I have list of categories, some have sub-category and some have sub-sub-category which are in such a way:
Main menu
sub menu
sub menu
I used ddaccordian.init to watch for open close events. All works fine, But now what I want is that current selected URL category must remain open.
I have tried the following code:
<script type="text/javascript">
ddaccordion.init({
headerclass: "question", //Shared CSS class name of headers group
contentclass: "theanswer", //Shared CSS class name of contents group
revealtype: "click", //Reveal content when user clicks or onmouseover the header? Valid value: "click", "clickgo", or "mouseover"
mouseoverdelay: 200, //if revealtype="mouseover", set delay in milliseconds before header expands onMouseover
collapseprev: false, //Collapse previous content (so only one open at any time)? true/false
defaultexpanded: [], //index of content(s) open by default [index1, index2, etc]. [] denotes no content.
onemustopen: false, //Specify whether at least one header should be open always (so never all headers closed)
animatedefault: false, //Should contents open by default be animated into view?
persiststate: false, //persist state of opened contents within browser session?
toggleclass: ["closedanswer", "openanswer"], //Two CSS classes to be applied to the header when it's collapsed and expanded, respectively ["class1", "class2"]
//togglehtml: ["prefix", "<img src='images/plus.gif' /> ", "<img src='images/minus.gif' />"], //Additional HTML added to the header when it's collapsed and expanded, respectively ["position", "html1", "html2"] (see docs)
animatespeed: "fast", //speed of animation: integer in milliseconds (ie: 200), or keywords "fast", "normal", or "slow"
oninit:function(expandedindices){ //custom code to run when headers have initalized
//do nothing
},
onopenclose:function(header, index, state, isuseractivated){ //custom code to run whenever a header is opened or closed
//do nothing
}
})
</script>
and to get the current category activated i.e. must remain open I did this:
<a <?php if($_category->hasChildren()): ?>class="question"<?php endif; ?><?php if ($currentUrl == $this->getCategoryUrl($_category)): ?> class="current"<?php endif; ?> href="<?php echo $this->getCategoryUrl($_category) ?>">
<?php echo $_category['name']; ?>
</a>
<?php $potential1 = $_category->hasChildren(); ?>
<?php if($_category->hasChildren()): ?>
<?php $_category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($_category->getId()) ?>
<?php $_subcategories = $_category->getChildrenCategories() ?>
<ul <?php if($_subcategories): ?>class="theanswer"<?php endif; ?>>
<?php foreach($_subcategories as $subcat): ?>
<li>
<a <?php if($subcat->hasChildren()): ?>class="question"<?php endif; ?><?php if ($currentUrl == $this->getCategoryUrl($subcat)): ?> class="current"<?php endif; ?> href="<?php echo $this->getCategoryUrl($subcat); ?>">
<?php echo $subcat->getName(); ?>
</a>
<?php if($subcat->hasChildren()): ?>
<?php
$_subcat = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($subcat->getId());
$childrens = $_subcat->getChildrenCategories();
?>
<ul <?php if($childrens): ?>class="theanswer"<?php endif; ?>>
<?php foreach($childrens as $_childrens): ?>
<li>
<a <?php if ($currentUrl == $this->getCategoryUrl($_childrens)): ?> class="current"<?php endif; ?>href="<?php echo $this->getCategoryUrl($_childrens); ?>">
<?php echo $_childrens->getName(); ?>
</a>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif ?>
</li>
<?php endforeach ?>
</ul>
<?php endif ?>
</li>
But I am getting no response on frontend :( Never mind if you think I am missing a foreach loop etc.
I have just pasted a portion of the code so tell me where I am wrong :(
Although i am getting the current URL correctly.
This solved my problem, what i did was added this
<?php if ($this->isCategoryActive($_category)): ?>
instead of
if($currentUrl == $this->getCategoryUrl($_category)): ?> and added Css class at the bottom.
<div class="content-links">
<ul>
<?php $i=0; foreach ($catlist as $_category): ?>
<?php if($_category->getIsActive()): ?>
<li>
<a <?php if($_category->hasChildren()): ?>class="question"<?php endif; ?> href="<?php echo $this->getCategoryUrl($_category) ?>">
<?php echo $_category['name']; ?>
</a>
<?php $potential1 = $_category->hasChildren(); ?>
<?php if($_category->hasChildren()): ?>
<?php $_category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($_category->getId()) ?>
<?php $_subcategories = $_category->getChildrenCategories() ?>
<ul class="<?php if($_subcategories): ?>theanswer<?php endif; ?><?php //if($currentUrl == $this->getCategoryUrl($_category)): ?><?php if ($this->isCategoryActive($_category)): ?> opened<?php endif; ?>">
<?php foreach($_subcategories as $subcat): ?>
<li>
<a <?php if($subcat->hasChildren()): ?>class="question"<?php endif; ?> href="<?php echo $this->getCategoryUrl($subcat); ?>">
<?php echo $subcat->getName(); ?>
</a>
<?php if($subcat->hasChildren()): ?>
<?php
$_subcat = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($subcat->getId());
$childrens = $_subcat->getChildrenCategories();
?>
<ul class="<?php if($childrens): ?>theanswer<?php endif; ?><?php if ($this->isCategoryActive($_subcat)): ?> opened<?php endif; ?>">
<?php foreach($childrens as $_childrens):
?>
<li>
<a <?php if ($currentUrl == $this->getCategoryUrl($_childrens)): ?>class="current"<?php endif; ?>href="<?php echo $this->getCategoryUrl($_childrens); ?>">
<?php echo $_childrens->getName(); ?>
</a>
</li>
<?php
endforeach;
echo "</ul>";
?>
<?php endif ?>
</li>
<?php endforeach ?>
</ul>
<?php endif ?>
</li>
<?php endif ?>
<?php endforeach ?>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="clear" style="height:218px;"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="event-bot"></div>
</div>
</div> <!--inner right end here-->
<style type="text/css">
.opened { display:block !important;}
</style>