Is my 4.1 Menu System bugged?

[Neej]

I have a question about the new Menu system in 4.1 and want to know if my menu is bugged.

Whenever I try make custom menu's like this (regardless of theme) it will not put the menu items I want on the 2nd tier. So any custom menus I want MUST just be dropdown menus. 

Here is what I mean, I set up the menu and add submenus to the drop downs (and click publish)

But then when I check the menu "Companies" there is nothing inside of it. 

So I have to resort to using drop downs on the top tier of the menu like this.

I just don't feel that this is functioning correctly, as I have some default menus like Activity that do function correctly, but I cannot seem to replicate them.

And again this is not a theme issue, happens with default theme also.
It also applies to any menu item type, so even if I'm trying to put a non dropdown link in the 2nd tier, just a regular external link menu item or a Page menu item, it also will not display those, just in case anyone thinks it's to do with me trying to put drop downs in the 2nd tier.

[Neej]

Bump.

Would like a simple yes or no from someone if my menu is functioning incorrectly?

[Neej]

Just getting in my daily bump for someone to respond with either 'You should be able to create menu items on the 2nd tier of the menu' or 'your menu is functioning correctly you cannot make custom 2nd tier menus'.

[Neej]

Daily bump.

Can other people with IP Board forums make a custom menu item to anything like a page or an external link, and then have a functioning tier 2 menu below it?

[Flitterkill]

There are some bugs with the menu that have been patched which should hit with the next update.

https://community.invisionpower.com/search/?type=cms_records21&q=menu

Outside of that you might want to submit a bug report.

[opentype]

When I set up new entries and place them directly at a certain position, that position might not get saved when I publish it. So I will load the menu manager again, move the item now and then it works. So your answer is “yes”. Of course you should be able to put items on the second level and almost all sites running on 4.1 use the second level. 

If you can’t get it work with the default theme, submit a support ticket. 
In addition: have you tried deactivating that plugin that puts the icon in the menu?

[Paul.F]

Or just read the bugs submitted

[Neej]

6 hours ago, opentype said:

When I set up new entries and place them directly at a certain position, that position might not get saved when I publish it. So I will load the menu manager again, move the item now and then it works. So your answer is “yes”. Of course you should be able to put items on the second level and almost all sites running on 4.1 use the second level. 

If you can’t get it work with the default theme, submit a support ticket. 
In addition: have you tried deactivating that plugin that puts the icon in the menu?

Thats not a plugin it's just custom CSS, and the menu is bugged even on a default theme.

I will give your suggestion of re-loading the menu manager, thanks.

[Meddysong]

I had the same problem. The response from support is that it's a known problem and has been fixed for 4.1.4.

[RocketSMS]

Actually, I am using v4.1.4.1 and am still having this menu behavior intermittently.  Once I saw this and couple of other threads that indicated that reloading the browser seemed to resolve the menu manager, it helped immensely.

[GoAncestry]

Me too.  Updated to 4.1.4.1 and still is an issue.

[TheGreyWizard]

I think perhaps it's just something they've changed with the new update and created an easy way to have a sub-navigation/drop down menu?  You can un-nest them and delete them as need be, but seems like an extra step, but I guess if you like sub-navigation it works.

[RocketSMS]

My experience is that after a few moves in the menu editor one should save.  Then reload the page.  About 30% of the time the items you moved around on the page jump to some other position.  I move them back, save, and then reload the page.  So far after the second reload it's always stayed in position.

Should be an easy fix.

[Loren]

9 hours ago, GoAncestry said:

Me too.  Updated to 4.1.4.1 and still is an issue.

Same here.

[Neej]

Yes I have 4.1.4.1 and am still having the issue. I managed to get 1 tier 2 menu item working inside of a tier 1, but not the rest of them. I have put in a support ticket and am awaiting for them to login to my ACP and check.

[RocketSMS]

What works for me.  Move a tier 2 under a tier 1.  Publish menu.  Then reload page.  Many times the tiles menus will jump into weird locations. Then move them where you want them again.  Publish.  Reload.  For some reason I have never had to repeat.

Good luck!

[Dean_]

On 28/11/2015, 23:14:10, RocketSMS said:

What works for me.  Move a tier 2 under a tier 1.  Publish menu.  Then reload page.  Many times the tiles menus will jump into weird locations. Then move them where you want them again.  Publish.  Reload.  For some reason I have never had to repeat.

Good luck!

Exactly what I've been doing, once the page is reploaded and I've moved them to where I want them and then publish it works.

[Loren]

I do not know for others but it is impossible for me to reorder dropdown menus.

[GoAncestry]

Same here, I deleted the entire drop down menu, then when I built it again I created it in the order I wanted it to display in.

[Neej]

Just wanted to post that the Invisionpower support got back to me about it and had a look at my website, let me know that the menu system has issues with needing to be refreshed and republished, and that a fix was coming in the next version (4.1.5)