topic After even more exploration in Software Archive

Sidebar menu linking issues

Peter_J_1 — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 23:50:25 GMT

Any help would be much appreciated. I am currently developing an app using the app designer with a sidebar menu using list items as links to different pages of the app. Recently my links, both with debugging and actual builds, will link to the proper page for a fraction of a second but then return to the previous page. It happens about 90% of the time the link is pressed.

I apologize for my rudimentary understanding of the programing involved – I am new to this world. If there is any code I can provide just let me know. Thanks for the help.

Given further exploration it

Peter_J_1 — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:21:18 GMT

Given further exploration it appears that it is only when switching between the main pages. If I am on a sub-page then use a menu to return to the parent page it works just fine.

After even more exploration

Peter_J_1 — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 01:06:07 GMT

After even more exploration and experimentation I have discovered that it is a problem when linking between a parent page and a sub-page to a different parent. I reset all of my links to only go between parent pages and now they work fine. The reason I had switched it to link between sub-pages was because if you are on a sub-page and leave for a different section then return it retains the sub-page you were on. I had solved this issue by linking to a sub-page which contained a menu that then linked to the content pages. Now, having to switch back to linking between parent pages I am left with the original issue of a link returning to the previous sub-page. Is there a way to rank sub-pages and always have one display when linking back to a parent page?

Think of it this way: if you

Chris_P_Intel — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 16:21:38 GMT

Think of it this way: if you want a particular sub-page to be visible when you go to the parent page, then link directly to that sub-page.

If you just want "whatever the user was last looking at", then link to its parent page.

For the main navigation, this is usually fairly obvious and not problematic. But for "returning" or "going back", one has to think harder about it. Where should the "home" button go? This may require some thought.