Change navigation based on current file?

Hi,

Fairly new to Modx.

I have a template working in Modx and very happy so far with the CMS.

However, I was wondering how easy it is to to highlight a part of my navigation, based on the page the user is on.

So if he’s on Home, it would underline that hyperlink.

Would there be a plugin for this, or is this something I’d have to do in PHP?


Many thanks for any pointers,



Michael

If you are using Wayfinder, it automatically adds a classname to the "current" document and all of its parents. So you can just style it in your CSS. Take a look at a "view source" of your page to see how your menu is being generated.

Many thanks.

I have downloaded it. How do I install it on Modx?


Thanks again for your prompt response.

It comes with your MODx installation, unless you deliberately chose to not install it.

Aaaah. I think I’ll just need to find a way to use it in my template now.

this is how you use it in your template:

declare the desired property for elements assigned the explicit class, something like this:

.current{
text-decoration:underline
}

Quote from: sottwell at Apr 13, 2010, 06:00 AM

it automatically adds a classname to the "current" document and all of its parents. So you can just style it in your CSS.

Aaah. Yep, that’s fine. I’m just unsure how to use it in the first place.

How do I know it’s installed on the server?


Thanks again for all your help.

OK. It’s working out

I’m using:

[[Wayfinder? &startId=`0` &showDescription=`1`]]

If I wanted to give a unique name to the unordered list, how would I do this?

Also, if I wanted to display only those with the Resource Parent ’53’, how do I do this? Using the level?

http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,34176.msg207851.html#msg207851

Many thanks sotwell.

I’ve managed to get it working now.