Menu Question

[nitro52]

one thing i find a bit confusing is the way that the menu system hides other items depending on what page you are on. for example take this structure.


Root1
Root1.Item1
Root1.Item1.Item1
Root1.Item1.Item2
Root1.Item2
Root1.Item3
Root2
Root2.Item1
Root2.Item1
Root3

At the moment if i am on the pafe Root1.Item1 the menu will look like this

one thing i find a bit confusing is the way that the menu system hides other items depending on what page you are on. for example take this structure.


Root1
Root1.Item1
Root1.Item2
Root1.Item3

what i would like to see is the other Root pages as well to make it easy to navigate from deep items. So if i was on page Root1.Item1.Item2 i'd like to see this


Root1
Root1.Item1
Root1.Item1.Item1
Root1.Item1.Item2
Root2
Root3


This way it shows the path that gets you to the current page and gives you easy access to the root paths. Is this possible?

[SteveB]

The default nav pane (menu) shows only the immediate children, siblings, and the ancestry of the page. This reduces considerably how much space it takes.

However, there are a few alternatives available. One is a nav pane that acts more like a full tree and the other is an MSDN-like breadcrumbs path at the top of the page that allows you to jump to any parent or child of parent page.

[nitro52]

How do you implement those?

[crb]

MSDN treeview instructions here (http://developer.mindtouch.com/Deki/FAQ/Visual_Customization/How_do_I...Use_an_expanding_tree_view_in_my_naviga tion_pane%3F).

Here's hoping that one day it will be part of the product!

[nitro52]

MSDN treeview instructions here (http://developer.mindtouch.com/Deki/FAQ/Visual_Customization/How_do_I...Use_an_expanding_tree_view_in_my_naviga tion_pane%3F).

Here's hoping that one day it will be part of the product!


Ok so i finally got around to trying this and after running through the steps i get this error


Site settings could not be loaded
We were unable to locate the API to request site settings. Please see below for debugging information.
HTTP Response Status Code: 404

If i restore the backup and restart it works again
Any idea what might cause this?
I am running version: 9.8.0.16080

[neels]

SteveB - any chance msdn nav will make it to Olympic?

N.