[support] Menus Won't Display Properly

[Michael Prasuhn]

It looks like you are not defining your MENU_DEFAULT_LOCAL_TASK  
correctly. Creating a page Y with X tabs requires X+1 entries in  
hook_menu().

See this example from node.module:

$items[] = array(
   'path' => 'admin/content/types',
   'title' => t('Content types'),
   'description' => t('Manage posts by content type, including default  
status, front page promotion, etc.'),
   'callback' => 'node_overview_types',
   'access' => user_access('administer content types'),
);
$items[] = array(
   'path' => 'admin/content/types/list',
   'title' => t('List'),
   'type' => MENU_DEFAULT_LOCAL_TASK,
   'weight' => -10,
);
$items[] = array(
   'path' => 'admin/content/types/add',
   'title' => t('Add content type'),
   'callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
   'callback arguments' => array('node_type_form'),
   'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK,
);

In this case, the MENU_DEFAULT_LOCAL_TASK is actually just to define  
the tab, which is the same as 'admin/content/types'.

So basically it looks if you change your 'resource-center/reg-assoc/ 
basic' and 'resource-center/affiliate/basic' items to MENU_LOCAL_TASK,  
and create an item such as 'resource-center/reg-assoc/view' and only  
give it a title "view" or some such, a weight (usually -10), and the  
path 'resource-center/reg-assoc/view' and type MENU_DEFAULT_LOCAL_TASK.

I think that's what you're trying to do, let me know if that works.

-Mike



On Nov 4, 2008, at 2:28 PM, Steve Edwards wrote:

> I've been fighting with this for a couple weeks now with no  
> resolution, so I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this for  
> me.    I tried using the menu tabs capability in Views with no luck,  
> so I'm trying to accomplish the same thing in a module, still with  
> no luck, and I don't have much hair left to pull out...
>
> What I want to do is create a page with three tabbed menu items.   
> The text will be from a Page node, and the three tabs will be  
> views.  There are three roles - regular, associate, and affiliate -  
> that need to have access.  Regular and Associate can see all items,  
> and Affiliate role can only see what has been flagged as being  
> visible to the Affiliate role.  There are three categories - Basic  
> Information, Best Practices, and Technology.  I've created six views  
> accordingly.  What I'm trying to do is create two menu items: one  
> for Regular/Associate, and one for Affiliate, with the same intro  
> text.  Each will have three tabs, but the views will be different    
> Here is my hook_menu:
>
> function mymodule_menu($may_cache) {
>   $items = array();
>
>   if ($may_cache) {
>     $items[] = array(
>       'path' => 'resource-center/reg-assoc',
>       'title' => t('Resource Center - Regular'),
>       'description' => t('Resource center for regular and associate  
> members'),
>       'callback' => 'resource_center_base_page',
>       'access' => user_access('regular'),
>       'type' => MENU_NORMAL_ITEM,
>     );
>
>     $items[] = array(
>       'path' => 'resource-center/reg-assoc/basic',
>       'title' => t('Basic Information'),
>       'description' => t('Basic Information'),
>       'callback' => 'resource_center_basic',
>       'callback argument' => 'resources_reg_assoc_basic',
>       'access' => user_access('regular'),
>       'type' => MENU_DEFAULT_LOCAL_TASK,
>     );
>
>     $items[] = array(
>       'path' => 'resource-center/reg-assoc/best-practices',
>       'title' => t('Best Practices'),
>       'description' => t('Best Practices'),
>       'callback' => 'resource_center_best',
>       'callback argument' => 'resources_reg_assoc_best',
>       'access' => user_access('regular'),
>       'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK,
>     );
>
>     $items[] = array(
>       'path' => 'resource-center/reg-assoc/technology',
>       'title' => t('Technology'),
>       'description' => t('Technology'),
>       'callback' => 'resource_center_technology',
>       'callback argument' => 'resources_reg_assoc_technology',
>       'access' => user_access('regular'),
>       'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK,
>     );
>
>     $items[] = array(
>       'path' => 'resource-center/affiliate',
>       'title' => t('Resource Center - Affiliate'),
>       'description' => t('Resource center for affiliate members'),
>       'callback' => 'resource_center_base_page',
>       'access' => user_access('affiliate'),
>       'type' => MENU_NORMAL_ITEM,
>     );
>      $items[] = array(
>       'path' => 'resource-center/affiliate/basic',
>       'title' => t('Basic Information'),
>       'description' => t('Basic Information'),
>       'callback' => 'resource_center_basic',
>       'callback argument' => 'resources_affiliate_basic',
>       'access' => user_access('affiliate'),
>       'type' => MENU_DEFAULT_LOCAL_TASK,
>     );
>
>     $items[] = array(
>       'path' => 'resource-center/affiliate/best-practices',
>       'title' => t('Best Practices'),
>       'description' => t('Best Practices'),
>       'callback' => 'resource_center_best_practices',
>       'callback argument' => 'resources_affiliate_best',
>       'access' => user_access('affiliate'),
>       'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK,
>     );
>
>     $items[] = array(
>       'path' => 'resource-center/affiliate/technology',
>       'title' => t('Technology'),
>       'description' => t('Technology'),
>       'callback' => 'resource_center_technology',
>       'callback argument' => 'resources_affiliate_technology',
>       'access' => user_access('affiliate'),
>       'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK,
>     );
>   }
>   return $items;
> }
>
> The URLs for the views match the paths for the MENU_LOCAL_TASK items.
>
> Here is the function to call the page (as referred to in the menu  
> callback:
>
> function resource_center_base_page() {
>   $output = '';
>
>   $base_node = node_load(84);
>   $display = node_view($base_node);
>
>   $output = $display;
>
>   return $output;
> }
>
> and then the functions to call the views:
>
> function resource_center_basic($view_name) {
>   $view = views_get_view($view_name);
>   print views_build_view('embed', $view, array(), false, false);
> }
>
> function resource_center_best_practices($view_name) {
>
>   $view = views_get_view($view_name);
>   print views_build_view('embed', $view, array(), false, false);
> }
>
> function resource_center_technology($view_name) {
>
>   $view = views_get_view($view_name);
>   print views_build_view('embed', $view, array(), false, false);
> }
>
> After all that, what's happening is that the menu items are only  
> available to my admin user (the first one created).  When I go to  
> resource-center/reg-assoc, I get my page and the tabs, but when I go  
> to resource-center/affiliate, I just get the page with no tabs.   
> When I log in as a regular role, I don't see the menu items at all,  
> and if I go to resource-center/reg-assoc, I get Access Denied.  Am I  
> doing something wrong, or is this a bug in the menu system.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
> -- 
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