Magento - category display menus and products in the category

Question

I have 2 product categories in my Magento admin. The first category has 5 products, and in category 2 there are 8 products.

What I really would like to do is have a menu that displays both categories, and then a drop-down menu that displays products in each category.

Is it possible? I searched everywhere but found no real examples

Answer 1

I think this is possible, but you will have to implement it yourself if you do not find examples :).

Suggestion:
Perhaps you can expand / redefine a function Mage_Catalog_Block_Navigation->_renderCategoryMenuItemHtmlto display its products in a drop-down menu rather than a subcategory.

Answer 2

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 $newCarCollection = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load(CATEGORY_ID);
 $newCarCollection = $newCarCollection->getProductCollection();

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