Hi there,
I'm using HTML::Template to produce a website, and I'm trying to avoid a link to the current page, because Jakob Nielsen says it's a good idea. (Note that I still think PerlMonks should continue with its static links, because of the frequency that pages are returned after HTTP POST requests)

I've got a common menu which is <TMPL_INCLUDE>'d into every template file, and I'm using CGI::Application's cgiapp_prerun() method to set certain values.

cgiapp_prerun: (paraphrased slightly, forgive typos)

sub cgiapp_prerun {
        my $self = shift;
        my $q = $self->query();
        my $runmode = $self->get_current_runmode();
        return unless(exists $template_files{$runmode});
        $self->{"_html_template"} = HTML::Template->new(filename => $t
+emplate_files{$runmode}, associate => $q);
        $self->{"_html_template"}->param($runmode => 1);
}
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Now in my common.tmpl file:

        <TMPL_IF NAME="mode9">
                Customer Search<br />
        <TMPL_ELSE>
                <a href="support.pl?rm=mode9">Customer Search</a><br /
+>
        </TMPL_IF>

        <TMPL_IF NAME="mode11">
                Kit Search<br />
        <TMPL_ELSE>
                <a href="support.pl?rm=mode11">Kit Search</a><br />
        </TMPL_IF>
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Obviously that will become huge once you've got more than a couple of choices.

Does anyone have any suggestions for preventing the appearance of current-page links without the duplication above?
Should I just carry on using this technique? after all, the users' time is more valuable (there's more of them, they use it often).

Update: Forgot to mention that I'm aware I could simply do away with the text when I'm in that runmode, but I believe the "jumping menu" effect would be jarring.