Joomla! Documentation™

Details Tab

The screenshot above contains the Details Tab section. This section is the same for all menu item types and has the following fields.

• <translate>

Status. The published status of the item.</translate>

• Menu Item Type. The first step when creating a menu item is to select the menu item type. Click the Select button to open a modal window that lists the available menu item types, as shown below.

Click on the link for the desired general type to select that type. Using expanded type selection, choose the specific type. Example above shows, Articles, with Archived Articles, Single Article, List All Categories, and ... Note - more types may be available if you install third-party extensions which have menu types.

When the menu item type is selected, the modal window will close and the Menu Item Type field is filled in automatically.

• Select <type field>. This field will change depending on the Menu Item Type. Select Article, Select Category, Select Contact, ...

• Menu Title: The title that will display for this menu item.

• <translate>

Alias. The internal name of the item. Normally, you can leave this blank and Joomla will fill in a default value Title in lower case and with dashes instead of spaces.</translate> <translate> [[<tvar name=1>S:MyLanguage/Alias</tvar>|Learn more.]]</translate>

• Link. The system-generated link for this menu item. This field cannot be changed and is for information only.

• Parent Item: The menu that this menu item (choice) will be part of. The menus defined for the site will show in the list box.

<translate>

• Parent Item. The parent menu item for this menu item. Used to determine whether a Menu Item is a top-level item or a submenu item. Select 'Menu Item Root' (the default value) if this is a top-level Menu Item. Otherwise, select the Menu Item that is this item's parent.</translate>

• Ordering: Indicates the order of this Menu Item in the Menu. The default Order is to add the Menu Item to the end of the Menu. This Menu Item will moved to the order position just after the Menu Item selected from the drop-down list. Note that the Order of Menu Items can also be changed in the Menu Item Manager.

• <translate>

Access. The [[<tvar name=1>S:MyLanguage/Help4.x:Users:_Viewing_Access_Levels</tvar>|viewing Access Level]] for this item.</translate>

• <translate>

Default Page. If Yes, this menu item is the default or home page for the site. There must be exactly one menu item set as the default page. You can change the default page in two ways:</translate>

• 1. <translate>

Click on the Home column of the desired menu item in the [[<tvar name=1>S:MyLanguage/Help4.x:Menus:_Items</tvar>|Menus: Items]] screen.</translate>

• 1. <translate>

Open the menu item for the new default page and change the Default Page setting to Yes.</translate>

<translate> *Target Window. This determines how the new page will be opened. Options are:</translate> <translate> **Parent: Open new menu item in parent window. This is the default.</translate> <translate> **New Window With Navigation: Open menu item in a new window with full browser navigation (for example, "back" button).</translate> <translate> **New Without Navigation: Open menu item in a new window without browser navigation.</translate>

<translate> *Template Style. Controls the template style for this menu item. A list box will show the available template styles for your site, similar to the following:</translate>

[[Image:Help-4x-menu-item-template-style-<translate> en</translate>.png]]

<translate> :Select "Use Default" to use the default style for the site. Select a specific template style to always show this menu item with that style.</translate>

• Language. Item language.

• <translate>

Note. This is normally for the site administrator's use (for example, to document information about this item) and does not show in the Frontend of the site.</translate>

• ID. This is a unique identification number for this item assigned automatically by Joomla. It is used to identify the item internally, and you cannot change this number. When creating a new item, this field displays "0" until you save the new entry, at which point a new ID is assigned to it.