$navclass and the User CP Navbar

[Krofh]

Hey,
This is probably a really easy and stupid question, but I'm asking anyways how do I get the $navclass thing to work right if I'm adding a link to the UserCP Nav bar? I think I figured it out for the most part, my link looks like:

<tr>
	<td class="$navclass[mything]" nowrap="nowrap"><a class="smallfont" href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=mything">$vbphrase[mything]</a></td>
</tr>

Then of course I figured out that in the code in profile.php I need to call:

construct_usercp_nav('mything');

So it will work properly. All the cells have the right style when "Mything" is selected, but if I click on another one then it has no value at all and comes out like:

<tr>
	<td class="" nowrap="nowrap"><a class="smallfont" href="profile.php?do=mything">My Thing</a></td>
</tr>

It doesn't surprise me that it doesn't work but if someone could help me get it right, that'd be really helpful. Thanks

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Well, after a long time of searching, I figured it out... but I also found many other people who have asked this question and not found the answer, so here's what to do to add something to your User CP:

1) Add the link in USERCP_SHELL, with class="$navclass[myitem]" in the <td> tag.
2) In profile.php (or use hook: profile_start), add your code for the new section
3) With this code, make sure to add: construct_usercp_nav('myitem');. This will set all of the colors on the User CP Nav bar (which one is selected and which ones aren't).
4) In includes/functions_user.php (or use hook: usercp_nav_start), add 'myitem' to the $cells array. You can do this manually in includes/functions_user.php, or in the hook add the code: $cells[] = 'myitem';

I hope this will help someone.

[ckhorne]

Thanks - this helped. Is there anyway to add the code in the hook without creating a new product XML?

IE- why can't I do something like this within my php page:

if ($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('profile_start')) {
	eval($hook); 
	$cells[] = 'myitem';
}

I've tried several variations, but none seem to work (including eval'ing the $cells statement with the hook). Is the only way to do this through a product xml file?