Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 7.x includes/menu.inc \menu_item_types

Definitions for various menu item types.

Menu item definitions provide one of these constants, which are shortcuts for combinations of the above flags.

Parent topics

Menu system
Define the navigation menus, and route page requests to code based on URLs.

File

includes/menu.inc, line 92
API for the Drupal menu system.

Constants

Namesort descending Location Description
MENU_CALLBACK includes/menu.inc Callbacks simply register a path so that the correct function is fired when the URL is accessed. They are not shown in the menu.
MENU_DEFAULT_LOCAL_TASK includes/menu.inc Every set of local tasks should provide one "default" task, that links to the same path as its parent when clicked.
MENU_LOCAL_TASK includes/menu.inc Local tasks are rendered as tabs by default. Use this for menu items that describe actions to be performed on their parent item. An example is the path "node/52/edit", which performs the "edit" task on "node/52".
MENU_NORMAL_ITEM includes/menu.inc Normal menu items show up in the menu tree and can be moved/hidden by the administrator. Use this for most menu items. It is the default value if no menu item type is specified.
MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM includes/menu.inc Modules may "suggest" menu items that the administrator may enable. They act just as callbacks do until enabled, at which time they act like normal items. Note for the value: 0x0010 was a flag which is no longer used, but this way the values…