[#46397] - [6.1] Fix default menu layout - submenu stay open on page load
- Closed
- 10 Nov 2025
- Medium
- Build: 6.0-dev
- # 46397
- Diff
- LadySolveig:6.0/fix/default-menu-submenu-current-toggle
User tests: Successful: Unsuccessful:
Pull Request for Issue #46364 .
Summary of Changes
Introduce a new class (nav-active-open) for the default menu, allowing control over whether submenus are opened automatically on page load for the active menu item.
Caution
This functionality should not be activated by default without an additional class for all default menus, as it may not be desirable in various other module positions.
Example - Cassiopeia menu position
Additionally updated the toggleSubMenu method to use optional chaining when setting the aria-expanded attribute, preventing errors if the target element is missing.
Testing Instructions
- Install Blog-Sample-Data
- Move the Main Menu Blog module to position
sidebar-right - Switch the layout to
Default
Step 1
- Open site in frontend and select submenu entry
Help -> Workflows
Step 2
- Edit Main Menu Blog module - add class
nav-active-open - Open site in frontend and select submenu entry
Help -> Workflows
Important
For this to test an update of the media asset is required, please use the prebuilt packages or run npm install.
menu-fix.mp4
Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request
Should always be collapsed - with and without the class.
Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request
Step 1
Submenu with menu entry Workflows should be always collapsed (without the class).
Step 2
Submenu with menu entry Workflows should stay open on new page load if Workflow is the current active item (with class set).
Link to documentations
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Documentation link for docs.joomla.org:
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No documentation changes for docs.joomla.org needed
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Pull Request link for manual.joomla.org:
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No documentation changes for manual.joomla.org needed
This pull request enhances the menu component's accessibility and behavior by adding a new setting to control submenu state on page load and improving error handling. The most important changes are grouped below:
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joomla-cms-bot
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I have tested this item ✅ successfully on f231e7a
It works as described but I think it needs some documentation somewhere. Otherwise, how is anyone supposed to know that a style statement is needed to activate the behaviour?
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Place for documentation: https://docs.joomla.org/J4.x:Submenus (?)
Place for documentation: https://docs.joomla.org/J4.x:Submenus (?)
Thank you @ceford 💚
Once it has been finally decided whether this is the right way to go, I will of course be happy to document it. Thank you for finding the right place.
I have tested this item ✅ successfully on f231e7a
I was able to test this successfully :) (thanks @LadySolveig for the Layout: Default) hint...
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More a feature than a bug fix, rebased to 6.1. Thanks @LadySolveig for addressing this issue so quickly
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This seems to work for the active sub menu.
In my use case all sub menus should be open, as before Joomla 6 (I use the menu for the sitemap).
How can I can achieve that?
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This seems to work for the active sub menu. In my use case all sub menus should be open, as before Joomla 6 (I use the menu for the sitemap). How can I can achieve that?
the relevant PR is #46436 which has been merged into 6.0.1 which fix our problem. Can you test Joomla! 6.0.1 and confirm that it works as you expect?
This seems to work for the active sub menu. In my use case all sub menus should be open, as before Joomla 6 (I use the menu for the sitemap). How can I can achieve that?
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I can confirm your observation. It has irritated me too. There seems to be no way to produce a side menu with all sub-menu items open using Joomla core. I think this is a serious deficiency!
I have tested this item ✅ successfully on f231e7a
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