Is there a way to make the title of an Outline navigation block a click-able link to the first page of the outline?

I want users who are mid-outline to have an easy way to get back to the beginning. I guess people could click on the Breadcrumb, but I have a feeling the top of the navigation block will feel like the "natural" thing to do. (It is for me.)

Thanks,
Patricia

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beginner’s picture

beginner commented
Category: feature » bug

I actually consider this a useability bug.
I am not sure it is possible to make the title a link.
But even if we can, the situation is more complex than that, because outline.module allows you to put several pages at the top-level of an outline, in which case the navigation block IS broken.

I am busy, so I won't be able to have a look at this issue soon. But if someone submits a patch, I will look at it promptly.

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PRFB commented

Below is AgentRickard's solution to the issue for Book (posted as http://drupal.org/node/159582#comment-252558).

Can anyone comment on what would need to change to make this work for Outline?

And what are the risks in case of multiple top-level pages?

Thanks,
Patricia

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Block description: Custom book block

Block title: leave empty

Block body:

<?php
      $result = db_query(db_rewrite_sql('SELECT n.nid, n.title, b.parent FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {book} b ON n.vid = b.vid WHERE n.nid = %d'), arg(1));
      if (db_num_rows($result) > 0) {
        $node = db_fetch_object($result);

        $path = book_location($node);
        $path[] = $node;

        $expand = array();
        foreach ($path as $key => $node) {
          $expand[] = $node->nid;
        }
      }
      $subject =  l($path[0]->title, 'node/'. $path[0]->nid);
      $content = book_tree($expand[0], 5, $expand);
      print '<h3>'. $subject .'</h3>';
      print $content;
?>

Input format: PHP code

Show block on specific pages: Show if the following PHP code returns TRUE (PHP-mode, experts only).

Pages:

<?php
   
// Only display this block when the user is browsing a book:
    if (arg(0) == 'node' && is_numeric(arg(1))) {
      return TRUE;
    }
    else {
       return FALSE;
    }
?>
beginner’s picture

beginner commented

And what are the risks in case of multiple top-level pages?

The risk is only a useability one. You can try: it won't hurt and you can change back later. But this feature is not yet fully ready, in terms of navigability (previous - next - up links at the bottom), and support in the navigation block, as I mentioned above.

Thanks for the code. I will need some more time to study a global solution for outline.

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captaindav commented
Issue summary: View changes
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)