Everything related to menus in TypoScript is linked to the HMENU
(hierarchical menu) content object. It doesn't matter which menu is being used. HMENU
assembles the formation of the pages. The rendering of the menu entries, on the other hand, is handled by sub-objects, which are contained in a numerical list. You will learn more about this numbering and the related entryLevel
property later. Now let's investigate the ways in which menus can be presented.
You have been introduced to the various menu types. Various menu states can be defined for each of these versions. The principle behind this is as simple as it is clever: first the type of menu is specified and then a specific state is defined for individual menu elements. This procedure is made possible by the fact that each menu element consists of a single entry from the navigation.
One typical menu state is rollover, which you might also know by the name of mouse-over. This defines the look...