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Asked: 2026-05-10T19:28:24+00:00

I am writing a website with Visual Studio 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5. I have

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I am writing a website with Visual Studio 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5. I have a masterpage set up to simplify the layout and to keep the content pages for content rather than content and layout.

The navigation is list, css’d so it looks like a bar. In order to highlight the page on the bar, the list item needs to look like this <li id='current'>. I do not want to use <asp:ContentPlaceHolder> if I can avoid it. Is there some code I can add to each of my pages (or just to the masterpage?) to accomplish this or am I stuck using <asp:ContentPlaceHolder>‘s?

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  1. Add a property to your master page called Page Section

    public string PageSection { get; set; }

    Add a MasterType page directive to the top of your content pages

    <%@ MasterType VirtualPath='~/foo.master' %>

    In your content page code behind, set the PageSection property of the master page

    Master.PageSection = 'home';

    In your master page, make the body tag a server tag

    <body ID='bodyTag' runat='server'>

    In the master page code behind, use that property to set a class on the body tag

    bodyTag.Attributes.Add('class', this.PageSection);

    Give each of your nav items a unique ID attribute.

    In your css, change the display of the nav items based on the current page class

    .home #homeNavItem, .contact #contactNavItem {      color: #f00;  }
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