So far I've resorted to using <ul> / <li>'s for menu items and putting an <asp:hyperlink> in the list item, then in the code behind.. getting the current URL and regex checking it against each menu option's URL and adding a class="selected" to the relevant link.. (horrible really).. It works, but it feels bad.. at least it keeps the markup clean and the CSS works, no JS anywhere..
On Feb 17, 3:28 pm, Drew Crawford <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm interested to see what kind of response there is to this. I have the > same issue (which I've been putting on the back burner lately). Would be > nice to hear of a good solution already out there, instead of coming up with > one from scratch. > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:18 AM, peteski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I might be off the mark here, but having spent all afternoon trying to > > find a way to add a class to a <li> element to specify which menu item > > represents the current page in a menu.. > > > I've looked at using the asp:menu control; I have found it to be akin > > to using Comic Sans on a site - surely in 2009 we should be able to > > simply and quickly configure the way we want out menu output, complete > > with Id's classes etc.. and without .net slapping its horrible id's on > > the front of my own: ct100_header_myElement. > > > Using sitemap doesn't seem to give the flexibility either, I ended up > > simply coding the <ul> myself, which I have no problem with, fair > > enough it's not the answer to all solutions - but when you want to be > > able to easily format your markup it sure seems better! > > > I'm using an image replacement technique on the <a> tags inside my > > <li>'s, I've tried getting hold of the <li> in code behind on page > > load to attach a "current" class to the relevant item with no joy > > (I've tried runat="server" on EVERYTHING)!. > > > I've looked at what seems to be a crippled and more or less dead > > project CSS Friendly Adaptors (now on Google groups).. and I'm close > > to giving up - I remember in PHP you could simply use strstr($loc, > > "what_Im_Looking_for"); granted not always the best solution, but > > given the scale of my project just what I would want right now.. > > > I want .net to be #1 .. my #1.. can anyone give me a lifeline here? > > > Thanks > > Pete
