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Version: 4.x

menu-item-types

About Menu Item Types​

Menu item types are defined in each component that has site views. The Joomla core has about 10 such components, each with several views giving a total of over 30 types. The following screenshot shows the components with menu item type. Select any component to see the list of types defined by that component:

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Articles​

  • Archived Articles: Display all archived articles.
  • Category Blog: Displays article introductions in a single or multi-column layout.
  • Category List: Displays a list of articles in a category.
  • Create Article: Create a new article.
  • Featured Articles: Show all featured articles from one or multiple categories in a single or multi-column layout.
  • List All Categories in an Article Category Tree: Shows a list of all categories in the selected article category tree.
  • Single Article: Display a single article.

Configuration​

  • Display Template Options: Displays template parameter options if the template allows this.
  • Site Configuration Options: Displays global site configuration options.

Contacts​

  • Create Contact: Create a new contact.
  • Featured Contacts: This view lists the featured contacts.
  • List All Categories in a Contact Category Tree: Shows a list of categories within a contact category tree.
  • List Contacts in a Category: This view lists the contacts in a category.
  • Single Contact: This links to the contact information for one contact.

News Feeds​

  • List All Categories in a News Feed Category Tree: Shows a list of all categories in the selected news feed category tree.
  • List News Feeds in a Category: Show all news feeds within a category.
  • Single News Feed: Show a single news feed.

Privacy​

  • Confirm Request: Displays a form to confirm an information request.
  • Create Request: Displays a form to submit an information request.
  • Extend Consent: Displays a form to extend the privacy consent
  • Search: The default search layout.
  • Menu Heading: A heading for the parent of submenu items.
  • Menu Item Alias: Create an alias to another menu item.
  • Separator: A separator with or without a text label, useful to separate items within a menu.
  • URL: An external or internal URL.

Tags​

  • Compact List of Tagged Items: List of items that have been tagged with the selected tags.
  • List All Tags: This links to a detailed list of all tags.
  • Tagged Items: This links to a list of items with specific tags.

Users​

  • Edit User Profile: Edit a user profile.
  • Login Form: Displays a login form.
  • Logout: Direct logout and redirect to page.
  • Password Reset: Displays a request to reset password.
  • Registration Form: Displays a registration form.
  • User Profile: Displays a user profile.
  • Username Reminder Request: Displays a username reminder request.

Wrapper​

  • Iframe Wrapper: Displays a URL in an iframe.