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1. cheriejd
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I have a site that is using sub menus on some pages, but not on the sub pages.

   I would like to have the parent item in the menu always highlighted as current page, even if I am on a child page of that page.

   I am using the Andreas theme. This is the line in the functions.php that highlights the current page item
   <?php if (is_page()) { $highlight = "page_item"; } else {$highlight = "page_item current_page_item"; } ?>

   I thought it might be
   <?php if (is_page() | is_child()) { $highlight = "page_item"; } else {$highlight = "page_item current_page_item"; } ?>
   but that isn't working.

   So, basically, in main menu which only shows parent pages, I would like the parent to remain in the current_page_item state if one of their children is showing.

   thanks in advance

2. elephantseeselephant
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm dealing with exactly the same problem. Anyone?

3. Technokinetics
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   List items containing parent pages should have the classes "current_page_parent" and "current_page_ancestor". In your theme's stylesheet, you just need to style .current_page_ancestor (or perhaps .current_page_ancestor a) in whatever way .current_page_item (or .current_page_item a) is already styled.

   - Tim

4. stwief
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   That's great! I've been looking all over the internet. I never would have thought there would be a solution that simple... Well, you proved me wrong! Thanks!

5. Casemon
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Similar topic, with solution, if it helps:

   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/296283

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