You may use the parentId attribute of the currentPage

<xsl:for-each select="$firstLevelMenuItems">
    <li>
        <xsl:if test="$currentPage/@id=@id or ($currentPage/@parentID=@id)">
            <xsl:attribute name="class">current</xsl:attribute>
        </xsl:if>

        <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
            <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName" />
        </a>
           
        </xsl:if>
    </li>
</xsl:for-each>

If you are in a for-each loop on the first level you can test the node if one of his descendants is selected via

<xsl:when test="descendant-or-self::node/@id = $currentPage/@id">
  <xsl:attribute name="class">level1selected</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>

hth, Thomas

BTW: you can test it on every level ;-)

Thomas

Of course not. For lower levels you may use the path attribute

Try this (not tested)

<xsl:if test="contains(concat($currentPage/@path,','),concat(',',./@id,','))">
...
</xsl:if>

Nice solution Thomas. I hadn't see your previous post and I thought you were asking if my previous solution works on any level.

here's full xslt taken from sitemap that shows 'active' page [for ul/li collapsable site navigation]

slightly modified from what I'm using- should work fine in most cases also allows for custom 'this point down' menus by setting the xpath on the GetXmlNodeByXPath call

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [ <!ENTITY nbsp "&#x00A0;"> ]>
<xsl:stylesheet
  version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
  xmlns:umbraco.library="urn:umbraco.library" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltCommon="urn:Exslt.ExsltCommon" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes="urn:Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltMath="urn:Exslt.ExsltMath" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions="urn:Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltStrings="urn:Exslt.ExsltStrings" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltSets="urn:Exslt.ExsltSets" xmlns:tagsLib="urn:tagsLib"
  exclude-result-prefixes="msxml umbraco.library Exslt.ExsltCommon Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes Exslt.ExsltMath Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions Exslt.ExsltStrings Exslt.ExsltSets tagsLib ">

    <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>

    <xsl:param name="currentPage"/>

    <xsl:variable name="level" select="1"/>

    <xsl:variable name="source" select="umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeByXPath('/root') [string(umbracoNaviHide)!='1']" />

    <!--
       update this variable on how deep your site map should be
    -->

    <xsl:variable name="maxLevelForSitemap" select="10"/>

    <xsl:template match="/">
        <ul class="nav_list">
            <xsl:call-template name="drawNodes">
                <xsl:with-param name="parent" select="$source"/>
            </xsl:call-template>
        </ul>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template name="drawNodes">
        <xsl:param name="parent"/>
        <xsl:if test="umbraco.library:IsProtected($parent/@id, $parent/@path) = 0 or (umbraco.library:IsProtected($parent/@id, $parent/@path) = 1 and umbraco.library:IsLoggedOn() = 1)">
            <xsl:for-each select="$parent/* [@isDoc and @level &lt;= $maxLevelForSitemap and string(umbracoNaviHide)!='1']">

                <li onmouseover="$(this).addClass('over');" onmouseout="$(this).removeClass('over');" >
                    <!-- duplicate ^ "over' class here to "open" class from below and you have a fully expandable/collapsable with active state hierarchical menu-->

                    <xsl:if test="contains( concat($currentPage/@path, ','), concat(',', @id, ',') )">
                        <xsl:attribute name="class">open</xsl:attribute>
                    </xsl:if>

                    <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
                        <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName" />
                    </a>

                    <xsl:if test="count(./* [@isDoc and string(umbracoNaviHide) != '1' and @level &lt;= $maxLevelForSitemap]) &gt; 0">
                        <ul>
                            <xsl:call-template name="drawNodes">
                                <xsl:with-param name="parent" select="."/>
                            </xsl:call-template>
                        </ul>
                    </xsl:if>
                </li>
            </xsl:for-each>
        </xsl:if>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

I am having the same problem, but I am working in razor. So none of this is making any sense to me. Can someone please help me with this same issue? I also need the top nav to stay selected when I move onto a subnav.

I am using the topNavigation code that is commonly used in Umbraco (with some slight modifictaions):

@inherits umbraco.MacroEngines.DynamicNodeContext
@{ 
  var level = String.IsNullOrEmpty(Parameter.Level) ? 1 : int.Parse(Parameter.Level); 
  var ulClass = String.IsNullOrEmpty(Parameter.UlClass) ? "" : String.Format(" class=\"{0}\"", Parameter.UlClass); 
  var parent = @Model.AncestorOrSelf(level);
  if (parent != null) {
    <ul@Html.Raw(ulClass) class="nav">
    @if(level == 1 && parent.Where("Visible")) {
      var selected = Model.Path.EndsWith(parent.Id.ToString()) ? " class=\"active\"" : "";
      <li>
        <a href="@parent.Url" @Html.Raw(selected)>@parent.umbracoUrlAlias</a>
      </li>                 
    }
    @foreach (var item in parent.Children.Where("Visible")) {
      var selected = Model.Path.EndsWith(item.Id.ToString()) ? " class=\"active\"" : "";
      <li>
        <a href="/@item.umbracoUrlAlias" @Html.Raw(selected)>@item.umbracoUrlAlias</a>
      </li>
      }
    </ul>
  }
}

Nevermind. I found it here: http://our.umbraco.org/forum/developers/razor/25086-Top-Menu-active-when-sub-page-selected

@inherits umbraco.MacroEngines.DynamicNodeContext
@{ 
  var level = String.IsNullOrEmpty(Parameter.Level) ? 1 : int.Parse(Parameter.Level); 
  var ulClass = String.IsNullOrEmpty(Parameter.UlClass) ? "" : String.Format(" class=\"{0}\"", Parameter.UlClass); 
  var parent = @Model.AncestorOrSelf(level);
  if (parent != null) {
    <ul@Html.Raw(ulClass) class="nav">
    @if(level == 1 && parent.Where("Visible")) {
      var selected = Model.Path.EndsWith(parent.Id.ToString()) ? " class=\"active\"" : "";
      <li>
        <a href="@parent.Url" @Html.Raw(selected)>@parent.umbracoUrlAlias</a>
      </li>                 
    }
    @foreach (var item in parent.Children.Where("Visible")) {
      var selected = Array.IndexOf(Model.Path.Split(','), item.Id.ToString()) >= 0 ? " class=\"active\"" : "";
      <li>
        <a href="/@item.umbracoUrlAlias" @Html.Raw(selected)>@item.umbracoUrlAlias</a>
      </li>
      }
    </ul>
  }
}

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