menu_hide_parent

Menu Hide Parent automatically hides placeholder parent menu items (such as those using or routes) when they have no visible child links after access checks.

This ensures that top-level items like Create, Manager, or Settings do not appear in navigation menus when users don’t have permission to access any of their sub-items — keeping menus clean, contextual, and role-aware.

Features

• Automatically hides parent menu items using or targets when they have no accessible children.
• Respects role-based and permission-based access controls.
• Cache-safe, runs only on menu tree rebuilds, not every page load.
• Per-menu enable/disable configuration via the admin UI.

Configuration

• Go to Configuration → User Interface → Menu Hide Parent (/admin/config/user-interface/menu-hide-parent).
• Check the menus where you want to hide empty placeholder parent items.
• Save configuration.
• (Optional) Grant the Administer Menu Hide Parent settings permission to trusted site builders.

Use Cases

• Hiding “Create” or “Manager” menu headers when users can’t create or manage any content types.
• Preventing empty parent items from cluttering navigation for restricted roles.

Technical Notes

• Implements hook_menu_tree_alter() to prune menu trees at render build time.
• Adds user.roles as a cache context for per-role variants.
• Fully compatible with cached menu rendering and configuration-managed menus.