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[inkcarts]

Is there a way to determine what Root Level category that a sub category is under.

What i'm trying to do is a tabbed navigation. If the category page you are is under a certain root category, then highlight a certain tab.

is there such a thing as

If
category = x
then
style="current"

Thanks in advance for your help.
Lyn

[Will Hayes]

You could try

{$cat}

This variable contains the parent category id of the current category or product page you might be viewing.

For example, you could loop through your standard category array
$categories

and perform a check for a match like this:

{foreach from=$categories item=c}
<li class="color-{$c.order_by}"><a {if $cat == $c.categoryid}class="active"{/if} href="home.php?cat={$c.categoryid}">{$c.category}</a></li>
{/foreach}

Notice the if statement within the a tag.

Hope that helps you somewhat.

regards
W.