It is sometimes useful to suppress the menu trail on top level items. Here is how to do it.
Why
The menu_trail includes the whole path through the menu to the current page if it is reachable that way. Sometimes it may seem pointless to show the menu_trail if we are on the first level of the menu. If we want to avoid this we need to avoid rendering a menu trail when it is less than two items long.
Assumptions
Readers are assumed to be comfortable with Zotonic template design and the use of filters and tags.
How
One simple condition change to _article_chapeau.tpl from the blog skeleton makes this work:
{% with id|menu_trail as parents %}
{% if parents|length > 1 %}
<h5 class="chapeau">
{% for p in parents %}
<a href="{{ m.rsc[p].page_url }}">{{ m.rsc[p].title }}</a>
{% if not forloop.last %}»{% endif %}
{% endfor %}</h5>{% endif %}{% endwith %}
The key here is {% if parents|length > 1 %} in place of {% if parents %}.
The if tag is now rendering the menu_trail only if there are two or more items in it which - as I mentioned before - happens when you are at least two levels deep in the menu.
Troubleshooting
There are no troubleshooting steps available for this guide. Please provide any you have learned in the comments below or on the Zotonic Users Group.
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