I have a navigation menu in a parent node. I need that menu to propagate down to all the child nodes. This should be much like the navigation of the root directory, where all the pages inside the root display the same navigation bar.

Here is what I have currently:

//Root Navigation
var primaryNav = site.Children.Where(x => x.DocumentTypeAlias == "primaryNavigationContainer").FirstOrDefault();
var navItemCollection = primaryNav?.Children.Where(x => x.DocumentTypeAlias == "primaryNavigationItem").ToList();

var ancestors = Model.Content.Ancestors().Where("Visible").OrderBy(x => x.Level);

//Navigation Inside Directory
var content = Model.Content;
var subNav = content.Children.Where(x => x.DocumentTypeAlias == "sectionNavigationContainer").FirstOrDefault();
var subNavItemCollection = subNav?.Children.Where(x => x.DocumentTypeAlias == "sectionNavItem").ToList();

//Get the URL for the current page
var url = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.AbsolutePath;
bool hasSubNav = false;

//If URL to the page contains a specific string
if(url.ToString().ToUpper().Contains("StringSpecifier")){
    primaryNav = subNav;                       //Replace the primary navigation with the section sub navigation
    navItemCollection = subNavItemCollection;  //Replace the primary collection with the section sub navigation collection
    hasSubNav = true;                          //Set hasSubNav property
}

This displays fine in the Directory node, but it does not propagate to the pages inside the directory node.

Can anyone help me with how to get the sub navigation to display for the pages inside the directory node?

• Nate M