Hello board - I've accomplished a ton w/Drupal, without ever needing to ask a question on the forum - which is good - it's a great system.
So I have a module idea, maybe. I'd like to sound it out and get some feedback. As I mentioned, I'm new to Drupal - so I may be missing a feature, or a precedent that will make all this moot.
The problem: I don't want to use the theme-based main navigation because I want the breadcrumbs etc. I want to use the menu system (it's cool). However - I don't want the menu restricted to one tree structure in a single block. For example, I'd like to have a top horizontal nav that only shows one level of the heirarchy (no expanding menus). The next level of the heirarchy should appear in a different area - a block on the left side (already using flexiblock to position blocks). In some cases I'd like to 'shift down' the heirarchy - so that for some categories - the second-level of the menu shows on the top horizontal nav, and the tree on the left represents the 3rd, 4th, ... levels below that. (Let me know if my goal needs more clarification)
Solution?: Based on stuff like the menu_tree() documentation I'm sure I can write a function to "clip" a menu - just show one level no matter where it appears.
The "shift" idea is still a little hazy though.
Trying to imagine it as a module, I suppose there would be a "menu clip" block. The settings for a block of that kind would include:
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