ul class="deeper level-'. ++$item->level.'">';
	}
	// The next item is shallower.
	else if ($item->shallower) {
		echo '</li>';
		echo str_repeat('</ul></li>', $item->level_diff);
	}
	else if ($item->shallower or $currentitemcount == count($list)) {
      $class .= 'last ';
   }
	// The next item is on the same level.
	else {
		echo '</li>';
	}
endforeach;
?></ul>
Again this is not working for me and seems to be duplicating the 'last' and 'first' classes. again on parent list items that have un-order lists you code does not seem to had a 'last' class to these specific elements.

do you see any errors in the code.

regards

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by w9914420 » Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:09 pm

I know that i have duplicated some of the conditions but the effect is still the same when they are removed.

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by huntkey » Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:15 pm

You should copy the original file
/modules/mod_menu/tmpl/default.php
to
/templates/your-template/html/mod_menu/

and then modify it.
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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by w9914420 » Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:40 pm

Hi huntkey,

I have done exactly what you have asked, but I think its best to show you the output of the effect so that you know what I mean. In joomla 1.7 I have created a menu with two submenus, the output is below.

now within the first list element is an unordered list with two list elements

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<ul id="test" class="menu">
<li class="item-464 active deeper parent first deeper">
<a title="a really good time" href="/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured&Itemid=435">Home</a>
<ul>
<li class="item-469 current active deeper parent first deeper">
<li class="item-468 deeper parent deeper">
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

You will see that the first li element has the first class, but the second one should have the last class but fails to do so.

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<ul>
<li class="item-469 current active deeper parent first deeper">
<li class="item-468 deeper parent deeper">
</ul>
But your works fine if the element is just the list items and the parent of an unordered list ( as with the expansion of the deeper parent shows.

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<li class="item-468 deeper parent deeper">
<a href="/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=468">
<ul>
<li class="item-473 first">
<li class="item-474 last">
</ul>
</li>
So in simply terms you code does work, but does not add a last class to parent li with ul's.

regards

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by huntkey » Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:19 pm

Well, you are right! The bug occurs at the last items of level-N that has a submenu (N > 1).

Try to test the following code and use it if it works better :pop

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<?php
/**
 * @version		$Id: default.php 22355 2011-11-07 05:11:58Z github_bot $
 * @package		Joomla.Site
 * @subpackage	mod_menu
 * @copyright	Copyright (C) 2005 - 2011 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * @license		GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
 */

// No direct access.
defined('_JEXEC') or die;

// Note. It is important to remove spaces between elements.
$last_items = array();//all last item IDs
for($j=count($list); $j>0; $j--){
	if(!isset($last_items[$list[$j]->parent_id])){
		$last_items[$list[$j]->parent_id] = $list[$j]->id;
	}
}

$first_start = true;//using for first item of level 1 menu and submenu
?>

<ul class="menu<?php echo $class_sfx;?>"<?php
	$tag = '';
	if ($params->get('tag_id')!=NULL) {
		$tag = $params->get('tag_id').'';
		echo ' id="'.$tag.'"';
	}
?>>
<?php
foreach ($list as $i => &$item) :
	$class = 'item-'.$item->id;
	if ($item->id == $active_id) {
		$class .= ' current';
	}

	if ( $item->type == 'alias' && in_array($item->params->get('aliasoptions'),$path) ||	in_array($item->id, $path)) {
		$class .= ' active';
	}

	if($first_start){
		$class .= ' first';
		$first_start = false;
	}else if(in_array($item->id, $last_items)){
		$class .= ' last';
	}

	if ($item->deeper) {
		$class .= ' deeper';
		$first_start = true;
	}

	if ($item->parent) {
		$class .= ' parent';
	}
	
	if (!empty($class)) {
		$class = ' class="'.trim($class) .'"';
	}

	echo '<li'.$class.'>';

	// Render the menu item.
	..................................
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w9914420
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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by w9914420 » Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:49 pm

Hi Huntkey,

Thanks very much for this code, Im just testing it at the moment but ill back to you on this.

regards


w9914420

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by w9914420 » Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:13 pm

Hi Hunt-Key,

I have been testing your code, works very well and addresses the above issues.

Thanks again for your time, much appreciated.

w9914420 ;)

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by yeomos » Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:32 pm

Thank you all for this.

I'm really new to Joomla and this actually helped me understand a lot more than it shows with the first look.

A special thanks to Huntkey for his code. Only one suggestion.

You might want to remove the "else" as an item can be both first and last...

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...
   if($first_start){
      $class .= ' first';
      $first_start = false;
   }
   
   if(in_array($item->id, $last_items)){
      $class .= ' last';
   }
...

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Re: How to add "first" and "last" CSS classes to mod_menu?

Post by w9914420 » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:32 am

Hi Yeomos,

Thats a true point it would be correct to add both the first and last class to a list item.

I did edit the php has stated but could not get the code to work. could you post your php file so that we can have a look.

regards

w9914420


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