Oh i forgot to mention that 3rd level links are handled by another xslt

You could do something in an xsl:choose, like so:

<xsl:choose>
 <xsl:when test="level() &gt; 2">
  <li>
   <!-- you menu code here without a link -->
  </li>
 </xsl:when>
 <xsl:otherwise>
  <li>
   <a href={umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}>
    <!-- your other menu code -->
   </a>
  </li>
 </xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>

You can do multiple xsl:when's if you want.

Hi Sebastiaan

Thanks for the reply.

As i've worked a bit more with the site and Umbraco i've got a working menu with dropdown features from jQuery.

What you suggest is a nice solution, but actually i need to test wether a page has childnodes or not. It's only then that i dont want the parent to be an active link.

How would that look if i had to put it into the following xslt?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE xsl:Stylesheet [
  <!ENTITY nbsp "&#x00A0;">
]>
<xsl:stylesheet
        version="1.0"
        xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
        xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
        xmlns:umbraco.library="urn:umbraco.library"
        exclude-result-prefixes="msxml umbraco.library">


  <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />

  <xsl:param name="currentPage"/>

  <!-- Input the documenttype you want here -->
  <!-- Typically '1' for topnavigtaion and '2' for 2nd level -->
  <!-- Use div elements around this macro combined with css -->
  <!-- for styling the navigation -->
  <xsl:variable name="level" select="1"/>

  <xsl:template match="/">
  <!-- The fun starts here -->
    <ul id="menu" class="topMenu">
      <xsl:for-each select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node [@level=$level]/node [string(data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide']) != '1']">
        <li>
          <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
            <xsl:if test="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node/@id = current()/@id">
              <!-- we're under the item - you can do your own styling here -->
              <xsl:attribute name="class">current</xsl:attribute>
            </xsl:if>
            <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
          </a>
   <!--If a node has children, show them on hover-->
          <xsl:if test="($currentPage/@id and count(current()/node) > 0) or ($currentPage/@parentID = ./@id)">
            <ul id="submenu" class="topmenuSub">
              <xsl:for-each select="current()/node">
                <li>
                  <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
                    <xsl:if test="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node/@id = current()/@id">
                      <!-- we're under the item - you can do your own styling here -->
                      <xsl:attribute name="class">current</xsl:attribute>
                    </xsl:if>
                    <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
                  </a>
                </li>
              </xsl:for-each>
            </ul>
          </xsl:if>
        </li>
      </xsl:for-each>     
    </ul>

  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Obviously it seems like some of this can be used, i just dont know much about xslt yet:

 <!--If a node has children, show them on hover-->
          <xsl:if test="($currentPage/@id and count(current()/node) > 0) or ($currentPage/@parentID = ./@id)">

Anyone who has a suggestion about this?

You can use the count() function to check for child nodes and assign an attribute if it meets your conditions

This should work....

          <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
            <xsl:if test="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node/@id = current()/@id and count(current()/node) = 0">
              <!-- we're under the item - you can do your own styling here -->
              <xsl:attribute name="class">current</xsl:attribute>
            </xsl:if>

Hi guys

Thanks for your help, i'll give it a go in just a moment! :)

Hi again

sorry for the late reply. I've been busy setting up content :-)

Though both your suggestions are valid, i came up with the following, for full control:

<xsl:otherwise>
    <xsl:choose>
        <xsl:when test="./data [@alias='menuOnly'] = 1">
            <a>                           
              <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
          </a>
        </xsl:when>

       <xsl:otherwise>
         <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
               <xsl:if test="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node/@id = current()/@id">
                 <!-- we're under the item - you can do your own styling here -->
                     <xsl:attribute name="class">current</xsl:attribute>
                  </xsl:if>
               <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
          </a>
        </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
</xsl:otherwise>

And the full xslt (if someone could benefit from it)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE xsl:Stylesheet [
  <!ENTITY nbsp "&#x00A0;">
]>
<xsl:stylesheet
        version="1.0"
        xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
        xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
        xmlns:umbraco.library="urn:umbraco.library"
        exclude-result-prefixes="msxml umbraco.library">


  <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />

  <xsl:param name="currentPage"/>

  <!-- Input the documenttype you want here -->
  <!-- Typically '1' for topnavigtaion and '2' for 2nd level -->
  <!-- Use div elements around this macro combined with css -->
  <!-- for styling the navigation -->
  <xsl:variable name="level" select="1"/>

  <xsl:template match="/">    
  
  <!-- The fun starts here -->
    <ul id="menu">
      <xsl:for-each select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node [@level=$level]/node [string(data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide']) != '1']">
        <li>
       
          <xsl:choose>
                <xsl:when test="./data [@alias='externalLink'] = 1">
                    <a href="{./data [@alias='link']}" target="_blank">
                     <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
                  </a>
                </xsl:when>

              <xsl:otherwise>
                  <xsl:choose>
                        <xsl:when test="./data [@alias='menuOnly'] = 1">
                            <a>                           
                              <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
                          </a>
                        </xsl:when>

                       <xsl:otherwise>
                         <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
                               <xsl:if test="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node/@id = current()/@id">
                               <!-- we're under the item - you can do your own styling here -->
                                <xsl:attribute name="class">current</xsl:attribute>
                             </xsl:if>
                               <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
                          </a>
                        </xsl:otherwise>
                    </xsl:choose>
               </xsl:otherwise>
            </xsl:choose>
         
          <!--If a node has children, show them on hover-->
          <xsl:if test="($currentPage/@id and count(current()/node [string(data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide']) != '1']) > 0) or ($currentPage/@parentID = ./@id) ">
            <ul id="submenu">
              <xsl:for-each select="current()/node">
                <li>               
                  <xsl:choose>
                       <xsl:when test="./data [@alias='externalLink'] = 1">
                         <a href="{./data [@alias='link']}" target="_blank">
                             <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
                          </a>
                        </xsl:when>

                       <xsl:otherwise>
                         <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">
                               <xsl:if test="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::node/@id = current()/@id">
                               <!-- we're under the item - you can do your own styling here -->
                                <xsl:attribute name="class">current</xsl:attribute>
                             </xsl:if>
                               <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
                          </a>
                        </xsl:otherwise>
                    </xsl:choose>                 
                </li>
              </xsl:for-each>
            </ul>
          </xsl:if>
        </li>
      </xsl:for-each>     
    </ul>

  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

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