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Description¶

The Category List menu item type is used to show articles belonging to a specific Category in a list layout.

Common Elements¶

Some aspects of this page are covered in separate Help articles:

• Toolbars.
• The Details Tab.
• The Category Tab.
• The List Layouts Tab.
• The Integration Tab.
• The Link Type Tab.
• The Page Display Tab.
• The Metadata Tab.
• The Associations Tab.
• The Module Assignment Tab.

How To Access¶

Select Menus → [name of the menu] from the Administrator menu.

To add a Menu Item:

1. Select the New button in the Toolbar.
2. Select the Menu Item Type Select button.
3. Select the Articles item.
4. Select the Category List item.

To edit a Menu Item:

• Select a Title from the list

Screenshot¶

Form Fields¶

• Title The title that will display for this menu item.
• Alias The internal name of the menu item. Normally, you can leave this blank and Joomla will fill in a default value Title in lower case and with dashes instead of spaces.

Details tab¶

Left Panel¶

• Menu Item Type The Menu Item Type selected when this menu item was created. This can be one of the core menu item types or a menu item type provided by an installed extension.
• Choose a Category The articles that are within this category will be displayed.
• Tags Optionally restrict displayed articles to those having the selected Tags.
• Link The system-generated link for this menu item. This field cannot be changed and is for information only.
• Target Window Select from the dropdown list.
• Template Style Select from the dropdown list.

Right Panel¶

• Menu Shows which menu the link will appear in.

Tips¶

• The Category List layout is a convenient way to list a compact directory of articles in a category that can include filtering and searching.