RE: Dynamic Menu Using XSL

So are you saying you want to invoke a client-side transformation that
changes the page in response to user input? That's doable, but we need to
understand your processing model. The main issue with client-side
transformation is making it work cross-browser - again, that's doable, but
one needs to understand the requirements so that you can use the right API.

Michael Kay 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brant Schroeder [mailto:brantschr@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 11 December 2006 22:59
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  Dynamic Menu Using XSL
> 
> Micheal,
>    I already know how I would like the HTML to look.  The 
> XSLT is currently applying the HTML format I would like to 
> have.  I would like to however construct the HTML via the 
> XSLT depending on the page selected.
> 
> Example of Home being selected
> 
> <ul>
> <li class="selected"><a href="default.aspx">Home</a></li> 
> <li><a href="training.aspx">Training</a></li>
> <li><a href="othertraining.aspx">Other Training</a></li> 
> <li><a href="aboutus.aspx">About Us</a></li> </ul>
> 
> Example of Training being selected
> 
> <ul>
> 
> <li><a href="default.aspx">Home</a></li>
> 
> <li class="selected"><a href="training.aspx">Training</a>
>     <ul>
>         
> <li><a href="#">Search Training</a></li>
>        <li><a href="#">Post Training</a></li>
>     </ul>
> </li>
> 
> <li><a href="othertraining.aspx">Other Training</a></li>
> 
> <li><a href="aboutus.aspx">About Us</a></li>
> 
> </ul>
> 
> Example of sub page of Training being selected
> 
> 
> 
> <ul>
> 
> 
> <li><a href="default.aspx">Home</a></li>
> 
> 
> <li><a href="training.aspx">Training</a>
> 
>     <ul>
> 
>         
> <li class="selected"><a href="#">Search Training</a></li>
> 
>        <li><a href="#">Post Training</a></li>
> 
>     </ul>
> 
> </li>
> 
> 
> <li><a href="othertraining.aspx">Other Training</a></li>
> 
> 
> <li><a href="aboutus.aspx">About Us</a></li>
> 
> 
> </ul>
> 
> I would like to use the url as the parameter that defines 
> what page is picked.
> 
> Thanks
> Brant
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 11:19:26 AM
> Subject: RE:  Dynamic Menu Using XSL
> 
> Remember that XSLT is used to generate the target HTML page, 
> and if you want any interaction on that page, e.g. hiding 
> things when other things are selected, that's purely a 
> question of generating the HTML that exhibits that behaviour.
> 
> So it's a two-stage process:
> 
> (a) design the (dynamic) HTML that you want to display 
> 
> (b) design the XSLT that generates it from your source XML.
> 
> I get the impression you haven't separated the two stages. 
> It's a good idea not to start on (b) until you have completed (a).
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brant Schroeder [mailto:brantschr@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 11 December 2006 18:01
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject:  Dynamic Menu Using XSL
> > 
> > I am trying to create a dynamic menu using XML and XSLT.  
> > Here is my XML
> > 
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <?xml-stylesheet 
> > type="text/xsl" href="mymenu.xsl"?>
> > 
> > 
> > <menu>
> >     <item id = "1" url="default.aspx" title="Home"></item>  
> >         <item id = "2" url="default.aspx?id=Training" 
> > title="Training">
> >         <item id = "3" 
> > url="default.aspx?id=Search_Training" title="Search 
> Training"></item>
> >                 <item id = "4" 
> > url="default.aspx?id=Post_Training" title="Post 
> > Training"></item>                     
> >         </item>  
> >         <item id = "7" url="default.aspx?id=Other_Training" 
> > title="Other Training">
> >         <item id = "8" 
> > url="default.aspx?id=Search_Other_Training" title="Search Other 
> > Training"></item>
> >                 <item id = "9" 
> > url="default.aspx?id=Post_Other_Training" title="Post Other 
> > Training"></item>
> >         </item>
> >         <item id = "11" url="default.aspx?id=About_Us" 
> > title="About Us">
> >         <item id = "12" url="default.aspx?id=Location" 
> > title="Location">
> >             <item id = "13" 
> > url="default.aspx?id=Map" title="View Map"></item>
> >         </item>
> >         </item>            
> > </menu>I am using the following XSLT to generate my HTML
> > 
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > <xsl:param name="URL"/>
> > 
> >   <xsl:output indent="yes"/>
> >   <xsl:template match="menu">
> >     <html>
> >       <body>
> >         <ul>
> >           <xsl:apply-templates/>
> >         </ul>
> >       </body>
> >     </html>
> >   </xsl:template>
> >   <xsl:template match="item">
> >     <li>
> >       <a href="{@url}">
> >         <xsl:value-of select="@title"/>
> >       </a>
> >       <xsl:if test="item">
> >         <ul>
> >           <xsl:apply-templates/>
> >         </ul>
> >       </xsl:if>
> >     </li>
> >   </xsl:template>
> > 
> > </xsl:stylesheet>
> > 
> > I would like to hide the child menu if the parent menu is not 
> > selected.   I would also like the parent menu to be expanded 
> > if a child menu is selected.  I am passing the url as a 
> parameter (ex: 
> > default.aspx, default.aspx?id=About_us) this
> > matches the URL attribute of the item.   I am new to XSLLT 
> > and would appreciate any help.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Brant
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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