Fix menu block showing up even when no subitems in drupal 8 bug

May 23, 2018 in Drupal 8

I personally like using the drupal menu block module. It allows for quick creation of submenu's. The following patch fixes a bug that keeps showing regions, even when there are no subitems in the menu block.

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