Hi

I've been trying to override LeftAndMain::MainMenu() with a custom function, is this possible?

So far I've tried creating an extension registered in the yml and creating a custom class that extends LeftAndMain using Object::useCustomClass in the config to point LeftandMain to my new class but neither of these seem to work.

Any ideas on how I could do this?

Thanks

Hi Phill,

What are you trying to achieve? There are ways of adding links etc to the menu if that’s what you need.

If you do need something entirely custom, you could override the template framework/admin/templates/Includes/LeftAndMain_Menu.ss and use, for example, <% loop CustomMainMenu %>.

You could then add an extension to LeftAndMain with a CustomMainMenu function and it should pick it up.

Hope this helps,
Loz

While we're on the topic - I can override LeftAndMain_Menu.ss by putting it in mysite\templates\Includes\LeftAndMain_Menu.ss, but I cannot override it by putting it in mymodule\templates\Includes\LeftAndMain_Menu.ss. Is there something that restricts CMS template overrides in a module?

Thanks kinglozzer that works id overlooked just renaming the function.

@Dave L I believe this is a known issue, you may be able to override it by prefixing your module with zzz_
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/silverstripe-dev/JJd-ryW7erY