This one looks good but creates empty link entries (links to the pages without link labels). Any ideas to fix this?

The following snippet does not generate empty links nor empty wraps:

lib.splitmenu = COA
lib.splitmenu {
10 = HMENU
10 {
special = directory
special.value = 1
1 = TMENU
1 {
wrap = <div>1st half of menu items<br />|</div>
NO {
allStdWrap {
wrap = |<br />
if {
value.data = register:count_HMENU_MENUOBJ
negate = 1
isLessThan {
prioriCalc = 1
cObject = TEXT
cObject.insertData = 1
cObject.value = ({register:count_menuItems} + 1) / 2
}
}
}
stdWrap.if < .allStdWrap.if
}
ACT < .NO
ACT = 1
ACT.stdWrap.wrap = <strong>|</strong>
}
}
20 < .10
20.1.wrap = <div>2nd half of menu items<br>|</div>
20.1.NO.stdWrap.if.negate >
20.1.NO.allStdWrap.if.negate >
20.1.ACT.stdWrap.if.negate >
20.1.ACT.allStdWrap.if.negate >
}

Enjoy!

I have a question, can you give me answer?
if the menu has child menuitems, how to write the ts using this method. thanks.

Small correction to the above: +1 should be +2 throughout to make sure the 'weighting' of menu items is correct (i.e. always more items in the first two columns)

You can use the same approach to output a menu split into 3 parts too. Requires a bit more playing with \\'if\\' though. lib.splitmenu = COA lib.splitmenu { 10 = HMENU 10 { includeNotInMenu = 1 special = directory special.value = 1 1 = TMENU 1 { wrap = <ul>|</ul> NO { ATagParams = ATagBeforeWrap = 1 ATagTitle.field = title ATagTitle.noTrimWrap = |Link to: | | stdWrap.htmlSpecialChars = 1 allStdWrap { wrap = <li>|</li> if { value.data = register:count_HMENU_MENUOBJ negate = 1 isLessThan { prioriCalc = 1 cObject = TEXT cObject.insertData = 1 cObject.value = ({register:count_menuItems}+2) / 3 } } } stdWrap.if < .allStdWrap.if } ACT < .NO ACT = 1 ACT.stdWrap.wrap = <strong>|</strong> } } 20 < .10 20.1.NO.allStdWrap.if { negate = 0 isLessThan.cObject.value = ({register:count_menuItems}+2) / 3 isGreaterThan < .isLessThan isGreaterThan.cObject.value = (({register:count_menuItems}+1) /3) *2 } 20.1.NO.stdWrap.if < .20.1.NO.allStdWrap.if 20.1.ACT < .20.1.NO 30 < .10 30.1.NO.allStdWrap.if { isGreaterThan < .isLessThan isGreaterThan.cObject.value = (({register:count_menuItems}+1) /3) *2 isLessThan > } 30.1.NO.stdWrap.if < .30.1.NO.allStdWrap.if 30.1.ACT < .30.1.NO } The \\'+2\\' on the isLessThan for the first \\'group\\' of menu items is a lame way of making sure the first column or group has more items than the subsequent ones... there\\'s probably a better / more mathemetical way to do it but this is ok for me

Both examples give me an empty line before each menuitem, with an A tag of the same id as the active one.