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I'm very new at this and trying to make a change to an existing xslt file. The XML has nested <Item> and <Menu> nodes that pretty much follow this pattern (two levels of <Menu>)
<Menu>
<Item>
<Item>
<Menu>
<Item>
<Item>
<item>
I only want the top level <Menu> node and everything below it if it is selected.
This almost gets me there:
<xsl:apply-templates select="Menu[descendant-or
The problem then is that I'm not seeing the second-level <Menu> node and its <Item> nodes.
So I tried:
<xsl:apply-templates select="Menu[descendant-or
But that made no difference.
I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get that second-level <Menu> when the first-level is selected.
Following is the xslt file. The statement referenced above is at line 64.
<Menu>
<Item>
<Item>
<Menu>
<Item>
<Item>
<item>
I only want the top level <Menu> node and everything below it if it is selected.
This almost gets me there:
<xsl:apply-templates select="Menu[descendant-or
The problem then is that I'm not seeing the second-level <Menu> node and its <Item> nodes.
So I tried:
<xsl:apply-templates select="Menu[descendant-or
But that made no difference.
I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get that second-level <Menu> when the first-level is selected.
Following is the xslt file. The statement referenced above is at line 64.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
<!--xsl:strip-space elements="*"/-->
<xsl:variable name="controlHash"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="menuConst"><xsl:value-of select="$controlHash"/>_<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlMenuId"/>_</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="masterHash"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/MasterControlIdHash"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="buttonNoScriptLink"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ButtonNoScriptLink"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="slaveMenu"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/IsSlaveControl"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="startLevel"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/StartLevel"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:copy-of select="."/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="MenuDataResult/Item"/>
</xsl:template>
<!-- First level <Item> node - there is only one; everything else is contained in it -->
<!-- So this is linking in the css and setting up the div's and their classes -->
<xsl:template match="Item[parent::MenuDataResult]">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="/MenuDataResult/Info/MenuFragment='false'">
<xsl:if test="/MenuDataResult/Info/UseCssHardLink='true'">
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
<xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/CssFileName"/></xsl:attribute>
</link>
</xsl:if>
<div>
<xsl:attribute name="class"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/WrappingClassName"/></xsl:attribute>
<div>
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="$menuConst"/>0_ekflexmenu</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:if test="/MenuDataResult/Info/EnableMouseOverPopUp = 'true'">
<xsl:attribute name="onmouseover">return (ekFlexMenuPopupMsIn(event));</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="onmouseout">return (ekFlexMenuPopupMsOut(event));</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>
<div>
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_menu_level_0<xsl:text xml:space="preserve"> </xsl:text>ekflexmenu_submenu</xsl:attribute>
<ul>
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_submenu_items</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="$menuConst"/>0_submenu_items</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:apply-templates select="Item"/>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<xsl:call-template name="addJavascript"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:apply-templates select="Item"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
<!-- (<Item> node that contains a <Menu> node) OR (<Item> node that has ItemType of Submenu) -->
<xsl:template match="Item[child::Menu | ItemType='Submenu']">
<li>
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_menu_level_<xsl:value-of select="ItemLevel"/><xsl:text xml:space="preserve"> </xsl:text>ekflexmenu_submenu<xsl:if test="(number(ItemLevel) = number($startLevel))"><xsl:text xml:space="preserve"> </xsl:text>ekflexmenu_startlevel</xsl:if></xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="./Menu/MenuIdString"/></xsl:attribute>
<!-- <xsl:apply-templates select="Menu"/> -->
<xsl:apply-templates
select="Menu[descendant-or-self::MenuSelected='true']"/>
</li>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Any <Menu> node -->
<xsl:template name="makelist" match="Menu">
<xsl:call-template name="makeButton" />
<xsl:if test="./Item/Menu[MenuId!=''] | ./Item[ItemId!=''][ItemType!='Submenu'] ">
<ul>
<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="MenuIdString"/>_submenu_items</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="MenuSelected='true' and /MenuDataResult/Info/EnableSmartOpen='true'">
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_submenu_items</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="ChildMenuSelected='true' and /MenuDataResult/Info/EnableSmartOpen='true'">
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_submenu_items</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="/MenuDataResult/Info/StartCollapsed='true'">
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_submenu_items_hidden</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_submenu_items</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:apply-templates select="Item"/>
</ul>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Any <Item> node whose ItemType is not Submenu -->
<xsl:template match="Item[ItemType!='Submenu']">
<li>
<xsl:variable name="targetLoc">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="ItemTarget='1'">_blank</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="ItemTarget='3'">_parent</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="ItemTarget='4'">_top</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>_self</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
<a>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="ItemSelected='true'">
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_link_selected</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_link</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="ItemType='Javascript'">
<xsl:attribute name="onclick">
Javascript:<xsl:value-of select="ItemLink"/>;return false;
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="href">#NoScroll</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="not(ItemLink='')">
<xsl:attribute name="href">
<xsl:value-of select="ItemLink"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="href">#NoScroll</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:attribute name="target">
<xsl:value-of select="$targetLoc"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:if test="not(ItemImage='')">
<img>
<xsl:attribute name="border">0</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="src">
<xsl:value-of select="ItemImage"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</img>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="not(ItemImageOverride='true')">
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="ItemTitle"/>
</xsl:if>
</a>
<xsl:apply-templates select="Item|Menu"/>
</li>
</xsl:template>
<!-- Applies to any node that matches the if test -->
<!-- In our case, $slave is always False; MenuFragment is always False;
MenuLevel=1 for top-level menus (Cost Savings, HR, Marketing, etc)
MenuLevel=2 for any submenus below those
So this applies whenever all three conditions are NOT met, which in our case is always
This template is called by the "Makelist" template that only applies to <Menu> nodes
So bottom line is that this is used on all of our <Menu> nodes -->
<xsl:template name="makeButton">
<xsl:if test="not((/MenuDataResult/Info/MenuFragment='true') and (MenuLevel = '1') and $slaveMenu='true')">
<a>
<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="MenuIdString"/>_button</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="tabindex">0</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="onkeydown">return (ekFlexMenuKey(event));</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="onblur">return (ekFlexMenuMsOut(event));</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="onfocus">return (ekFlexMenuMsOvr(event));</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="onclick">return (ekFlexMenuClk(event));</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="onmouseover">return (ekFlexMenuMsOvr(event));</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="onmouseout">return (ekFlexMenuMsOut(event));</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="MenuSelected='true'">
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_button_selected</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="ChildMenuSelected='true'">
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_button_selected</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="class">ekflexmenu_button</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="Link=''">
<xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:value-of select="$buttonNoScriptLink"/><xsl:value-of select="MenuIdString"/></xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="href">
<xsl:value-of select="Link"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:if test="not(Image='')">
<img>
<xsl:attribute name="border">0</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="src">
<xsl:value-of select="Image"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</img>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="not(ImageOverride='true')">
<xsl:value-of select="Title"/>
</xsl:if>
</a>
</xsl:if>
<input type="hidden">
<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of select="MenuIdString"/>_parentid</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$slaveMenu='true' and (MenuLevel = '1')">
<xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of select="$masterHash"/>_<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlMenuId"/>_<xsl:value-of select="ParentId"/></xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of select="$menuConst"/><xsl:value-of select="ParentId"/></xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</input>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="addJavascript">
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
// Pass server control properties, etc., to Javascript:
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_ekflexmenuArray)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_ekflexmenuArray)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_ekflexmenuArray = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_ekflexmenuArray[window.ekFlexMenu_ekflexmenuArray.length] = "<xsl:value-of select="$menuConst"/>0";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_swRev)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_swRev)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_swRev = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_swRev["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/SWRevision"/>";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_startupSubmenuBranchId)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_startupSubmenuBranchId)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_startupSubmenuBranchId = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_startupSubmenuBranchId["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_autoCollapseBranches)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_autoCollapseBranches)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_autoCollapseBranches = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_autoCollapseBranches["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/AutoCollapseBranches"/>";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_startCollapsed)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_startCollapsed)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_startCollapsed = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_startCollapsed["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/StartCollapsed"/>";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_startWithRootFolderCollapsed)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_startWithRootFolderCollapsed)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_startWithRootFolderCollapsed = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_startWithRootFolderCollapsed["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "false";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_masterControlIdHash)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_masterControlIdHash)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_masterControlIdHash = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_masterControlIdHash["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/MasterControlIdHash"/>";
<xsl:if test="not($masterHash = '')">
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_subscriberList)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_subscriberList)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_subscriberList = new Array;
}
if ("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_subscriberList["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/MasterControlIdHash"/>"]) {
window.ekFlexMenu_subscriberList["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/MasterControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>";
}
else {
window.ekFlexMenu_subscriberList["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/MasterControlIdHash"/>"] += ",<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>";
}
</xsl:if>
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxEnabled)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxEnabled)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxEnabled = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxEnabled["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/AjaxEnabled"/>";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxWSPath)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxWSPath)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxWSPath = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_ajaxWSPath["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/AppPath"/>webservices/";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_displayXslt)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_displayXslt)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_displayXslt = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_displayXslt["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/XslFileName"/>";
//
if (("undefined" == typeof window.ekFlexMenu_cacheInterval)
|| (null == window.ekFlexMenu_cacheInterval)) {
window.ekFlexMenu_cacheInterval = new Array;
}
window.ekFlexMenu_cacheInterval["<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/ControlIdHash"/>"] = "<xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/CacheInterval"/>";
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Add event handler calling functions:
// Test to ensure that ekFlexMenu is valid/reachable (this is needed
// to prevent intermittent Javascript errors that can occur if user
// causes event to fire while page is being torn down (i.e. a link is
// clicked, browser is fetching new page, movement causes mouse-out...):
function ekFlexMenu_IsValid(obj) {
return (("undefined" != typeof obj) <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&&</xsl:text> (null != obj));
}
function ekFlexMenuPopupMsIn(event) {
if (ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu) <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&&</xsl:text> ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu.mouseIn)) {
return (ekFlexMenu.mouseIn(event));
}
return (true);
}
function ekFlexMenuPopupMsOut(event) {
if (ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu) <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&&</xsl:text> ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu.mouseOut)) {
return (ekFlexMenu.mouseOut(event));
}
return (true);
}
function ekFlexMenuKey(event) {
if (ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu) <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&&</xsl:text> ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu.menuBtnKeyHdlr)) {
return (ekFlexMenu.menuBtnKeyHdlr(event));
}
return (true);
}
function ekFlexMenuMsOut(event) {
if (ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu) <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&&</xsl:text> ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu.menuBtnMouseOutHdlr)) {
return (ekFlexMenu.menuBtnMouseOutHdlr(event));
}
return (true);
}
function ekFlexMenuMsOvr(event) {
if (ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu) <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&&</xsl:text> ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu.menuBtnMouseOverHdlr)) {
return (ekFlexMenu.menuBtnMouseOverHdlr(event));
}
return (true);
}
function ekFlexMenuClk(event) {
if (ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu) <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&&</xsl:text> ekFlexMenu_IsValid(ekFlexMenu.menuBtnClickHdlr)) {
return (ekFlexMenu.menuBtnClickHdlr(event));
}
return (true);
}
</script>
<xsl:if test="/MenuDataResult/Info/UseJavascriptHardLink='true'">
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<xsl:attribute name="src"><xsl:value-of select="/MenuDataResult/Info/AppPath"/>java/ek_flexmenu.js</xsl:attribute>
</script>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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