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Using menu builder you can modify and reorder menu entries,
create cascading menu.
Once a project is created, menu consists of tables selected for
this project. Depending on selected layout menu appears as
horizontal or vertical menu. More
info on selecting layout. On this stage menu is
single-level.
To open Menu builder, go to the Visual Editor page and click  .
You can change already created menu entries by double-clicking
on them or selecting Properties with right-mouse button.
You can add new groups and links. Notice that group can also
include the link or serve just as folder for other groups and
links.
 Note: You can always change the type of any menu
entry from link to group and vice versa using Properties dialog.
Delete item
button deletes currently
selected menu item.
Reset to defaults
button resets menu to its
default state - as if project and menu was just created.
Link
attributes
While
adding or editing a link you are able to specify the following link
attributes:
Type - Select between a
hyperlink or a group.
Link
type - Select between
PHPRunner page or External page.
Link to
- If Link type
is set to
External page, then add link to any web page. If
Link
type is set to PHPRunner
page, then firstly select a table within your project and then one
of pages that are available for selected table. Usually, you can
choose between:
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List page - displays data
from the table;
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Add
page -
allows to add new record to the table;
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Search
page -
provides advanced search for a data in the table;
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Print page - prepares
user-friendly page with data from the table for
printing.
More info about what kind of PHPRunner
pages you can create and use.
Link
text - Link text will be
displayed as menu item title. If multilanguage support is
turned on in your project, you will see Multilanguage... button that allows
translating link text into several languages. More info on multiple language
support.
Style - Set menu item text
style by adding CSS style description. You can add several
CSS properties using semicolon between them.
Here are several examples of how you can modify menu item text
style:
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font-size:12px; color:red
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font-size:200%; font-weight:bold
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font: 12px italic; border: solid
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color:rgb(255,0,0); background-color:black
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border: dotted red 2 px
Open in new window
option allows opening the links
that compose a menu in new browser window.
Cascading menu
Note: Cascading menu is supported by
all layouts except Default.
To create a cascading menu,
you can drag and drop already created menu entries building
cascading structure. Or you can right-click certain menu item or
blank area near menu and create new group or link.
If you
select layout with vertical menu you will see Tree-like menu
checkbox
that allows to display vertical cascade menu that expands/collapses
menu entries.
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