[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23902: Classes set with nav_menu_css_class are not accessible in walker_nav_menu_start_el

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#23902: Classes set with nav_menu_css_class are not accessible in
walker_nav_menu_start_el
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 Reporter:  jamesmehorter      |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Menus              |     Version:  3.5.1
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jamesmehorter):

 Use case:

 I needed to add a little <div></div> inside menu <li>'s with the classes
 current-page-ancestor or current_page_parent.

 If I added either of those classes manually via nav_menu_css_class, I was
 then unable to access those classes in the later-run
 walker_nav_menu_start_el hook to add the html.

 (When using a page as a CPT ancestor you have to manually add the classes
 as mentioned above)

 @ericlewis - regardless of use, a later-run hook should always have the
 most current object-whatever it is. Given that nav_menu_css_class runs
 before walker_nav_menu_start_el - any change made to the menu via
 nav_menu_css_class should be accessible in any later hook.

 Does that help?

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