Please don't shoot me for bringing this up again. I still don't think
the current behavior of Menu.item makes sense. If the user doesn't
want that link to appear on the page, then they shouldn't include
<lift:Menu.item name="foo1" /> in its source. Most people put text
around their link:
<lift:Menu.item name="foo1" /> | <lift:Menu.item name="foo2" /> |
<lift:Menu.item name="foo3" />
which, on foo2, would render as
_foo1_ | | _foo3_
or
For a good time <lift:Menu.item name="foo1">click here</
llift:Menu.item>. For a not so good time <lift:Menu.item
name="foo2">click here</llift:Menu.item>.
which, on foo2, would render as
For a good time _click here_. For a not so good time .
Regards,
Bradford
On Mar 25, 7:53 am, bradford <fingerm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> David, you're right that needing to surround the element text of a
> with span is a unique case and should be a custom snippet. I've
> removed the span now and think that Derek's addition of "always" would
> be just what I need. Adding group="foo" to Menu.builder would suffice
> as well.
>
> Thanks for the tips, Chas.
>
> Derek, if you do add "always" can you please let me know so that I can
> update my code.
>
> Thanks,
> Bradford
>
> On Mar 24, 10:37 pm, Derek Chen-Becker <dchenbec...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The general case is that a page won't link to itself, I think, which is why
> > the default isn't to show it when the page matches. Unless anyone has
> > objections I can add an "always" attribute. As for #1, the Menu.item makes a
> > link using whatever the contents of the Menu.item tag are for the link text:
>
> > <lift:Menu.item name="foo"><span>Go here</span></lift:Menu.item>
>
> > should become
>
> > <a href={foo location}><span>Go here</span></a>
>
> > Am I misunderstanding what you're looking for there? As for #2, you should
> > be able to add a class using the prefixed attribute:
>
> > <lift:Menu.builder li_item:class="bar" />
>
> > In this context, li_item is the menu item that matches the current page.
> > With Menu.group, you can specify the binding template:
>
> > <ul>
> > <lift:Menu.group group="help">
> > <li class="bar"><menu:bind /></li>
> > </lift:Menu.group>
> > </ul>
>
> > But there's no provision to do anything special for the current page.
>
> > Let me know if that's not sufficient or if I'm misunderstanding your
> > requirement.
>
> > Derek
>
> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 3:50 PM, bradford <fingerm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Thanks for the clarification, David, and for your snippet, Derek.
>
> > > I think adding an "always" attribute to Menu.item would be very
> > > beneficial. I still don't understand why that's not its default
> > > behavior.
>
> > > It looks like I will not be able to use any of lift's Menu tags at
> > > this time, because 1) I need to surround the item text with span and
> > > 2) I need a way to add class="active" to the li_item. Both are not
> > > possible with Menu.item, Menu.group, or Menu.builder. Let me know if
> > > I am mistaken. If I am not not, may I put in a feature request for
> > > these items. For the time being I will just hard code it as follows
> > > (which is not a big deal to me at this time):
>
> > > <ul class="menu">
> > > <li><a href="/foo1" class="active"><span>Foo1</span></foo>
> > > <li><a href="/foo2"><span>Foo2</span></foo>
> > > <li><a href="/foo3"><span>Foo3</span></foo>
> > > </ul>
>
> > > Thanks again for the great support :)
>
> > > Bradford
>
> > > On Mar 24, 12:08 pm, David Pollak <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Charles F. Munat <c...@munat.com>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > > David Pollak wrote:
> > > > > > What's the best practice:
>
> > > > > > For more information about <lift:Menu.item name="foo1" />. For
> > > more
> > > > > > information about <lift:Menu.item name="foo2" />.
>
> > > > > > Or
>
> > > > > > For more information about <a href="/foo1">foo1</a>. For more
> > > > > > information about <a href="/foo2">foo2</a>.
>
> > > > > > The latter. This allows you to move the pages around on the
> > > filesystem
> > > > > > without having to grep through all you source files looking for what
> > > > > > needs to be changed.
>
> > > > > Am I missing something, or did you mean the former?
>
> > > > D'oh! That brain-finger connection is always getting messed up. I
> > > > meant
> > > > the former. Thanks for correcting me!
>
> > > > > Chas.
>
> > > > --
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