By JonathanDStopchick on

Hey all,

I'm trying to add custom tabs to the user interface such as "add child category" and the like. Unfortunetly drupal (when edit hook_menu) designates where tabs go based on the actual path they send someone too. so "node/ arg(1) /whatever" is the only format links can be in. Is there a way to bypass this, or at least other options, suchs as "node/add/category-cat/parent/arg(1)" ?

If anyone has a solution it would be well appreciated.

Thanks

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.7.x

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nevets commented

I have modules that add other tabs, I just use a path of the form node/{NID}/whatever, example: node/23/listings. This works perfectly fine so I am wonder if you are experiencing a problem or just want them different (which will not work given the way menues (which includes tabs) are built up based on the path.

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mooffie commented

Unfortunetly drupal (when edit hook_menu) designates where tabs go based on the actual path they send someone too. so "node/ arg(1) /whatever" is the only format links can be in. Is there a way to bypass this

You can't bypass this, but you can redirect in your callback function. For example, the following module, mytabs, does what you want. I write it from memory and syntax errors are likely.

function mytabs_menu($may_cache)
{
  $items = array();
  if (!$may_cache) {
    if (arg(0) == 'node' && is_numeric(arg(1))) {
      $items[] = array(
        'path' => 'node/'. arg(1) .'/addchildcat',
        'callback' => 'mytabs_addchildcat',
        'title' => t('add child category'),
        'access' => TRUE,
        'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK
      );
    }
  }
  return $items;
}

function mytabs_addchildcat() {
  drupal_goto('node/add/category-cat/parent/'. arg(1));
}

Save to 'mytabs.module', drop in your modules direcory and enable.