Context Sensitive Web Menus in ASP.NET

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Kayhan

Hi everyone,

This is what I am trying to do. I have a simple horizontal menu on the
top of my webpage. And I mean simple, basically 6 hyperlink controls.
I didn't want rollover images because they are harder to update and I
opted to use hyperlink controls because they have the potential to
program for a _CLICK event (but I am open to other suggestions). What
I would like to do is based on what horizontal menu item the user
clicks to load up an appropriate DHTML menu on the left hand side (eg.
If I click on Products on the top horizontal menu, it will load up a
menu on the left of various product names. Click on Services on the
top, and it will load up various services on the left menu, etc...).
The thing is that my horizontal menu in in a custom header user
control (header.ascx) and my left menu is also in a custom left menu
user control (leftmenu.ascx). Has anybody ever tried to do something
like this? Does anybody know of any websites that has an example of
how to do this with code? Can somebody here help me (and others) via
this forum? I am open to suggestions but I do have to keep my user
controls (my header, left menu, footer, etc...). How can you
programatically manipulate the properties of something (eg. a label
control) when you are trying to do it via another ASCX page? Should I
use a panel or container? Please help!!!!! Thanks.

Kevin
 
If you are open to using a custom control, there is a good one available at
http://www.aspnetmenu.com/. It's a little pricey, but it has a lot of
functionality, and I think it will do what you need it to do. I'm still
evaluating it, but I'm pretty close to purchasing a copy.

- Jon
 
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