привожу пример примерно такого меню 
 
идея взята с typo3-snippets 
 
yacbddm = COA 
yacbddm.wrap = <ul class="primary"> | </ul> 
yacbddm.10 = HMENU 
yacbddm.10 { 
    special = list 
    special.value = 13 
    } 
yacbddm.10.1 = TMENU 
yacbddm.10.1 { 
    noBlur = 1 
    expAll = 1 
    NO.wrapItemAndSub = <li class="home"> | </li> 
    ACT=1 
    ACT.wrapItemAndSub = <li class="home active"> | </li> 
} 
yacbddm.20 = HMENU 
yacbddm.20 { 
    special = directory 
    excludeUidList = 13 
    special.value = 3 
    } 
yacbddm.20.1 = TMENU 
yacbddm.20.1 { 
    noBlur = 1 
    expAll = 1 
    NO.wrapItemAndSub = <li> | </li> 
    ACT=1 
    ACT.wrapItemAndSub = <li class="active"> | </li> 
    IFSUB=1 
    IFSUB { 
        wrapItemAndSub = <li> | </li> 
    } 
    ACTIFSUB=1 
    ACTIFSUB { 
        wrapItemAndSub = <li class="active"> | </li> 
    } 
} 
 
# First dropdown Menu configuration 
yacbddm.10.2 = TMENU 
yacbddm.10.2 { 
    noBlur = 1 
    expAll = 1 
    wrap = <ul> | </ul> 
    NO.wrapItemAndSub = <li> | </li> 
    IFSUB=1 
    IFSUB { 
        wrapItemAndSub = <li> | </li> 
    } 
} 
yacbddm.20.2 < yacbddm.10.2 
yacbddm.30.2 < yacbddm.10.2
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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