According to the docs the currentPage parameter get's populated by Umbraco

https://our.umbraco.org/documentation/reference/templating/macros/xslt/The-Basics

Primarily due to the fact that this site and the majority of the other sites I'm working with use XSLT for nearly everything. I won't be building new Umbraco sites, rather working with legacy sites on Umbraco 7 and below.

Hi Tony,

Did my earlier reply help you out ?

Dave

Yes, Dave! It got me half way there. The only problem now is I still need to get the 3rd level to show below the current page. Right now it's displaying 1st level for all pages & 2nd levels below the current page, but not the 3rd. I still need to have the nav show the 3rd level below the current page. Here's my current code:

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<!-- update this variable on how deep your site map should be -->
<xsl:variable name="maxLevelForSitemap" select="4"/>

<xsl:template match="/">

    <div class="nav-desktop"> 
        <xsl:call-template name="drawNodes">  
        <xsl:with-param name="parent" select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::* [@isDoc and @level=1]"/>
        </xsl:call-template>
    </div>

</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, $parent/@path) = 1 and umbraco.library:IsLoggedOn() = 1)">
        <ul>
            <xsl:for-each select="$parent/* [@isDoc and string(umbracoNaviHide) != '1' and @level &lt;= $maxLevelForSitemap]"> 
                <li>
                    <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
                        <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
                    </a>
                    <xsl:if test="$currentPage/@id=current()/@id">
                        <xsl:call-template name="drawNodes">    
                            <xsl:with-param name="parent" select="."/>    
                        </xsl:call-template>  
                    </xsl:if>
                </li>
            </xsl:for-each>
        </ul>
    </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

Nope, that didn't do it.

Hi Tony,

I think this check is the culprit :

<xsl:if test="$currentPage/@id=current()/@id">

It will only render items when the current item on level 1 is the same as the visited page.

So this check needs to be extended. I have been looking in some xslt files from a site that still runs v4 of umbraco

Add this at the top of your xslt :

<xsl:variable name="currentPath" select="concat($currentPage/@path,',')" />

And then update the test like this :

<xsl:if test="contains($currentPath,@id)">

Let me know if that works.

Dave

Thanks for your help, Dave. I appreciate it. However, still no luck displaying the 3rd level. Here's the updated code per your suggestions:

    <!-- update this variable on how deep your site map should be -->
    <xsl:variable name="maxLevelForSitemap" select="4"/>
    <xsl:variable name="currentPath" select="concat($currentPage/@path,',')" />

    <xsl:template match="/">

        <div class="nav-desktop"> 
            <xsl:call-template name="drawNodes">  
            <xsl:with-param name="parent" select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::* [@isDoc and @level=1]"/>
            </xsl:call-template>
        </div>

    </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, $parent/@path) = 1 and umbraco.library:IsLoggedOn() = 1)">
            <ul>
                <xsl:for-each select="$parent/* [@isDoc and string(umbracoNaviHide) != '1' and @level &lt;= $maxLevelForSitemap]"> 
                    <li>
                        <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
                            <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
                        </a>
                        <xsl:if test="contains($currentPath,@id)">
                            <xsl:call-template name="drawNodes">    
                                <xsl:with-param name="parent" select="."/>    
                            </xsl:call-template>  
                        </xsl:if>
                    </li>
                </xsl:for-each>
            </ul>
        </xsl:if>
    </xsl:template>

So very close, Chriztian. The 3rd level displays when you're on a 3rd level page, but not when you're on a 2nd level page. I'd like for the 3rd level to display on 2nd level pages as well.

Great - just to be sure: it does display 3rd level if the 2nd level page you’re on has children, right?

When you're on a 2nd level page, it does not display the 3rd level if the 2nd level page has children.

It does, however, display the 3rd level when on the 3rd level page.

Here's a visual:

http://2018.stjn.org.172-24-16-245.leinteractive.com/school/ - 2nd level page - missing drop down below Academics

http://2018.stjn.org.172-24-16-245.leinteractive.com/school/academics/ - 3rd level page - drop down is properly showing below Academics. I'd like this dropdown to also show on 2nd level pages.

I can’t believe it ;)

Can you post the code? Something’s not right - if I run that on a standard structure it works as intended ...

/Chriztian

Actually, now I get it - you want 4th level pages to show when you’re on a 2nd level page, which this does not do... ?

I suppose that is technically the 4th level. ;)

Say I'm on /school. Currently, it displays /school/academics in the nav. But I need it display 1 level deeper. i.e. /school/academics/preschool.

When I go to /school/academics, it is showing /school/academics/preschool in the nav.

No problem :)

You want to test the ancestor axis too then, like this:

<!-- If $currentPage is either above or below, render any children as sub navigation -->
<xsl:if test="$childNodes and (ancestor::*[@id = $currentPage/@id] or descendant-or-self::*[@id = $currentPage/@id])">

But you need to decide a couple of things:

1. What happens on the Home (/) page? - How many levels do you want to show there? (If we just look up the ancestor axis we'll get a match on every page in the navigation when we're on the home page).

2. What happens on the /school/about/ page - do you want to expand Academics there as well? The academics branch is neither on the ancestors or descendants axis so need to maybe look at the level?

/Chriztian

(This is exactly why I always write navigations from scratch - there's always something different :-)

Now it's really real close :)

1. I hid the sub pages on the home page via CSS, so all good there.
2. You raise a great question. Is there a way to show all pages beneath /school when you're on any sub page of /school, regardless of the level?

I owe you a beer...or beers. That code works great. Hit me up if you're ever in Minnesota, USA!

Thank you VERY much for your help.