Deeply nested model

[p.tes...@gmail.com]

Hi there,

I have a category model build using the ancestry gem.

• The categories are deeply nested and in theory the tree may be deep as much as the user want

class Category < ActiveRecord::Base

  has_ancestry

  has_many :products

end

Is there a way to define a menu for a given category in such a way that the corresponding menu and breadcrumb contain the full trail of categories to the root?

I think a recursive approach should do the trick but I am struggling to figure out how to implement it.

Thanks for your help.

Paul

[extreme....@gmail.com]

I am attempting to do the same thing. I too came to the conclusion that recursion would do the trick and have since come up with a method I believe should do the job but I have hit a brick wall. On the good side, I get no errors. On the bad side, I get no menu.

If you have managed to come up with a solution, I would be keen to see it.

Regards,

Braden

[extreme....@gmail.com]

I actually got it working thanks to the help from a friend.. here is the code I used (ps. those CSS classes you see are for Foundation):

SimpleNavigation::Configuration.run do |navigation|

  navigation.items do |primary|

    def walktree(db, parent)

      sub_items = pages_menu.where(parent_id: db.id)

      if sub_items.count > 0

        parent.item db.name,db.name,my_content_path(db.id), class: "has-dropdown" do |s|

          s.dom_class="dropdown"

          sub_items.each do |ddItem|

            walktree(ddItem, s)

          end

        end

      else

        parent.item db.name,db.name,my_content_path(db.id)

      end

    end

    primary.dom_class='right'

    #dynamic pages menus

    pages_menu.where(parent_id: '0').each do |menu|

      if menu.is_visible

        walktree(menu, primary)

      end

    end

  end

end