How to make a tab appear "selected"

[bobmac]

I am using the Glossy Horizontal Menu http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/cs...rizontal_menu/ on a site and it's working great except that I can't seem to get the selected tab to appear highlighted or standing out.

The menu is located in a dot net master page, so it is located in one place. The style is not loaded with each page in an inline fashion.

Is there a way to do this? Do I have to change my technique?

TIA...

[Schmoopy]

A link to the site or code would be appreciated to better understand the problem.

[Snookerman]

Give the tab you want to be selected a "current" class:

<li class="current"><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/"><b>Home</b></a></li>

[bobmac]

Give the tab you want to be selected a "current" class:

<li class="current"><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/"><b>Home</b></a></li>

Thanks Snookerman...

But this class assignment would have to be made in the menuing system which is loaded by the master page.

Or would this work if I place this code in the page that I want the tab to appear as selected and would work due to the cascading nature of CSS?

Thanks again...

[bobmac]

I tried what Snookerman suggested by putting the code in a page. All that happened was that a new menubar appeared below the one generated by the master page.

There's got to be a way to do this. Can someone please help with this?

TIA...

[Snookerman]

Hmm.. could you please post a link to your site?

[bobmac]

Yes. It's http://www.ramsayrealty.com/new_web/ and is no where near ready for prime time.

[Snookerman]

Have you tried this:

<li class="current" id="home"><a href="http://www.ramsayrealty.com/new_web/default.aspx"><b>Home</b></a></li>

[bobmac]

Have you tried this:

<li class="current" id="home"><a href="http://www.ramsayrealty.com/new_web/default.aspx"><b>Home</b></a></li>

Yes. When I tried it in the specific page, it gave me one clickable link.

I can't apply it in the master page because that's the one place where the menus exist, and each page is rendered from that one master page.

I need the "current" class to be applied to the current page when it is loaded.

In reading some other posts, I saw some references to "server side code" that could dynamically change the menu class to what you have suggested. However, I haven't got a clue as to how I might do that.

Thanks for replying. Please don't give up!

[bobmac]

It's almost a month since I posed this problem. I sure hope people have not given up on me, much less the challenge.

If I'm told that it can't be done with master pages, then I will accept that.

But I'm curious about the "server side code" that has been mentioned elsewhere.

Can someone chime in on this and help a designer who is trying to code?

Thanks in advance...or, TIA...