Developer Network™ Description
Inheritance in module assignment. If a module is determined to include inheritance, as sub-menu items are created within a parent menu item, that module will automatically appear on those pages.
Joomla! Feature Roadmap
UI/UX: Intelligent module assignment
- Person in Charge:
- Tom van der Laan, Laura Gordon
- Status:
- In Progress
- Modified Date
- Friday, 09 January 2026
- Added Value / Benefits
- If a new menu item is created without this feature, frequently modules ‘disappear’ on newly added menu items, because they are unaware of the dependency of assigning the new sub-menu items to the specific modules.
- Currently, when a user adds a new submenu item, they must go to the Modules area, find all modules that display in that menu, and manually assign them to the new menu item.
- This can also be tedious if you have multiple modules on a page. When a sub-menu item is created, it is necessary to determine which modules should appear, then manually assign each one to the new menu item.
- Speed up maintenance of a Joomla website when adding menu items.
- Beyond Current Scope
- Should not change the position assignment
- It should only apply to submenus within the menu item that is defined with inheritance
- If Inheritance is NOT selected, then I can manually select the menu items for it to appear or not appear on. Current functionality.
- Requirements/Dependencies
- Coder
- Accessibility Tester
- Maintainer
- Product Tester
- USPs
- Save time when adding menu items.
- Less chance of having modules disappear on a website.