Navigation field creates different links for items than the links created by the category view

ggppdk wrote: Hello

"Not set" exists only for top-level usergroups
in your picture top-level usergroups is
-- Public usergroup

so in your case

1. "Create" for Public usergroup configure to "Not set"
2. "Create" for Manager usergroup configure to "Inherit" (aka SOFT deny because parent did not set it)
3. "Create" for Administrator usergroup configure to "Inherit" (aka SOFT deny because non of its ancestor user group has SET it)

Ok.
Let begin from clean site.

I have installed clean Joomla an FC.
I created categories:



I don't registered users add items in Test category, they should add items only in Test subcategory.

1. Checking ACL in Global Configuration for Public usergroup:



It's ok.


2. Checking ACL in Global Configuration for Registered usergroup:



It's ok.

3. Checking ACL in FLEXIcontent component permissions




4. Set denied permission for parent category




5. Set Allowed permission for subcategory



6. Creating menu item for adding items

7. Trying to add item



8. OK, may be I should allow creating items in FC ACL:



9. Checking



10. Change denied on Inherit for parent category



I still can add parent category...

Yes, I got it.
I recheck permissions using your manual:

0. Verify in Global configuration Public usergroup has "Create" set to "Not Set"
1. Verify in Global configuration Usergroup A is under "Registered" usergroup and that "Registered" has "Create" set to "Inherit" aka "SOFT deny"
2. Verify in Global configuration the "Usergroup A" (=your authors) has set "Create" to "Inherit" aka "SOFT deny"
3. Verify that in FLEXIcontent component permissions "Usergroup A" has "create" set to "Inherit" aka "SOFT deny"
4. Verify that category 1 permissions have "create" set to "Inherit" aka "SOFT deny"
5. Verify that category 2 permissions have "create" set to "Inherit" aka "SOFT deny"
6. Verify that category 3 permissions have "create" set to "Allowed" (which is possible because parent does not have HARD deny (explicit Deny))

And not parent category does not displays:



But it should displays but NOT active.

Otherwise, how users will know what is parent categories?

So, finally categories list should look and work like this:

is it possible?