dynamically setting start_id to parent

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vampke Reply #1, 7 years ago

Hello,
I can not seem to find an answer to this simple question: is there a way to set the start_id in the wayfinder snippet so that it always shows all the siblings of the current page?
The start_id should show the parent id of the current page with level set to 1.
How do I get the parent id in the wayfinder snippet?
[[Wayfinder? &startId=`parent` &rowTpl=`leftMenuRowTpl` &level=`1` &ignoreHidden=`0` ]]
does not seem to work, it always shows the siblings from the root.

This question has been answered by lkfranklin. See the first response.

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LK Reply #2, 7 years ago

Try:

[[Wayfinder? &startId=`[[*parent]]` &rowTpl=`leftMenuRowTpl` &level=`1` &ignoreHidden=`0` ]]

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vampke Reply #3, 7 years ago

excellent, thank you!
Still trying to figure this out.
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vampke Reply #4, 6 years, 10 months ago

Hi,

Coming back to this question: my site structure has 3 levels, parent, children, grand-children
The above solution works well for the grand-children, but it will show the siblings of the children if a child page is open. It should also show the grand-children in this case.
Is there a way to have the menu always show the grand-children or can this only be done with different templates for child and grand-child pages?
I have tried with ultimateparent ([!Wayfinder? &startID=`[[UltimateParent? &topLevel=`2`]]`!]), but this does not seem to work on the lowest level pages [ed. note: vampke last edited this post 6 years, 10 months ago.]

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