Though menutrails and menu_breadcrumb are similar, both of these modules have some unique strengths. I've found myself trying to combine the benefits of each; unfortunately I haven't found a way to use both modules together. (The menutrails breadcrumbs take precedence if enabled.)

Advantages of menutrails:
Sets crumbs for nodes that aren't in the menu, by content type and taxonomy.

Advantages of menu_breadcrumb:
Several useful display options(append title to crumbs, append as link, hide when only "home" is in the trail).
Seems to have a more efficient method of actually setting the active trail; unlike menutrails it doesn't require a phptemplate_...() override function.

Thanks!

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les lim
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#460476: Enabling "set breadcrumbs" breaks breadcrumb on pages outside of Menu Trails Menu would help. I'm using patched versions of both modules on a production site with decent results.

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joachim commented

I would suggest we keep two modules, but make the line between them clearer and in a better place:

- menu_breadcrumb only handles things taking their breadcrumb from menus. Rip out title appending, home link, etc.
- leave those features for menutrails to handle

For that matter, there are several modules that let you spoof breadcrumb/menu location. I would say it's best for menu_breadcrumb to keep out of that.

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grendzy commented

joachim: hmm, also a good idea. I also just discovered another difference:

menu_breadcrumb does it's work on hook_init(), so it works with any menu item (views, panels, etc). menutrails uses hook_nodeapi, so it only works on node pages.

One thing that I have found tricky... resolving the title appending is tough because if it's a "spoofed" trail, I end up omitting the last item.

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See the corresponding issue on menutrails, #560482: Consider merging with menu_breadcrumb, which I've just updated with a proposed path forward.

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sun
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I'd love to hear feedback from menu_breadcrumb maintainers

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rapsli commented

I prefere menu_breadcrumb over menu trails, as there's no need for big configuration. It just works.

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Cleaning up issue queue. Closing all D6 issues.

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