Index: dhtml_menu.js
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/dhtml_menu/dhtml_menu.js,v
retrieving revision 1.18.2.10
diff -u -p -r1.18.2.10 dhtml_menu.js
--- dhtml_menu.js	12 Jan 2009 10:13:30 -0000	1.18.2.10
+++ dhtml_menu.js	16 Dec 2009 02:34:07 -0000
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ Drupal.behaviors.dhtmlMenu = function() 
       });
     }
 
-    $(li).find('a:first').click(function(e) {
+    var nolinkSelector = (Drupal.settings.specialMenuItems && Drupal.settings.specialMenuItems.nolinkSelector) ? Drupal.settings.specialMenuItems.nolinkSelector : 'span.nolink';
+
+    $(li).children().filter('a:first, ' + nolinkSelector + ':first').click(function(e) { // take only "a"- or "span.nolink"-elements among direct descendants, don't traverse deeper
       Drupal.dhtmlMenu.toggleMenu($(li));
       return false;
     });