Thanks Chip for this code snippet. It's excellent and elegant. And yet useful.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 March 2013 03:26, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">By the way, I'll share this with the list, rather than in-ticket. As per the Codex, the best-practice implementation to add a "parent" class to wp_nav_menu() list items is to filter wp_nav_menu_objects. I recently used this method, myself:<div>
<br></div><div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><pre style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Consolas,'Liberation Mono',Courier,monospace;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:16px">
<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">function</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(153,0,0);font-weight:bold">oenology_add_menu_parent_class</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">(</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">$items</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">)</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">{</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px"> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">$parents</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">=</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">array</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">();</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px"> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">foreach</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">(</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">$items</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">as</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">$item</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">)</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">{</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px"> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">if</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">(</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">$item</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">-></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">menu_item_parent</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">&&</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">$item</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">-></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">menu_item_parent</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">></span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,153,153)">0</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">)</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">{</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px"> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">$parents</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">[]</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">=</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">$item</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">-></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">menu_item_parent</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">;</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px"> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">}</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">}</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">foreach</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">(</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">$items</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">as</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">$item</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">)</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">{</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px"> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">if</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">(</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,134,179)">in_array</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">(</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">$item</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">-></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">ID</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">,</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">$parents</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">)</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">)</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">{</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px"> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">$item</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">-></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">classes</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">[]</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">=</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(221,17,68)">'menu-item-parent'</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">;</span> </div>
<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px"> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">}</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">}</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:bold">return</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,128,128)">$items</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">;</span> </div>
<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">}</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;border:0px">
<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">add_filter</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">(</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(221,17,68)">'wp_nav_menu_objects'</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">,</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(221,17,68)">'oenology_add_menu_parent_class'</span> <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">);</span></div>
</pre></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>I would recommend this method rather than using jQuery, though I'm not sure about it being *required*.</div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Sami Keijonen<br>
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