Module Navigation

Every module has its own navigation menu - just like the main Form Tools navigation menu. The contents and size of the menu is entirely up to you: each menu item can link to whatever page you wish - whether it be a page within your module, an external link or a link to another Form Tools page.

How the module navigation appears in the UI depends on the theme. With the default theme, the module navigation appears at the top left, shifting the main navigation menu down beneath it.

Your module menu items are defined in your Module.class.php file, as discussed earlier.

The protected class variable in that class defines your module's menu items. It is an array, whose keys correspond to entries in your language file. The values are an array with two indexes: the URL of the page, and whether it should appear as a submenu item or not.

The "module_name", "word_settings" and "word_help" have corresponding entries in the module's lang/en_us.php language file (e.g. $L["module_name"] = "Export Manager" etc). The paths are all relative to the module folder.

After defining your module menu items as described above, your module's menu will be automatically added after your module is installed.