how to get the parent node name on a specific level from current page

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Sandro 45 posts 118 karma points c-trib

Aug 21, 2009 @ 17:06

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How to get the parent node name on a specific level from current page

I can get the parent node name on a specific level by using

$currentPage/ancestor::node [@level=1]/node/@nodeName

But this gets all the nodes on this level. Is there an elegant way to select just the "level 1 parent" of $currentPage?

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Chris Koiak 700 posts 2626 karma points

Aug 21, 2009 @ 17:12
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Your xslt gets the names of the children of the level 1 node. Not the name of the level 1 node.

try
```
$currentPage/ancestor::node [@level=1]/@nodeName
```
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Sandro 45 posts 118 karma points c-trib

Aug 21, 2009 @ 17:22

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ah... that's it! Time to knock off work :)

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Tom Cowling 144 posts 343 karma points

Jul 28, 2010 @ 16:51

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Sorry to bump this thread after 11 months, but I found it really useful!

But following on from this, how could I turn this into a link to the level 1 node it's just found?

Thanks,

Tom

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Dave 16 posts 36 karma points

Jul 28, 2010 @ 21:07
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Depends slightly on the version your running?

in 4.5 this works in my testing:
```
<a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl($currentPage/ancestor::* [@level=1]/@id)}">
<xsl:value-of select="$currentPage/ancestor::* [@level=1]/@nodeName"/></a>
```
A word of caution: Because NiceUrl is expecting an integer, you'll have to check the "Skip Testing" in order to save the XSLT.

I haven't learned how to avoid that yet!
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Tom Cowling 144 posts 343 karma points

Jul 29, 2010 @ 21:07

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Hi Dave,

Thanks for that, but it's actually whatever the level 2 node it's sitting in that I want it to show.

If I use your code and change the 1 to a 2, it comes up with:
Error parsing XSLT file: \xslt\leftnav.xslt

I'm using version: umbraco v 4.0.4.2 (Assembly version: 1.0.3811.17115), by the way..

Can anyone help? :(

Thanks,

Tom

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Connie DeCinko 931 posts 1160 karma points

Jul 29, 2010 @ 23:13

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In order to avoid the error, test for an empty value first.

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