Rather than store the state between requests, you could use some js to
open it if necessary.
$('#mws-navigation a').each(function()
{
if ($(this).attr('href') == location.href)
{
$(this).closest('ul').toggleClass('closed');
return false;
}
});
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:11 PM, darkangel <luisill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I'm almost finishing my first cake app so I'm fixing some UI issues.
> Straight to the point: I have a sidebar menu with a dropdown submenu, the
> folding state is defined by the css class "closed" so my question is how can
> I save that status to persist between views? Now when I navigate to another
> view the class resets to closed.
>
> this is my View (rendered from my sidebar element):
>
> <div id="mws-sidebar">
> <div id="mws-navigation">
> <ul>
> <li><?php echo $this->Html->link('Clients', '/clients',
> array('class' => 'mws-i-24 i-group'))?></li>
> <li><?php echo $this->Html->link('Transfers', '/transfers',
> array('class' => 'mws-i-24 i-power'))?></li>
> <li><?php echo $this->Html->link('Hits', '/hits',
> array('class' => 'mws-i-24 i-alarm-bell-2'))?></li>
> <li>
> <?php echo $this->Html->link('Admin', '#', array('class'
> => 'mws-i-24 i-cog')); ?>
> <ul class="closed">
> <li><?php echo $this->Html->link('Users',
> '/allUsers'); ?></li>
> <li><?php echo $this->Html->link('Groups',
> '/allGroups'); ?></li>
> <li><?php echo $this->Html->link('Permissions',
> '/permissions'); ?></li>
> </ul>
> </li>
> </ul>
> </div>
> </div>
>
>
> This is the Js that toggles the submenu when the user click on the parent
> <li> tag:
>
> $("div#mws-navigation ul li a, div#mws-navigation ul li span")
> .bind('click', function(event) {
> if($(this).next('ul').size() !== 0) {
> $(this).next('ul').slideToggle('fast', function() {
> $(this).toggleClass('closed');
> });
> event.preventDefault();
> }
> });
>
>
> Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it in advance.
>
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