[Forum] Navigation parent not highlighted when child is clicked

[Schmike]

I've setup the navigation in my test site with a tab containing few links. However, when I click on the links, the parent tab is not highlighted. Instead, "Forum" is highlighted.

Running on version 4.2.0.

[TheLastSuperman]

What do these links... link to? A forum thread/post or other?

[Matthew Gordon]

There are three ways to have it highlight the correct tab.

1. First, and easiest (but most limited) is to set the "Append 'tabid' to URL" to "Yes" when editing the tab in the navigation manager. This generally will work in pretty much all cases, but any subsequent links on the actual page won't include the tabid, so you're back to the default tab for that page.
2. If you are including whole scripts in your tab (i.e. all the social group stuff, the memberlist, calendar, faq, usercp, things like this) is to set the Tab Script(s) option to the THIS_SCRIPT value of the scripts the tab is using. In most cases, this will be the name of the script you see when browsing the page without the .php at the end. Since this page is showthread.php, the THIS_SCRIPT value would be just showthread. Seperate multiple scripts with a period, e.g.: memberlist.group.calendar.faq.
3. Finally, a third-party plugin can usually do the trick where the above two fail. Search/ask over at vBulletin.org for help with this.

[Schmike]

I did use the append tabid to url. The tab is working fine but not the links under the tab.

The links are used for non forum pages.

I was using a third party plugin previously. Seems like I have to revert to what I was using.

[Matthew Gordon]

The links are used for non-forum pages, but they show the navbar? What pages are you talking about specifically?

[Eve_Ra]

Attention! if you speak of the vbSoporte mod, which worked fine with vB 4.1.x and older, it's no longer compatible with vB 4.2.

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And I tested locally a tab (on the showgroups for take a vB page), in the sub-nav, I have an external link, a menu with external link, and all work fine!

[Schmike]

I have PhotoPost installed and those links are for PhotoPost.

[Eve_Ra]

PhotoPost is integrated with vB, no? If there is, your links are as other pages of vB, no external links.

[Schmike]

It is integrated and I did generate the codes for the menu previously. I was trying to replicate the menu with the new navigation in vb.

[Eve_Ra]

Put relative urls: if your files photopost are in /forum/photopost/ and your vB files in /forum/, put /photopost/file.php in the url.

[kamran_dotnet]

i put this on script:
THIS_SCRIPT == showthread
and i get error:Error: The specified 'script' is invalid.
i want when user check forum and all its childs,tab show as highlight
what should i do?

[Eve_Ra]

You must only put:
showthread
in the case Script.
In what tab do you want this? the default tab Forum need nothing for highlight.

[kamran_dotnet]

tnx
Eve_Ra
i create new tab and i want one of my forums show in that tab
for example
Target URL :forumdisplay.php?143
and i want all threads in that forum display tab as highlight

[Eve_Ra]

If it's a forumdisplay, showthread don't work. It's forumdisplay for the case Script.

[kamran_dotnet]

If it's a forumdisplay, showthread don't work. It's forumdisplay for the case Script.

tnx Eve now it works perfect