How to hide/show (collapse) Subcategories in sidebar

[chowell]

I have over 50 subcategories under a primary category...

Is there a way to make a rollover menu that will show all 50 subcategories (in the sidebar)? I still want the primary category to link to its own page and I want each subcategory to link to its respective page.

Anyone done this before or know of a previous post I can reference?

Cory

[dollars5]

By default it is in the manner you want it. The parent category will be displayed with a link to its own page, sub categories will be with a tab spacer and link t their very own pages.

[chowell]

Understood, but I really don't want all 50 subcategories displayed at all times. Is there a reasonably easy way to make them a rollover list/menu?

[plador]

sad to think that we cannot collapse sub categories by default..my whole concept is wasted now...

chowell, any new input on this ?

[tbones]

Have look at http://forums.pligg.com/pligg-tutori...ent-addon.html

It doesn´t work with v9.5, it´s untested with v9.6 and works with v9.7+

[plador]

i will try it out..much obliged...

[chowell]

I will also check it out, since I've been unsuccessful so far.

[elquiosco]

Hello,

I implemented a code I found in this forum for a roll down category menu which avoids to display all cats and subcats in the sidebar. I don't know if this is what you need. I put the code in my header.tpl but it can be inserted in the sidebar.tpl instead.

<div id="cats" style="padding-bottom:1px">
{if $pagename eq "published"}
<form name="published" id="published" action="{$URL_maincategory, $cat_array[thecat].safename}" method="get" >
<select name="category" >
{section name=thecat loop=$cat_array}
<option value = "{$cat_array[thecat].safename}">
{if $cat_array[thecat].spacercount lt $lastspacer}{$cat_array[thecat].spacerdiff|repeat_count:''}{/if}
{if $cat_array[thecat].spacercount gt $lastspacer}{/if}
{$cat_array[thecat].spacercount|repeat_count:' '}
{$cat_array[thecat].name}

{assign var=lastspacer value=$cat_array[thecat].spacercount}
</option>

{/section}
</select>
<input type="submit" value="seleccionar" >
</form>
{else}
<form name="upcoming" id="upcoming" action="{$URL_queuedcategory, $cat_array[thecat].safename}" method="get" >
<select name="category" >
{section name=thecat loop=$cat_array}
<option value = "{$cat_array[thecat].safename}">
{if $cat_array[thecat].spacercount lt $lastspacer}{$cat_array[thecat].spacerdiff|repeat_count:''}{/if}
{if $cat_array[thecat].spacercount gt $lastspacer}{/if}
{$cat_array[thecat].spacercount|repeat_count:' '}
{$cat_array[thecat].name}

{assign var=lastspacer value=$cat_array[thecat].spacercount}
</option>

{/section}
</select>
<input type="submit" value="seleccionar" >
</form>
{/if}
</div>