Don’t you love it when problems that seemed insurmountable in the past turn out to be fairly trivial to implement because of new techniques/libraries? I just had one of those moments and thought it would be instructive to share.
{#if $T.length == 0 && $P.root} <div class="no_cats"> <span>No Categories</span> </div> {#else} <ul class="cat_list" catId="{$P.parentId}"> {#foreach $T as cat} <li class="cat_item" order="{$T.cat.Order}" catId="{$T.cat.Id}"> {#if $P.select} <input class="cat_select" id="cat_cb_{$T.cat.Id}" name="cat_cb_{$T.cat.Id}" catId="{$T.cat.Id}" type="checkbox" /> <label for="cat_cb_{$T.cat.Id}">{$T.cat.Name}</label> {#else} <a href="{$T.cat.Url}" cat="{$T.cat.Name}" class='cat_link'>{$T.cat.Name}</a> {#/if} {#if $P.edit} <div class="cat_delete"> <a href="#" class="cmd_try_delete"><span>Delete</span></a> </div> <div class="cat_delete_confirm"> <span>Are you sure?</span> <a href="#" catId="{$T.cat.Id}" class="cmd_delete">Yes</a> <a href="#" class="cmd_delete_cancel">Cancel</a> </div> {#/if} {#if $P.edit && !$P.isRootBlog} <div class="cat_move"> <a href="#"><span>Move</span></a> </div> {#/if} <div class="cat_childs" parentId="{$T.cat.Id}"></div> </li> {#/for} </ul> {#/if}
<span>Parent category:</span> <select class="cs_blog_categories_list_dropdown"> <option value="-1">--</option> {#foreach $T as cat} <option value="{$T.cat.Id}">{$T.cat.Name}</option> {#/for} </select>