c# - Highlighting Menu Bar in ASP.NET Web Application -

i built web application using asp.net visual studio 2010 master pages. see project gives default menu bar item. have 5 pages (links) listed on menu bars. when user goes specific page want highlight menu bar link. dont know how :(

i tried on master page code behind didnt work too:

 foreach (menuitem item in navigationmenu.items)         {             var navigateurlparams = item.navigateurl.split('/');             if (request.url.absoluteuri.indexof(navigateurlparams[navigateurlparams.length - 1]) != -1)             {                 item.selected = true;             }         } 

and in mark view have this:

 <div class="clear hideskiplink">             <asp:menu id="navigationmenu" runat="server" cssclass="menu" enableviewstate="false" includestyleblock="false" orientation="horizontal"  onmenuitemclick="navigationmenu_menuitemclick">                 <items>                     <asp:menuitem text="test1"/>                      <asp:menuitem text="test2"/>                      <asp:menuitem  text="test3"/>                  </items>             </asp:menu>         </div> 

so whenever user comes test1.aspx page, want menu item of test1 highlighted. how should that?

any appreciated! thank you...

use css link classes implement this:

http://www.w3schools.com/css/sel_active.asp

and unless "need" programmatic against these link items, use html anchor links instead. create them list items:

<ul class="menu">     <li>         <a href="~/home" id="link1" title="first link" runat="server">link 1</a>     </li> </ul> 

what i'm saying question if controls necessary here (not familiar project), , keep markup simple whenever possible.