Empty main menu item, but withou alias in the URL Topic is solved

[I-MAG]

Hello,
I'd like to have a parent item in the menu that does not link to anything, so that I put other items in the menu beneath it.
It's a sort of faux parent that links to nothing, but harbors other items under one umbrella.
I'm aware that one way to do it is like so:

2024-09-13 17_23_33-Menus_ Edit Item - دار ناشري للنشر الإلكتروني - Administration — Mozilla Firefox.png

But the problem now is that the alias will be part of the link. I don't want that.

Is there a way to do it without the disadvantage of having the alias appear as part of the url?

Thanks.

[gws]

Menu type header in system links.

[I-MAG]

Menu type header in system links.

Thank you very much indeed!

[I-MAG]

Menu type header in system links.

I've just tried it. Still, the URL will include the alias the heading item hold.
I tried not assigning an alias, the system created its own!

[gws]

You leave the link empty!!!

[Webdongle]

You don't use a menu item type Alias.

[I-MAG]

You don't use a menu item type Alias.

I'm not sure I got what you mean.
Here is a screensahot of what I did.

2024-09-13 19_29_32-Menus_ Edit Item - دار ناشري للنشر الإلكتروني - Administration — Mozilla Firefox.png

Do you pointing out what I should change?
Thanks.

[gws]

That looks correct.

[I-MAG]

That looks correct.

But that's not what I'm looking for.
As you can see, now the alias of the heading appears in the URL:

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I don't want that extra alias to show. I want the heading to be just there, but without affecting the URL.

[Mr. Wimpy]

Joomla creates the URL based on the menu structure: mysite.tld/menu-item/submenu-item/etc.

You could look at extensions for menus:
https://extensions.joomla.org/tags/menu-systems/

Or use aliases. Upside: no additional extension. Downside: double work
- Create a (hidden) menu with your menu-items.
- Create a menu with menu-readings and the submenus are aliases to menu-items in the (hidden) menu.

[I-MAG]

Joomla creates the URL based on the menu structure: mysite.tld/menu-item/submenu-item/etc.

You could look at extensions for menus:
https://extensions.joomla.org/tags/menu-systems/

Or use aliases. Upside: no additional extension. Downside: double work
- Create a (hidden) menu with your menu-items.
- Create a menu with menu-readings and the submenus are aliases to menu-items in the (hidden) menu.

Thank you. I used the second way and it worked!