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Group Extension API questions

David Cavins
Keymaster

@dcavins

11 years, 3 months ago
I’m finding the Group Extension API on the Codex to be very helpful.

I do have a couple of questions, though.
1. Should ‘nav_item_name’ be translatable, like
  'nav_item_name' => __( 'label_name', 'handle');
2. Can ‘enable_nav_item’ be conditional? Would a check like this work? (Is the group extension called at the right time to perform these kinds of checks?)
```
//Only show the navigation tab if this group has the plugin enabled
    $show_nav_item = ( plugin_is_enabled( bp_get_current_group_id() ) ) ? true : false;

function __construct() {
        $args = array(
		'enable_nav_item' => $show_nav_item,
		);
		parent::init( $args );
	}
```
Thanks for your help,

-David

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Boone Gorges
Keymaster

@boonebgorges

11 years, 3 months ago
– Yes, 'nav_item_name' should be translatable if you plan to distribute the plugin. If it’s for a custom installation, it doesn’t matter.

– Yes, you can set 'enable_nav_item' (or any other config value) conditionally. I’d do your conditional logic *inside* of the constructor, to be sure that it’s loaded late enough:
```
function __construct() {
    $show_nav_item = (bool) plugin_is_enabled( bp_get_current_group_id() );
    $args = array(
        'enable_nav_item' => $show_nav_item,
    );
    parent::init( $args );
}
```
David Cavins
Keymaster

@dcavins

11 years, 3 months ago

Great! Thanks for clearing this up.

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