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I have a channel with a set of categories, each with a few subcategories.  I have this code (simplified):

{exp:channel:categories channel="theChannel"}
<input type="checkbox" value="something" /> {category_name}
{/exp:channel:categories}

I want to show only the children of a specific parent.  Let’s say the a parent is category 1 and its children are 2, 3, and 4.

If I add:

show="1"

I get only the parent.

If I add:

show="1|2"

I get the parent and the first child.

But if I add:

show="2"

2|3|4

)

I get nothing, likely because the parent isn’t included.

My only thought thus far is to use

style="linear"

and force-hide the first item.  This seems messy.

Any suggestions?  Thanks!

i am hitting exactly the same wall - its painful. I have tried using LOW’s seg2cat which gives you a few more variables to do logic with, but this is only as good as id and parent id - which does not help me at all as i have more than 1 level of categories. Same applie to the child_categories plugin - although this one might work for you.

if you have worked anything out i would be interested to know what.
At the moment i am looking to battle with my own plugin just to produce as simple menu from categories - basic stuff which EE is really not helping me with… annoying.

Try this,

{exp:channel:categories channel="theChannel" category_group="1"}
<input type="checkbox" value="something" /> {if parent_id !="0"}{category_name}{/if}
{/exp:channel:categories}

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Bashir Tahir

——Edit———
This will not, perhaps, work with multilevels.

Hi Cheers, see what you have done, but for me it will not work as trying to display a three tiered menu, with multiple items beneath each… hence the above would not isolate it to each individual active parent… i’ll keep pluging away, but thanks.

Does that help, Mitch? Unfortunately I am not aware of a better option to show children only, i.e. without their parents. Might make for a good Feature Request, I think.

i am building a plugin - will send it when done. a feature request will take years to come out.

I thought of that too.  In this limited case it should do the trick, as once developed this site’s categories (and parents) shouldn’t change so hard-coding them is at least functional.  It would be nice to have a more automated approach.

Does that help, Mitch? Unfortunately I am not aware of a better option to show children only, i.e. without their parents. Might make for a good Feature Request, I think.

Hi, Mitch. Please do consider leaving a feature request, and have it be a “story” about why you want or need a particular feature.