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Changing menu on CPanel?? 03 Aug 2016 06:38 #14353

jonathanbell Offline Premium Member Posts: 147 Thank you received: 5 Karma: 1	If I wanted to add more items and change the links on the CPanel in my components, where would I do this? Sorry had a good look but have drawn a blank..
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Changing menu on CPanel?? 03 Aug 2016 09:32 #14354

Romkabouter Offline Elite Member Posts: 310 Thank you received: 131 Karma: 48	You should fork the admin/component/helper/helper.php. There you will find "addSubmenu", where you can change the links array. After that, you will have to change getMenuItems, where you can further specify the link
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Changing menu on CPanel?? 03 Aug 2016 09:56 #14355

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First step, you create all the available pages items.
Second step, you define which link is called for the menu. You can create different menus.

Well, this part is ugly. I was waiting something coming from Joomla, but I don't see any move at the moment.
When you talk about this, I feel in a shame when I see how is the code. Not so bad, but really redondant.
I would like to rewrite it all, using xml files for that.

Good luck.

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Changing menu on CPanel?? 03 Aug 2016 22:23 #14356

jonathanbell Offline Premium Member Posts: 147 Thank you received: 5 Karma: 1	Thanks, I will go and have a look at the helper file and fork it. Will see how I go. Thanks both...
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Changing menu on CPanel?? 04 Aug 2016 12:56 #14360

admin Offline Administrator Chef Posts: 3711 Thank you received: 984 Karma: 140	I think the new way for building menus based on XML file will be available soon because it is easy to do and because I feel so bad every time I see the current code. I get a headache every time... lol.
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Changing menu on CPanel?? 09 Aug 2016 08:31 #14393

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Romkabouter wrote:

You should fork the admin/component/helper/helper.php.

There you will find "addSubmenu", where you can change the links array.
After that, you will have to change getMenuItems, where you can further specify the link

I tried to fork the helper to do that without success for the moment. I write here what i've done step by step:
- I want to delete 'Positions' Menus -

Create admin/fork directory
Copy the admin/_fork/helper.php in admin/fork/
Adding administration <folder>fork</folder> in mycomponent.xml
Delete the memu in mycomponent.xml i do not want to see in Components/mycomponent/submenus
Copy original function 'addSubmenu' in admin/fork/helper.php
Delete the menu i do not want to see in the Admin Cpanel
$links = array(
'admin.pedigrees.default',
'admin.etalons.default',
'admin.lices.default',
'admin.portees.default',
'admin.actualites.default',
/* 'admin.positions.default', */
'admin.races.default',
'admin.robes.default',
'admin.yeuxs.default',
'admin.annees.default',
'admin.rubriques.default'
);
Copy original function 'getMenuItems' in admin/fork/helper.php
Delete the Menu Item i do not want to see in the Admin Cpanel
/* $items = array(
'label' => 'JBREEDING_LAYOUT_GESTION_DES_POSITIONS',
'view' => 'positions',
'layout' => 'default',
'icon' => 'jbreeding_positions'
); */

Forked helper do not overwrite the original function because i still see the Item Menu that i've deleted.

( or may be we can overwrite but not cancel/delete objects as xml forms ) ?

Last Edit: 09 Aug 2016 08:58 by liubov.

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Changing menu on CPanel?? 09 Aug 2016 09:52 #14395

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Here is the solution.

public static function addSubmenu($view, $layout, $alias = 'menu')
{
	$items = static::getMenuItems();

	$client = 'admin';
	if (JFactory::getApplication()->isSite())
		$client = 'site';

	$links = array();
	switch($client)
	{
		case 'admin':
			switch($alias)
			{
				case 'cpanel':
				case 'menu':
				default:
					$links = array(
					
					
// ->   Change order, add/remove items HERE

						'admin.continents.default',
						'admin.countries.default',
						'admin.travellers.default',
						'admin.visits.visitstravellers',
						'admin.visits.visitscities',
						'admin.visits.default',
						'admin.cities.default'
					);

					if ($alias != 'cpanel')
						array_unshift($links, 'admin.cpanel');

					break;
			}
			break;
...

The items are prepared in getMenuItems()

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Last Edit: 09 Aug 2016 09:53 by admin.

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Changing menu on CPanel?? 09 Aug 2016 10:27 #14400

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It is exactely what i ve done :

public static function addSubmenu($view, $layout, $alias = 'menu')
	{
		$items = static::getMenuItems();

		// Will be handled in XML in future (or/and with the Joomla native menus)
		// -> give your opinion on j-cook.pro/forum


		$client = 'admin';
		if (JFactory::getApplication()->isSite())
			$client = 'site';

		$links = array();
		switch($client)
		{
			case 'admin':
				switch($alias)
				{
					case 'cpanel':
					case 'menu':
					default:
						$links = array(
							'admin.pedigrees.default',
							'admin.etalons.default',
							'admin.lices.default',
							'admin.portees.default',
							'admin.actualites.default',
            /*===>	'admin.statuts.default',   <===*/
							'admin.races.default',
							'admin.robes.default',
							'admin.yeuxs.default',
							'admin.annees.default',
							'admin.rubriques.default'
						);

and for the forked GetMenuItems :

public static function getMenuItems()
	{
		// Will be handled in XML in future (or/and with the Joomla native menus)
		// -> give your opinion on j-cook.pro/forum

		$items = array();

		$items['admin.pedigrees.default'] = array(
			'label' => 'JBREEDING_LAYOUT_GESTION_DES_CHIENS',
			'view' => 'pedigrees',
			'layout' => 'default',
			'icon' => 'jbreeding_pedigrees'
		);

		$items['admin.etalons.default'] = array(
			'label' => 'JBREEDING_LAYOUT_GESTION_DES_ETALONS',
			'view' => 'etalons',
			'layout' => 'default',
			'icon' => 'jbreeding_etalons'
		);

		$items['admin.lices.default'] = array(
			'label' => 'JBREEDING_LAYOUT_GESTION_DES_LICES',
			'view' => 'lices',
			'layout' => 'default',
			'icon' => 'jbreeding_lices'
		);

		$items['admin.portees.default'] = array(
			'label' => 'JBREEDING_LAYOUT_GESTION_DES_PORTEES',
			'view' => 'portees',
			'layout' => 'default',
			'icon' => 'jbreeding_portees'
		);

		$items['admin.actualites.default'] = array(
			'label' => 'JBREEDING_LAYOUT_GESTION_DES_ACTUALITES',
			'view' => 'actualites',
			'layout' => 'default',
			'icon' => 'jbreeding_actualites'
		);

    /*===> $items['admin.statuts.default'] = array(
			'label' => 'JBREEDING_LAYOUT_GESTION_DES_POSITIONS',
			'view' => 'statuts',
			'layout' => 'default',
			'icon' => 'jbreeding_statuts'
		); <===*/

		$items['admin.races.default'] = array(
			'label' => 'JBREEDING_LAYOUT_GESTION_DES_RACES',
			'view' => 'races',
			'layout' => 'default',
			'icon' => 'jbreeding_races'
		);

..... .... .... ....

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Changing menu on CPanel?? 09 Aug 2016 10:36 #14402

admin Offline Administrator Chef Posts: 3711 Thank you received: 984 Karma: 140	If you only need to remove the item, you don't need to fork getMenuItems(). I downloaded your component and made the operation. It works like a charm. You might have missed something. What happen if you comment the line in the original helper ? It is working, check very well if you are not doing another mistake.
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Changing menu on CPanel?? 09 Aug 2016 11:26 #14404

liubov Offline Elite Member (=) 10 mn and it's ready! Posts: 278 Thank you received: 35 Karma: 22	Arg ! ok, I will check with better eyes I guess my forked helper is not loaded ... j-cook source with modified fork helper here : com_jbreeding_beta_3.0.1.zip just to validate the structure if you have some time ;p
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Changing menu on CPanel?? 09 Aug 2016 13:22 #14406

admin Offline Administrator Chef Posts: 3711 Thank you received: 984 Karma: 140	put your file in 'fork/helpers/helper.php'
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Changing menu on CPanel?? 09 Aug 2016 13:58 #14408

liubov Offline Elite Member (=) 10 mn and it's ready! Posts: 278 Thank you received: 35 Karma: 22	I tell you that I had to change my eyes ! Thanks a lot for this missing directory. works fine now.
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