Sounds similar to #7334

is similar, but not exactly the same thing

I wonder if it related

On 14 April 2016 at 19:35, andrepereiradasilva notifications@github.com
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is similar, but not exactly the same thing

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#9911 (comment)

Brian Teeman
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The problem of /?Itemid=xxxxx links not working is because the application is trying to dispatch to render the component and then it can't identify the component because Menu items of alias and external URL don't have a component associated. So we get Component not found.

Here: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/blob/staging/libraries/cms/application/site.php#L230

And then here https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/blob/staging/libraries/cms/application/site.php#L124-L127

Hmm... I guess we have to disable the associations for
separator,alias,heading,url

no i think is not needed.
The thing is Joomla should identify this menutypes and redirect to where it should.

well, when you have a menuitem field (to redirect in login module for example), these are greyed.

I have a very simple patch which will grey them and forbid to choose them when setting associations when ediing a menu.
Will do now.

this IMHO is not an associations problem but a routing problem.

@andrepereiradasilva
It will not prevent you from looking at another solution for alias, but definitely url, separator and heading should not be presented in the lists

ok

I guess for alias menu type something like this would work.

Replacing https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/blob/staging/libraries/cms/application/site.php#L230, for this:

// Special case for menu item types without components
$menu = $this->getMenu();
$activeMenu = $menu->getActive();

if (isset($activeMenu->type) && $activeMenu->type == 'alias')
{
    $aliasId = $activeMenu->params->get('aliasoptions', 0, 'int');
    $newMenuItem = $menu->getItem($aliasId);
    $this->redirect(JRoute::_($newMenuItem->link . '&Itemid=' . $aliasId));
}

// Dispatch the application
$this->dispatch();

This way all the /?Itemid=xxxxx menu type alias would redirect automatically to the new URL.

But i don't know if it would have other unintended consequences or even if this is the right way to do it in Joomla.

Of course if the menu item alias point to another menu item alias you would still have problems. A more robust solution would be needed.

here is the patch to test. #9929
Thanks.

Closed please test #9929