[Catalyst] Menu navigation implementation

[Barry Hoggard]

Jennifer Ahn wrote:
> hi everybody!
> 
> I'm trying to implement a menu on a left navigation column in my web 
> application and i would like to know how others have approach a similar 
> topic.
> 
> My controller object contains the menu items.  How would my layout 
> template, which is part of a wrapper, access this array of menu items?  
> My controller class has many methods and I wouldn't want each method to 
> have to keep a stash of the menu items.
> Thanks !

I usually handle this by having an end method in a base controller class 
that sticks the proper menu data into the stash.


Barry