Hi,

I've filed a support request in the forum, but I think it might have to do with the theme, so I better write it here:

I am trying to create horizontal links of the child pages of a page based on the primary links menu. I would then like to drop these horizontal links at the top of the body of my page. It would look like this:

Child 1 | Child 2 | Child 3 etc......

I use a script I found on drupal.org, which works well: 

<?php
$shortmenu = menu_get_menu();
if((arg(0) == 'node') && (is_numeric(arg(1)))) {
$curpath = 'node/'. arg(1);
  $menuid = $shortmenu['path index'][$curpath];
  // print "<p>Node index: $curpath , $menuid</p>";
  print theme('menu_tree', $menuid);
}
?>

except that the links are listed as a bullet list. I would like to have them displayed horizontally separated by "|". I've tried replacing "menu_tree" by "menu_links" in the script and it doesn't disrupt the code (I don't get an error message) but the links disappear completely.

Does any one see a solution to this? I have been looking into this for a week without finding an answer. Thanks in advance.

The (bad) example is here: http://pyrn.ways.org/about-pyrn

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Lioz’s picture

Lioz commented

i think you can solve the problem with css. you can try by adding a display:inline property for that list, something like 

.content ul.menu {
  display: inline;
}

you can also add a separator with the background property.

let me know!

gostram’s picture

gostram commented

thanks Matteo. I am temporarily barred from my ftp access, but I'll get to it ASAP

gostram’s picture

gostram commented

hum.... Matteo, do u know by any chance where the css class might be located. The php script calls on a "menu_tree" function that I can't seem to locate.

On the other hand, when I check the CSS in the browser it tells me the list uses the "#primary" class. I guess I could modify the primary class, but it would also modify other parts of the website.

I could also create a new css class but I don't see where I would call it in my php script......

hum... ... is it time to give up on permafrost and start a career in php programming so that I stop asking dumb questions? ;)

Thanks for your patience.

gostram’s picture

gostram commented

hum, I tried to include it in the form like this:

<style>.content ul.menu {
  display: inline;
}
<?php
$shortmenu = menu_get_menu();
if((arg(0) == 'node') && (is_numeric(arg(1)))) {
$curpath = 'node/'. arg(1);
  $menuid = $shortmenu['path index'][$curpath];
  // print "<p>Node index: $curpath , $menuid</p>";
  print theme('menu_tree', $menuid);
}
?>
</style>

and it doesn't show an error message (which is good) but the menu disappears entirely.... not sure what I did wrong.

Lioz’s picture

Lioz commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)