Highlight active menu item in Joomla - joomla

Question

I'm overriding the mod_mainmenu module in Joomla 1.5 and am unable to get the .active or #current CSS class or ID to show on the page. It's showing the following HTML for the menu:
<ul id="top-nav" class="flatList">
<li access="0" level="1" id="1">
<a href="#">
<span class="embed embed-top-nav">Home</span>
<p>news, highlights</p>
</a>
</li>
<li access="0" level="1" id="4">
<a href="/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=4">
<span class="embed embed-top-nav">Watch UNC-TV</span>
<p>schedule, programs</p>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
I've read that the mod_mainmenu will automatically insert either active or current somewhere into this so you can tell which item is the currently active menu selection. But I'm not seeing either of those in the generated HTML. I'd like to apply some CSS to the active element, but there doesn't seem to be any way to do this. Any thoughts?
Thanks.
UPDATE: Here's the code of the mod_mainmenu I've created:
<?php
// no direct access
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
if ( ! defined('fancyMenuPatch') )
{
function fancyMenuPatch($result,$tag){
$menu = JSite::getMenu();
$active = $menu->getActive();
// Add to the start of the UL tag.
$begin_ul = "<ul id=\"top-nav\" class=\"flatList\">";
$begin_span = "<span class=\"embed embed-top-nav\">";
$home_p = "Home</span><p>news, highlights</p></a>";
$watch_p = "Watch UNC-TV</span><p>schedule, programs</p></a>";
$learn_p = "Learn</span><p>education, unc-tv kids</p></a>";
$support_p = "Support Us</span><p>pledge, volunteer, corporate</p></a>";
$contact_p = "Contact</span><p>feedback, connect, share</p></a>";
// do the replacements
$result = str_replace("<ul class=\"menu\">",$begin_ul, $result);
$result = str_replace("<span>", $begin_span, $result);
$result = str_replace("Home</span></a>",$home_p,$result);
$result = str_replace("Watch UNC-TV</span></a>",$watch_p,$result);
$result = str_replace("Learn</span></a>",$learn_p,$result);
$result = str_replace("Support Us</span></a>",$support_p,$result);
$result = str_replace("Contact</span></a>",$contact_p,$result);
return $result;
}
define('fancyMenuPatch', true);
}
if ( ! defined('modMainMenuXMLCallbackDefined') )
{
function modMainMenuXMLCallback(&$node, $args)
{
$user = &JFactory::getUser();
$menu = &JSite::getMenu();
$active = $menu->getActive();
$path = isset($active) ? array_reverse($active->tree) : null;
if (($args['end']) && ($node->attributes('level') >= $args['end']))
{
$children = $node->children();
foreach ($node->children() as $child)
{
if ($child->name() == 'ul') {
$node->removeChild($child);
}
}
}
if ($node->name() == 'ul') {
foreach ($node->children() as $child)
{
if ($child->attributes('access') > $user->get('aid', 0)) {
$node->removeChild($child);
}
}
}
if (($node->name() == 'li') && isset($node->ul)) {
$node->addAttribute('class', 'parent');
}
if (isset($path) && (in_array($node->attributes('id'), $path) || in_array($node->attributes('rel'), $path)))
{
if ($node->attributes('class')) {
$node->addAttribute('class', $node->attributes('class').' active');
} else {
$node->addAttribute('class', 'active');
}
}
else
{
if (isset($args['children']) && !$args['children'])
{
$children = $node->children();
foreach ($node->children() as $child)
{
if ($child->name() == 'ul') {
$node->removeChild($child);
}
}
}
}
if (($node->name() == 'li') && ($id = $node->attributes('id'))) {
if ($node->attributes('class')) {
$node->addAttribute('class', $node->attributes('class').' item'.$id);
} else {
$node->addAttribute('class', 'item'.$id);
}
}
if (isset($path) && $node->attributes('id') == $path[0]) {
$node->addAttribute('id', 'current');
} else {
$node->removeAttribute('id');
}
$node->removeAttribute('rel');
$node->removeAttribute('level');
$node->removeAttribute('access');
}
define('modMainMenuXMLCallbackDefined', true);
}
ob_start();
modMainMenuHelper::render($params, 'modMyMainMenuXMLCallback');
$menu_html = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
if($params->get('menutype')=="mainmenu"){
$tag = $params->get('tag_id');
}
//output the menu!
echo fancyMenuPatch($menu_html,$tag);
?>

Answer 1

Try this, here's code for mod_mainmenu (override):
<?php
// no direct access
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
if ( ! defined('fancyMenuPatch') )
{
function fancyMenuPatch($result,$tag){
$menu = JSite::getMenu();
$active = $menu->getActive();
// Add to the start of the UL tag.
$begin_ul = "<ul id=\"top-nav\" class=\"flatList\">";
$begin_span = "<span class=\"embed embed-top-nav\">";
$home_p = "Home</span><p>news, highlights</p></a>";
$watch_p = "Watch UNC-TV</span><p>schedule, programs</p></a>";
$learn_p = "Learn</span><p>education, unc-tv kids</p></a>";
$support_p = "Support Us</span><p>pledge, volunteer, corporate</p></a>";
$contact_p = "Contact</span><p>feedback, connect, share</p></a>";
// do the replacements
$result = str_replace("<ul class=\"menu\">",$begin_ul, $result);
$result = str_replace("<span>", $begin_span, $result);
$result = str_replace("Home</span></a>",$home_p,$result);
$result = str_replace("Watch UNC-TV</span></a>",$watch_p,$result);
$result = str_replace("Learn</span></a>",$learn_p,$result);
$result = str_replace("Support Us</span></a>",$support_p,$result);
$result = str_replace("Contact</span></a>",$contact_p,$result);
return $result;
}
define('fancyMenuPatch', true);
}
if ( ! defined('modMyMainMenuXMLCallbackDefined') )
{
function modMyMainMenuXMLCallback(&$node, $args)
{
$user = &JFactory::getUser();
$menu = &JSite::getMenu();
$active = $menu->getActive();
$path = isset($active) ? array_reverse($active->tree) : null; if (($args['end']) && ($node->attributes('level') >= $args['end']))
{
$children = $node->children();
foreach ($node->children() as $child)
{
if ($child->name() == 'ul') {
$node->removeChild($child);
}
}
}
if ($node->name() == 'ul') {
foreach ($node->children() as $child)
{
if ($child->attributes('access') > $user->get('aid', 0)) {
$node->removeChild($child);
}
}
}
if (($node->name() == 'li') && isset($node->ul)) {
$node->addAttribute('class', 'parent');
}
if (isset($path) && in_array($node->attributes('id'), $path))
{
if ($node->attributes('class')) {
$node->addAttribute('class', $node->attributes('class').' active');
} else {
$node->addAttribute('class', 'active');
}
}
else
{
if (isset($args['children']) && !$args['children'])
{
$children = $node->children();
foreach ($node->children() as $child)
{
if ($child->name() == 'ul') {
$node->removeChild($child);
}
}
}
}
if (($node->name() == 'li') && ($id = $node->attributes('id'))) {
if ($node->attributes('class')) {
$node->addAttribute('class', $node->attributes('class').' item'.$id);
} else {
$node->addAttribute('class', 'item'.$id);
}
}
if (isset($path) && $node->attributes('id') == $path[0]) {
$node->addAttribute('id', 'current');
} else {
$node->removeAttribute('id');
}
$node->removeAttribute('level');
$node->removeAttribute('access');
}
define('modMyMainMenuXMLCallbackDefined', true);
}
ob_start();
modMainMenuHelper::render($params, 'modMyMainMenuXMLCallback');
$menu_html = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
if($params->get('menutype')=="mainmenu"){
$tag = $params->get('tag_id');
}
//output the menu!
echo fancyMenuPatch($menu_html,$tag);
?>

Answer 2

Check your template folder, there is a template.css file, you can find there !