ASP.NET Menu Control - Keeping parent item selected

Question

I have two ASP.NET Menu controls on a page.

One in my header (tabs) for top level pages, e.g. ~/Default.aspx

And one in my sidebar for sub pages, e

Answer 1

My menu isn't databound so MenuItemDataBound is never fired. Below is my solution to highlight the parent menu item when there are child items and when there are not:

Add a StaticSelectedStyle-xxx to the Menu, like StaticSelectedStyle-BackColor="#757588"

Call this method on Page_Load:

protected void SetSelectedMenuItem()
        {
            string pageViewed = this.Page.AppRelativeVirtualPath;

            foreach (MenuItem item in Menu.Items)
            {
                if (item.ChildItems.Count > 0)
                {
                    if (pageViewed == item.Value)
                    {
                        item.Selected = true;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        foreach (MenuItem childItem in item.ChildItems)
                        {
                            if (pageViewed == childItem.Value)
                            {
                                if (childItem.Parent != null)
                                {
                                    childItem.Parent.Selected = true;
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    if (pageViewed == item.Value)
                    {
                        item.Selected = true;
                    }
                }
            }
        }