RESOLVED: Menu Item Alias & Main Menu Submenus

Hi Ivan,

I followed your instructions from previous post.
When I set Main Menu Module option "show submenu items" to yes; I can see all submenus from all menus all of the time.... I do not want this.


I added your code to template_css.css [is this correct file?] as you requested.


Result is no change from above: I can see all submenus from all first level menu items all the time.



Sorry for my confusion on last post. What I was trying to say is that "by default" what I meant was same as your HotStart settings like HotFurniture Demo [I installed hotstart]. On demo main menu, you see link "Virture Mart" without submenus. When you click on it, then you can see the submenus.

thanks again
Scott

Try this:

#column_left .menu > li > ul{
display:none;
}

#column_left .menu .active, #column_left .menu .active *{
display:block;
color: #B7A68F!important;
}

#column_left LI.active a{
color:#49BDDE !important;
}

maybe you will need to move it to bottom of that css file.

Hi Ivan

Here are first and second lines of code you suggested together at bottom of template_css.css:



and here is just second line of code:



For both I have same result - if "show submenus" is set to yes, I now see all submenus all the time instead of only active menu link [clicked on] like on demo page.

Any other ideas?
thanks
scott

ps: Are we allowed to view admin side of demo site? I would like to change main menu type to "menu-item-alias" to see if the same problem occurs...

ok, when you click eStore you don't want to change color of child elements just eStore


#column_left .menu > li > ul{
display:none;
}

#column_left .menu .active, #column_left .menu .active *{
display:block;
}

#column_left .menu .active a{
color: #B7A68F!important;
}

#column_left LI.active a{
color:#49BDDE !important;
}


return alias

Hi Ivan,

I removed the first two lines of code you gave me and tried this third suggestion. It had no effect. I am supposed to be adding this code to template_css.css, right? Strange that all three sets of code had no affect.

Good news, I had an idea and it worked. Problem solved. Here is what I did:

1. I set menu type for Main Menu link to "category listing" instead of "menu-item-alias"
2. I left top menu setting as "menu-item-alias" and changed source from Homepage Left to Main Menu link
3. I also set Homepage Left link to "menu-item-alias" and selected Main Menu link as source.

So instead of linking Main and Top menus to Homepage Left Menu, I reversed it so the Main Menu link is the source. And now Main Menu Submenus behave like the Hotstart Demo.

I didn't have experience with the menu-item-alias type until I started with the Hot Furniture Hotstart demo and since you used the Homepage Left Menu link as the source, I just continued upon that and used it as source for Main Menu as well. There must be some problem with Main Menu and Menu-item-alias type, so for now I will always use Main Menu as source for alias when I need this type.



Thanks again for all of your suggestions
Regards
Scott

my mistake I forgot >

#column_left .menu > li > ul{
display:none;
}

#column_left .menu .active, #column_left .menu .active *{
display:block;
}

#column_left .menu .active > a{
color: #B7A68F!important;
}

#column_left LI.active > a{
color:#49BDDE !important;
}