If you post the XSLT that you got so far it will be much easier for us to help you.

Also, have you seen this project: http://our.umbraco.org/projects/cogworks---flexible-navigation

I do not know if it does exactly what you want but it migth be helpful.

Could you post the code? It's always easier to see what's going on if there's code to look at.

/Thomas Kahn

Ok, so based on what you are saying here are some thoughts. In order to always show this menu no matter where you are in the site you will need to go with either GetXmlAll, GetXmlByNodeId, or traverse the tree using the ancestor-or-self axes.

One approach might be somehting like this:

    <ul>
      <xsl:for-each select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node [@level=2 and string(data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide']) != '1']">
          <li>
              <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
                  <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
              </a>
          <!-- get the sub items (children only) of the current node (NOTE: i am speclling ut the axes here, but that is not necessary) -->
          <xsl:variable name="subItems" select="umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById(@id)/child::node [string(data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide']) != '1']"/>
          <xsl:if test="count($subItems)">
            <ul class="sub-nav">
              <xsl:for-each select="$subItems">
                <li>
                  [sub] <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
                </li>
              </xsl:for-each>
            </ul>
          </xsl:if>
        </li>
      </xsl:for-each>
    </ul>

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Nik

I have the menu as follows. Its in two parts. This is because it is not nested.

Main menu

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


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

<xsl:param name="currentPage"/>

<xsl:template match="/">

<ul class="mainnav">

            <xsl:variable name="rootNode" select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node [@level=1]" />
           
            <li>
                <!--
                    Add the class selected if the root node ID matches our
                    current node ID in the for each loop
                    -->
                <xsl:if test="$rootNode/@id = $currentPage/@id">
                    <xsl:attribute name="class">
                        <xsl:text>
                            selected
                        </xsl:text>
                    </xsl:attribute>
                </xsl:if>
               
                <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl($rootNode/@id)}">
                    <xsl:value-of select="$rootNode/@nodeName" />
                </a>
            </li>
           
            <xsl:for-each select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node/node [@level = 2 and string(data[@alias='umbracoNaviHide']) != '1']">
                <li>
                    <!--
                    Add the class selected if the currentpage or parent nodes (up the tree to the root)
                    ID matches our current node ID in the for each loop
                    -->
                    <xsl:if test="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node/@id = current()/@id">
                        <xsl:attribute name="class">
                            <xsl:text>
                                selected
                            </xsl:text>
                        </xsl:attribute>
           
                    </xsl:if>
                   
                    <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
                        <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName" />
                    </a>
                </li>
            </xsl:for-each>
        </ul>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Sub Menu

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


<xsl:output method="xml" 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="2"/>
<xsl:variable name="minLevel" select="1"/>
<xsl:template match="/">

<!-- The fun starts here -->
<xsl:if test="count($currentPage/parent::node [string(data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide']) != '1']) &gt; 0"> <!-- Problem Area -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="1">
<tr>
<td class="subMenuHeader"><div class="subMenuHeaderText"><xsl:value-of select="$currentPage/@nodeName"/></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="subMenuContents">
<ul>
<xsl:for-each select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node [@level=$level]/node [string(data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide']) != '1']">
    <li>
        <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
            <xsl:if test="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node/@id = current()/@id">
                <!-- we're under the item - you can do your own styling here -->
                <xsl:attribute name="style">font-weight: bold;</xsl:attribute>
            </xsl:if>
            <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>--<xsl:value-of select="data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide']" />
        </a>
    </li>
</xsl:for-each>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="subMenuFooter"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

I've just had a quick look, but here's an idea. In you sub menu xslt try replacing:

<xsl:if test="count($currentPage/parent::node [string(data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide']) != '1']) &gt; 0">

with:

<xsl:if test="count($currentPage/parent::node [string(data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide'])  != '1' and @level = '3')]) &gt; 0">

Thanks Daniel, that makes the whole Sub Nav disappear even for those with child nodes

Sorry should be:

<xsl:if test="count($currentPage/parent::node [string(data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide'])  != '1' and @level = '3']) &gt; 0">

You are a star !!! works like a charm.

Thanks.

Sailesh

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