XF 2.1 Trying to get a Navigation tab to highlight on a specific forum thread.

[sross]

Hi,

I have a navigation tab that links to a forum thread. Of course the tab link works but it leaves the Forum tab selected. Is there a way to force the tab to recognize the thread? Cheers

 

[bzcomputers]

Type: Node - in the navigation settings may give you what you need.

Type
Altering the type of a navigation item will change the editor to show the appropriate controls for the selected type.

• Basic: a basic navigation item is a simple link, or a parent of other links. A text box labelled Link will be shown, and the link should be entered either as a full http://example.com/path/to/my-page.html style URL, or as a {{ link('whats-new/posts') }} style expression if the target page is an internal XenForo page.
• Node: this special navigation type will show the node that you select in the Node menu, along with a pop-up menu showing the nodes contained within that selected node. It can be useful for providing direct links to nodes/forums that might otherwise not be readily discovered. Note that permissions are applied, and users who can not normally view the selected node or any of its children will not see the node(s) in the navigation item either.
• Callback: this advanced option will call the PHP class and method specified in the Callback fields. This one is best left for add-on developers.

 

[sross]

It probably does but I'm unsure which to use and what settings.