Module - Drop Down Menu

I was in the process of converting a very large static site into a Joomla! CMS version and one part in particular was looming for which I had already decided to spend some time custom coding.

The static site had drop downs or select boxes depending on how you like to call them. Not big fancy CSS dropdowns, just your basic HTML form select boxes. The content was menu options, but each had to contain the sub-menu items of a particular parent item.

I scoured the interweb and after a long and fruitless search I found something vaguely similar to my requirements that gave me a good jump start on the coding.

A module from Walid Nehme over at www.nehmewalid.com (thanks Walid!) came quite close to my needs but missed a couple of parameters that I needed and didn't have the ability to display more than 1 version of the module on any single page. Also the module was breaking for me under SEF URL's which was a problem.

Here's an example:

I've rewritten a large chunk and added some parameters that I needed. If you can find a use for this module please feel free to download it. Any links back to this site would be greatly appreciated.

Added:

• User Access Level controls to prevent unauthorised view of menu items restricted by user level
• A 'Sort - None' option so that menu items can be listed in the same order as they appear on a menu
• Custom dynamic tags to allow multiple instances of the module to function on a single page
• Select box top line text can be customised or automatically takes the parent menu item text

Here are the parameters:

Link to module to follow