Hi,

I think there are some other post wondering why Drupal stopped this module, however, thought to make it visible and a unique issue.

We have been using it for years without a hitch.

Hopefully a new fresh commit will put this back on Drupal as I do not think there is an alternative to Block Menus which this module works great with.

On a side note, possibly a D7 fix will open the idea of a D8 version?

Thanks

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norgo commented
Title: Curious on update or new commit of v7+v8 » Curious on update or new commit of D7+D8
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BigMike commented

Agreed. Was the issue only because the dev has left? Or is there some massive incompatibility suddenly, perhaps brought by with D7.53?

All of my sites, both D6 and D7 use the DHTML Menu module. This is a blow to me and I am curious if it is some compatibility issue then I'd like to try to help in contributing to resolve the issue.

Thank you
BigMike

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avo webworks commented

Same here. I use the module for a few sites and would love to see it continued.

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jon pollard commented

I would also like to see this module go back to being supported. What are the issues preventing this and how can we fix them? Does anybody even know where we currently stand? Maybe we can crowd fund a developer to sort this?

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jbaum_13 commented

I am also interested in finding out more information about this issue.

If/when will the DHTML Menu module be supported again for D7?
What security issues are there if I continue to use the module?
What alternative options are there to use in its place?

Thanks in advance for any recommendations!

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alienzed commented

I can't imagine such a simple module would actually be insecure, it just adds some html and some js... Can anyone chime into how/why this module was moved to Unsupported? I now have 50+ sites giving me warnings.

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avo webworks commented

I've moved over to accordion menu:
https://www.drupal.org/project/accordion_menu
It didn't take a hugely long time and was able to keep most of my styles by simply replacing the classes and id's in my css.

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norgo commented

@avostar
Many Thanks for the suggestion.
I have tried that out and it is not a bad solution.

The one thing I did not like in accordion_menu is that all the top menus expand the same height as the menu with the most children. This takes up a lot of screen real estate on a mobile.

I just find that DHTML "as is" does a great job of Block Menu Integrating nicely with the chosen theme - at least for me, using MAYO. Furthermore, it works great for Mobile/Touch when a menu needs expanding.

Other options would be appreciated.

Frankly, I will continue using "as-is", but knowing "what is up" with this module would be appreciated even more :)

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lluisandreu commented

Hello!

Does anybody know what is the status of this module and why is no longer maintained? I have some sites using this module and I am keen using it. I don't see any major bug report in the list but I've experienced some issues with the module in my site.

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christopher james francis rodgers commented

lluisandreu - I am curious what issues you are experiencing

avostar - Thank you for pointing out 'Accordion Menu' https://www.drupal.org/project/accordion_menu as an alternative that is a "Full release that is covered by the Drupal Security Team". Unfortunately, it looks like it is not being ported to Drupal 8.

Does anyone know of a D8 module that provides DHTML Menu functionality, such that a menu has on-page expand-ability? Using the 'Book navigation' block as an example, I simply need a way for users to see the title of any 'Book' page by drilling down with clicks on parent page titles, but without a page reload?

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christopher james francis rodgers commented

To further clarify, I want the D8 expanded menus to stay visible
after being opened, unlike the way 'Superfish' functions.

The ability for users to collapse a menu that they have expanded
would be a nice option, but it is not critical.

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christopher james francis rodgers commented

I just noticed that the Drupal 8 'Administration Toolbar' (id="toolbar-administration") from the 'Manage' tab, when it is used as a horizontal menu on the left side of the page, has the functionality I seek.

(...or at least it is close to being perfect. I wish a previously expanded menu would stay open, until the user manually closes it.)

If anyone can tell me how to get that functionality to work with the 'Book navigation' menu, I would be forever in your debt.

Also, I am keenly well aware that if I indent nested menus to a book's maximum depth of 8 or 9 levels, I am restricted to using the 'Book navigation' menu in the same column as the main content of the page, because of the width restrictions associated with trying to use it in a sidebar.