Tags with no content between them are converted in xslt  (i.e. <span></span> will be come <span/>)

Try inserting a non-breaking space (i.e. <span>&nbsp;</span>)

Hiya, Tried this - didnt work! LOL. Good suggestion thanks!

Hi Glenn,

I think if you try changing 

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

to 

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

it will work.

Ben

Hiya!

like this?

<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">

                    <xsl:for-each select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::* [@level = $level]/* [string(umbracoNaviHide) != '1' and @isDoc]">
                                    <li><a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}"> &lt;span class="l"&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&nbsp; &lt;span class="r"&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="t"&gt;<xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/> &lt;/span&gt;</a></li>
                            </xsl:for-each>

</xsl:text>

Thanks.

I tried <xsl:output method="html" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/> and that didnt work sadly.

I tried again now using the above code with &lt; &gt; for  < > and that didnt work either.

:) Feeling a bit stupid as both what you have said make some sense! Whys it not working??

You got it a bit out of sequence.  Do the following:

<li>
    <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
      <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">
        &lt;span class="l"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="r"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
      </xsl:text>
      <span class="t">
        <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
      </span>
    </a>
  </li>

Just noticed you have the second <ul> after the </xsl:template> try putting it inside the template and see if that helps

Ben

Glenn,

Aghy is is correct about the </ul> tag...

Do what I posted above and move the </ul> to just before </xsl:template>

Hiya. I realy didnt want to be a pain in the neck with this guys sorry.

I tried pasting the code above in and got this

Error occured

System.OverflowException: Value was either too large or too small for an Int32.
at System.Convert.ToInt32(Double value)
at System.Convert.ChangeType(Object value, Type conversionType, IFormatProvider provider)
at System.Xml.Xsl.Runtime.XmlQueryRuntime.ChangeTypeXsltArgument(XmlQueryType xmlType, Object value, Type destinationType)
at System.Xml.Xsl.Runtime.XmlQueryContext.InvokeXsltLateBoundFunction(String name, String namespaceUri, IList`1[] args)
at (XmlQueryRuntime {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}runtime, XPathNavigator {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}current)
at Root(XmlQueryRuntime {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}runtime)
at System.Xml.Xsl.XmlILCommand.Execute(Object defaultDocument, XmlResolver dataSources, XsltArgumentList argumentList, XmlWriter writer)
at System.Xml.Xsl.XslCompiledTransform.Transform(IXPathNavigable input, XsltArgumentList arguments, TextWriter results)
at umbraco.presentation.webservices.codeEditorSave.SaveXslt(String fileName, String oldName, String fileContents, Boolean ignoreDebugging)

Check the ignore error box and save again.

Or you can wrap the code in an xsl:if statement to check for a value.

It's a common error and can be ignored if your confident that the id will be available to the xslt.

Could you paste your entire xslt here?  I'll give it a once over.

<?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:HelloWorldExt="urn:HelloWorldExt" 
  exclude-result-prefixes="msxml umbraco.library Exslt.ExsltCommon Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes Exslt.ExsltMath Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions Exslt.ExsltStrings Exslt.ExsltSets HelloWorldExt ">


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

<xsl:param name="currentPage"/>

<!-- Input the documenttype you want here -->
<!-- Typically '1' for topnavigtaion and '2' for 2nd level -->
<!-- Use div elements around this macro combined with css -->
<!-- for styling the navigation -->
<xsl:variable name="level" select="1"/>

<xsl:template match="/">

<!-- The fun starts here -->
<ul>
<xsl:for-each select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::* [@isDoc and @level=$level]/* [@isDoc and string(umbracoNaviHide) != '1']">
  <li>
    <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
      <span class="l"></span>
      <span class="r"></span>
      <span class="t"><xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/></span>
    </a>
  </li>
</xsl:for-each>
</ul>

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

This worked for me. From scratch I just created a new xslt with the template Navigation Prototype then copied your <li> ... </li> from your first post.

Then changed the output method to html.

All seems fine and in firefox with firebug I can see this in the html

<li><a href="/page"><span class="l"></span><span class="r"></span><span class="t">Page</span></a></li>

Ben

Brilliant!

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