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We normally do this in methods in our controllers; a common method in
which this would be done is edit(). This example demonstrates how:
JRequest::setVar('hidemainmenu', 1);
There is one other caveat when using this; the main menu will be deactivated. This
screenshot depicts the main menu across the top of backend:
This screenshot depicts the main menu across the top of backend when
hidemainmenu is enabled; notice that all of the menu items are grayed out:
Rendering Output
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Itemized Data
Most components handle and display itemized data. Itemized data is data having
many instances; most commonly this reflects rows in a database table. When dealing
with itemized data there are three areas of functionality that users generally expect:
Pagination
Ordering
Filtering and Searching
In this section we will discuss each of these areas of functionality and how to
implement them in the backend of a component.
Pagination
To make large amounts of itemized data easier to understand, we split the data
across multiple pages.


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