Joomla! Documentation™

How To Access

To create a new Text Separator Menu Item:

• Select Menus → [name of the menu] from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation (for example, Menus → Main Menu).
• Click the New Toolbar button to create a new menu item.
• Click the Menu Item Type Select button and then click the Menu Item Heading Menu Item link under System Links.

To edit an existing Menu Item Heading Menu Item, click its Title in Menu Manager: Menu Items.

Description

Used to provide a way to separate links with images or text in a menu. Some uses might be to give a title to a group of links or allow a short description before each link or groups of links. See the Front End Example screenshot below.

Screenshot

Details

Details Tab

For more information please see Menu Item Manager: Details Tab

Required Settings

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Advanced Tab

Link Type Options

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Module Assignments Tab

See Menu Item Manager: New Menu Item for help on fields in Module Assignments for this Menu Item.

Toolbar

At the top left you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

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• Save. Saves the menu item and stays in the current screen.</translate>

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• Save & Close. Saves the menu item and closes the current screen.</translate>

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• Save & New. Saves the menu item and keeps the editing screen open and ready to create another menu item.</translate>

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• Cancel. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.</translate>

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• Help. Opens this help screen.</translate>

Front End Screenshot

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Quick Tips

• It is possible to use an image as a Text Separator. Since a Menu Title is required, to use only image as a separator, the Menu Title can be a "space".