Thread: leftnav default sub categories

Hi.

I would like to expand all subcategories of my leftnav menu with out need of clicking main category.

could you please let me know what and where should i make changes.

it should be like tree view.

I wand to show all subcategories.

Please respond as early as possible.

I'm using ML/DNN so I don't know if it is different for you, but in your XMLPackages folder you should have menu.categories.xml.config (or rev.categories.xml.config for non-DNN, I think.)

In the Entity template, you have a section that will say

<xsl:if test="count(child::Entity)&gt;0 and (EntityID = /root/QueryString/categoryid or descendant::Entity/EntityID = /root/QueryString/categoryid)">
<ul style="color:black">
<xsl:apply-templates select="Entity">
<xsl:with-param name="prefix" select="$prefix"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
</ul>
</xsl:if>


Comment out the red line and replace it with

<xsl:if test="count(child::Entity)&gt;0">

This worked for me, but YMMV if you are using something other than ML/DNN

Hope this helps!

Paul

For the rev xml packages, the default behavior is to only collapse if it's the currently selected category.

You can just go to the skins xmlpackages folder:
{web folder}skins/skin_{id}/xmlpackages
and modify rev.categories.xml.config

scroll down to the bottom and change

C#/VB.NET Code:

<xsl:if test="count(child::Entity)&gt;0 and (EntityID = $CategoryID or descendant::Entity/EntityID = $CategoryID)"> 


to

C#/VB.NET Code:

<xsl:if test="count(child::Entity)&gt;0 "> 


basically just removes the parent checking, you may also need to do this to the manufacturer and section xml package if you use them, just different parameter name.

It works fine

Anyone know how this is done in version 9?

thanks in advance.

chaz.

Hi, i am using Multistore 9,
i need the same thing for sub categories but its not working.

Please help

Thanks