Index: typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_menu.php
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--- typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_menu.php	(revision 2868)
+++ typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_menu.php	(working copy)
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@
 			$minItems = intval($this->mconf['minItems'] ? $this->mconf['minItems'] : $this->conf['minItems']);
 			$maxItems = intval($this->mconf['maxItems'] ? $this->mconf['maxItems'] : $this->conf['maxItems']);
 			$begin = tslib_cObj::calc($this->mconf['begin'] ? $this->mconf['begin'] : $this->conf['begin']);
+			$endat = tslib_cObj::calc($this->mconf['end'] ? $this->mconf['end'] : $this->conf['end']);
 
 			$banUidArray = $this->getBannedUids();
 
@@ -843,9 +844,32 @@
 							break;
 						}
 					}
+					if ($endat>0 && $endat<=$c_b) {
+						break;
+					}
 				}
 			}
-
+			//delete last items if endat is negative
+			if ($endat<0) {
+				$_end=$c+$endat;
+				if ($_end<0) {
+					$_end=0;
+				}
+				for ($i=$c;$i>=$_end; $i--) {
+					unset($this->menuArr[$i]);
+				}
+			}
+			//delete the first items if begin was negative
+			if ($begin<0) {
+				$_begin=$c+$begin;
+				if ($_begin<0) {
+					$_begin=0;
+				}
+				for ($i=0; $i<$_begin; $i++) {
+					array_shift($this->menuArr);
+				}
+			
+			}
 				// Fill in fake items, if min-items is set.
 			if ($minItems)	{
 				while($c<$minItems)	{