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the reason why is because CiviCRM doesn't always handle the menu's Itemid value very well. it loses it during multi-step/multi-page operations. and the Itemid is what Joomla uses to assign modules.

there's no easy fix, unfortunately.

you might want to take a look at the advanced module manager extension for joomla. depending on how you're using civi resources, you may be able to create a work around with that. for example, that extension will let you assign a module to an extension, so it shows up whenever that extension is used.

what hook? or are you thinking to create a new one that injects code after an action is initiated or link is clicked? almost like an apache redirect?

it would seem weird to handle as a hook, as this would be something you'd want active on all frontend pages, not just on a select basis.

is there a location, such as civicrm.php in the joomla site folder (installed to components/com_civicrm) where all urls are routed? if so, it might be as easy as running those through JRoute (http://docs.joomla.org/JRoute), which takes care of the Itemid processing (see http://docs.joomla.org/Routing).

JRoute also processes SEF urls, but we'd probably need to do more work to define the rules for that. I think the bigger issue is better handling of the menu item.

if all links are already routed through a common location in the civi code, and you can point me there, I'll play with implementing JRoute