asp.NET - Problems with Static Selected Style for a Selected Page on the menu

Question

I am using asp.NET 4.0 with C# and have recently created a custom design for my local web application. I would like that when a page is selected, it has a different backgrou

Answer 1

This seems to be a bug with the .NET menu. There is some information regarding this here. What you might want to do then is remove the staticSelectedStyle attribute and simply add this to your css:

.menu a.static.selected
{
    background-color: #680840 !important;
    color: #FFF !important;
    text-decoration: none !important;
}

You might also have to add some code to your master's page load to determine which should be the selected item like this:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string path = Request.AppRelativeCurrentExecutionFilePath;
    foreach (MenuItem item in NavigationMenu.Items)
    {
        item.Selected = item.NavigateUrl.Equals(path, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
    }
}