Wrong menu association between languages

[NetRod2]

Hi all.

I'm creating a multilingual website. I've the following menus in Language A:

• Menu 1
• Menu 2
• --- Menu 2.1
• --- Menu 2.2
• Menu 3

and in Language B:

• Menu 1
• Menu 2
• Menu 3

because there are a few things that haven't been translated into Language B.

Now, when I'm browsing the Language A website, either menu 2, 2.1 or 2.2, and I switch to Language B (using the language switcher module), I'm correctly redirected to its Menu 2 page.

But, when browsing Menu 2 in Language B and selecting Language A, I'm taken to the page for Menu 2.1 instead of Menu 2. I've checked many times that the language associations are correct. I don't know why Joomla does this.

[Per Yngve Berg]

What Item Type is Menu2?

[NetRod2]

What Item Type is Menu2?

It's a Category List type menu (in both languages).

[Per Yngve Berg]

There is a one-to-many relationship. I guess Menu 2.1 is the first one to turn up in the list.

[NetRod2]

But, how could that be? Menus 2.1 and 2.2 are not associated with any other menu, that field is empty. On the other hand, Menu 2 in Language A is associated with Menu 2 in Language B (and vice versa).

Also, Menu 2 has a lower ID than 2.1 and 2.2, so I think it should be retrieved first. The ordering seems right too.

I've also checked the categories, and the articles. Everything seems to be alright. Quite puzzling.

[NetRod2]

Well, I solved it. Kind of.

Turns out Joomla does not actually use language associations to "connect" menu items with each other. It's strange but it seems to use the item type and target category. Both menus 2 and 2.1 where displaying the same category (the difference is that 2.1 wasn't showing subcategories). When I tested creating a new category and changing menu 2.1 to show that one, the problem went away.