Binding to Sitemap in V2014.415 group item inactive

[Jacques]

We're binding to a sitemap file as shown below: 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<siteMap>
  <siteMapNode title="Home" controller="Home" action="index">
    <siteMapNode title="Dashboard"  controller="MyController" action="index" />
    <siteMapNode title="My Future" controller="MyController" action="Input" />
    <siteMapNode title="My Retirement" controller="MyController" action="Input" />
    <siteMapNode title="System">
      <siteMapNode title="Profile" controller="MyController" action="Profile" />
      <siteMapNode title="Income and Expenses" controller="MyController" action="IncomeAndExpenses" />
      <siteMapNode title="Assets and Liabilities" controller="MyController" action="AssetsAndLiabilities" />
      <siteMapNode title="Insurance" controller="MyController" action="Insurance" />
      <siteMapNode title="Bootstrap">
        <siteMapNode title="Typography" controller="system" action="Typography" />
      </siteMapNode>
    </siteMapNode>
  </siteMapNode>
</siteMap>

The base controller executes this code in the constructor: 

if (!SiteMapManager.SiteMaps.ContainsKey("main"))
{
    SiteMapManager.SiteMaps.Register<XmlSiteMap>("main", sitemenu => sitemenu.LoadFrom("~/Utilities/Sitemaps/Main.sitemap"));
}

It's binding correctly using some of the examples shown on these forums. However, the nodes in Bold above don't expand. So clicking on System does nothing. Using Firebug I can see the sub-items are there rendered as a UL so I go into Firebug and remove the display:none attribute. 

The first screenshot "How it should look.png" shows what it should look like expanded. 
Note: I had to use Firebug to get it to display. Clicking on System does nothing... doesn't even throw any errors. 

Note 2: When this panelbar is used on a page that is not included in the Sitemap or rendered out as part of the HTML hierarchy then the items expand, but on pages that do exist in the Sitemap, it doesn't work at all. 

Any ideas or do you need more information? 

[Jacques]

What is the expected response time in this premium forum? 

[Alex Gyoshev]

Hello Jacques,

We tried reproducing the problem, to no avail -- see the attached solution. One thing we noted is that you might need to set the controller name as "My" (omitting the "Controller" suffix) if your site has URLs like My/Profile.

The forum response time is 48 hours, as shown on our site.

Regards,
Alex Gyoshev
Telerik

 

 

[Jacques]

Hi Alex, 

Sorry the MyController part was just replacing the actual controller names for obfuscation purposes. 

I'll take a look at your project. 

[Jacques]

your sample uses v2014.2.x when I try to update this to 2014.1.415 the cdn doesn't work: 
http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.1.415/js/kendo.all.min.js

How can I reference that version? 

[Alex Gyoshev]

Hello Jacques,

If you are using the Q1 SP1, it has the version 2014.1.416. Here is the CDN link.

Regards,
Alex Gyoshev
Telerik

 

 

[Jacques]

That link works, but when I try to update the Kendo.Mvc.dll I get this error: 
CS1705:
Assembly 'Kendo.Mvc, Version=2014.1.415.545, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=121fae78165ba3d4' uses 'System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' which has a higher
version than referenced assembly 'System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'

Essentially I want to make sure we're testing the same thing. 

[Jacques]

Any ideas? 

[Alex Gyoshev]

Hello Jacques,

The error is triggered by the version of the Kendo.Mvc DLL. The last digits in the version (2014.1.415.545) correspond to the MVC dependency and the .NET framework version -- in this case, MVC 5 + .NET 4.5 makes the 545. So, make sure that you are using the right DLL from the Binaries folder of the distribution archive.

Regards,
Alex Gyoshev
Telerik