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Top menu selected or not?

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    aleksandr5 Reply #1, 14 years ago
    Hi!
    I use MODX Revolution 2.2.4-pl (traditional)
    I need to make top menu with selected items if user is located on it.

    I need something like this with one on $is_active_* will be active to change css class in html menu output:

    <table border="0" cellspacing="15" align="right" background="white">
 <tr align="right">
  <td><a class="menu_about [[$is_active_about]]" href="/about.html">About</span></a></td>
  <td><a class="menu_news [[$is_active_news]]" href="/news.html">News</a></td>
...
 </tr>
</table>


    Please, point me to right way to do this.
    Thanks.
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      ottogal Reply #2, 14 years ago
      You should try to use the Wayfinder snippet for menus. It automatically adds a class (the name of which you can choose) to the active item.
      By default, Wayfinder uses an unordered list for the menu ( <ul> ) instead of a table - that is more natural. But if you want to stay with a table, Wayfinder is even that flexible: You just have to define your own chunks for the &outerTpl and &rowTpl properties.
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        sottwell Reply #3, 14 years ago
        This will help.

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          aleksandr5 Reply #4, 14 years ago
          Hi!
          Thank you both for your replys!
          I will check wayfinder.