ASP.NET Menu control, dynamic menu link to nowhere

[Ron Young]

I need to display a dynamic menu that has a structure like so:

Programs
- Multi-Family
- Projects
- Residential
- Projects

Where "Multi-Family" is a sub-menu under Programs, and "Projects" is a sub-menu under Multi-Family, and similar for Residential.

I'm using ASP.NET Menu and a sitemap file.

Problem is that I need "Multi-Family" and "Residential" to link to nowhere:

siteMapNode url="Main.aspx" title="Programs"
- siteMapNode url="" title="Multi-Family"
- siteMapNode url="Main.aspx?view=MultiFamilyProjects" title="Projects"
- siteMapNode url="" title="Residential"
- siteMapNode url="Main.aspx?view=ResedentialProjects" title="Projects"

Using an empty string for "url" works for me, but the issue is that the "text" cursor will display if the link doesn't have a url.

I tried some CSS but that didn't work:

.dynamicMenutItem{ cursor: pointer; }

Faking the url with "javascript:;" won't work because the each node needs a unique url.

Any info on this is greatly appreciated.

Ron

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[Ron Young]

Forgot to mention that I'm faking the url by appending a meaningless querystring parameter to it. May have to stick with that if there isn't something else.

I guess I'll probably have to get with the devs on the team and tell them we need to 1) rethink the menu structure, or 2) let the meaningless querystring param mean nothing.

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Subject: [DOTNET-WEB] ASP.NET Menu control, dynamic menu link to nowhere

I need to display a dynamic menu that has a structure like so:

Programs
- Multi-Family
- Projects
- Residential
- Projects

Where "Multi-Family" is a sub-menu under Programs, and "Projects" is a sub-menu under Multi-Family, and similar for Residential.

I'm using ASP.NET Menu and a sitemap file.

Problem is that I need "Multi-Family" and "Residential" to link to nowhere:

siteMapNode url="Main.aspx" title="Programs"
- siteMapNode url="" title="Multi-Family"
- siteMapNode url="Main.aspx?view=MultiFamilyProjects" title="Projects"
- siteMapNode url="" title="Residential"
- siteMapNode url="Main.aspx?view=ResedentialProjects" title="Projects"

Using an empty string for "url" works for me, but the issue is that the "text" cursor will display if the link doesn't have a url.

I tried some CSS but that didn't work:

.dynamicMenutItem{ cursor: pointer; }

Faking the url with "javascript:;" won't work because the each node needs a unique url.

Any info on this is greatly appreciated.

Ron

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