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   HalloCannot see an answer in the wicky/forums but I want to save a menu "setup" I have made as follows.

Inserted a  "group of elements" container into page.
Inside that I place five "Text Links " (horizontally) each with a popup menu attached (which actually drop down as I repositioned it. )

This structure is a useful menu system  and could be used again if it could be saved.

I read the wiki on saving as"new elements" but seems to only apply to "modified" original elements - not groups. So is it possible to save groups?  -  if so,how? 
and if not - it would be my suggestion for a new featurei  (if possible.)

thanks 

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0oseven Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: Sep 19 2013 Location: brisbane Status: Offline Points: 51	Post Options Post Reply Quote 0oseven Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: saving group of elements Posted: Oct 03 2013 at 7:56am
	Hallo Cannot see an answer in the wicky/forums but I want to save a menu "setup" I have made as follows. Inserted a "group of elements" container into page. Inside that I place five "Text Links " (horizontally) each with a popup menu attached (which actually drop down as I repositioned it. ) This structure is a useful menu system and could be used again if it could be saved. I read the wiki on saving as"new elements" but seems to only apply to "modified" original elements - not groups. So is it possible to save groups? - if so,how? and if not - it would be my suggestion for a new featurei (if possible.) thanks

0oseven Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: Sep 19 2013 Location: brisbane Status: Offline Points: 51	Post Options Post Reply Quote 0oseven Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Oct 03 2013 at 7:59am
	Oh dear I'm embarrassed - I just found the save option in the style menu. Looked for it before but couldn't see it and assumed feature wasn't available for my "selection"

0oseven Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: Sep 19 2013 Location: brisbane Status: Offline Points: 51	Post Options Post Reply Quote 0oseven Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Oct 03 2013 at 8:06am
	Whoa ! That "save" didn't seem to be what I wanted ! I inserted anothe " group of elements " item to the page - applied the Style I had saved but the texts and popups did not load so clearly my original question still stands

Chris OE Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Jan 22 2013 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 186	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chris OE Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Oct 03 2013 at 2:23pm
	Hi 0oseven, For the moment, there isn't a way to save a group of elements the way you're describing. If you're looking to re-use the elements on multiple pages of your site, put the group in a Layer and assign that layer to the pages you want to use it on. If you want to use the group in another project, you can open a second instance of openElement and copy and paste the elements in question. In the meantime, I'm sure Dmit could shed more light on whether or not it would be possible to save a group of elements.

0oseven Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: Sep 19 2013 Location: brisbane Status: Offline Points: 51	Post Options Post Reply Quote 0oseven Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Oct 04 2013 at 12:15am
	thanks for response - I will note your suggestions. Maybe the save option will be intruduced if it's feasable and thought worthy as a feature. cheers

0oseven Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: Sep 19 2013 Location: brisbane Status: Offline Points: 51	Post Options Post Reply Quote 0oseven Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Oct 04 2013 at 1:54am
	I can add that in the above case ( grouped elements with drop pop ups ) when I copied the group to a new page, although the "trigger" text boxes were copied the popup functions were not. notalotta people know that - but i thought you might. cheers ps I never know whether to post this stuff in bugs ?

Dmit OE Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: May 31 2012 Status: Offline Points: 5283	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dmit OE Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Oct 04 2013 at 9:46am
	Hi. This functionality - saving and reusing groups of elements - is partly implemented, it is used notably to create Packs (see the menu to the right). You can use it by changing your page type to PHP (menu Page -> button server-side Scripting -> PHP), selecting your elements + pop-up menu element (you can use Element Explorer on the bottom-left of openElement and Ctrl+click to select several elements) then Ctrl+Shift+P to create a Pack - in the Pack Creation Dialog, just enter a name, ex. Menu01. Then your Pack will be accessible in the PAck tree in the Category "various". Or you can select elements with menus and copy-paste them; just, for the copy-paste to work, you need to select last element (still holding down the Ctrl key) on the page itself not in the Element Explorer, otherwise elements will not be copied. The problem in both cases is that, for pop-up menus, updating the link to their elements is not implemented (this will be done for next versions), so you will need to re-configure your pop-up menus to link them again to corresponding elements on the page. Good day D

Dmit OE Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: May 31 2012 Status: Offline Points: 5283	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dmit OE Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Oct 04 2013 at 9:47am
	P.S. If you changed your page type to PHP to make a Pack, you can of course change it back to HTML after your pack is created.

0oseven Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: Sep 19 2013 Location: brisbane Status: Offline Points: 51	Post Options Post Reply Quote 0oseven Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Oct 30 2013 at 7:55pm
	Have only just caught up with your last reply - most usful Is it possible to make forum default to " notify me by email for replies" ? I keep forgetting to check the box which is how I missed your replies until now. thankyoufor responses Edited by 0oseven - Oct 30 2013 at 7:58pm

Chris OE Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Jan 22 2013 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 186	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chris OE Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Oct 30 2013 at 8:05pm
	Hi, It's easy, just go to the forum options at the top of the page. Member Control Panel -> Forum Preferences -> Notify me of replies to posts: YES

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