SelectedCssClass not working with ItemTemplate

[KDL]

The RadMenu is ignoring the SelectedCssClass property when using ItemTemplates. It is correctly applied if ItemTemplates are not used.

CSS:

        .TabFormat
        {
            height:50px !important;
            background-color:#263144 !important;
            padding:0px;
        }
        .TabFormat:hover
        {
            background-color:#212631 !important;
            color:#f78f1e;
        }
        .TabSelected
        {
            background-color:#212631 !important;
            color:#f78f1e !important;
        }
        .NavMenuItem
        {
            width:150px;
            height:50px;
        }
        .NavMenuItem a, a:hover, a:active
        {
            cursor:default;
            text-decoration:none;
            color:#f78f1e;
        }
        .NavMenuTitle
        {
            font-size:12pt;
            padding:5px 0px 5px 15px;
        }
        .NavMenuSubTitle
        {
            padding-left:15px;
            font-size:8pt;
        }

Markup:

                <telerik:RadMenuItem IsSeparator="true" />
                <telerik:RadMenuItem runat="server"
                    Text="how it works"
                    CssClass="TabFormat"
                    SelectedCssClass="TabSelected"
                    NavigateUrl="~/HowItWorks.aspx"
                    >
                    <ItemTemplate>
                        <a href="../HowItWorks.aspx">
                            <div class="NavMenuItem">
                                <div class="NavMenuTitle">
                                    How it works
                                </div>
                                <div class="NavMenuSubTitle">
                                    we'll show you
                                </div>
                            </div>
                        </a>
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </telerik:RadMenuItem>

Codebehind (VB) with work-around:

        Dim currentItem As RadMenuItem
        If Request.Url.PathAndQuery.Contains("/products/") Then
            currentItem = RadMenu1.FindItemByText("products")
        Else
            currentItem = RadMenu1.FindItemByUrl(Request.Url.PathAndQuery)
        End If
        If Not IsNothing(currentItem) Then
            currentItem.Selected = True

            ' NOTE: This is a workaround to a bug in the RadMenu that fails to apply the "selectedCSS"
            '       when using Templates.
            currentItem.CssClass = "TabSelected"
        End If

[Yana]

Hello,

For now templated items cannot be selected and their SelectedCssClass is not rendered, this issue is already logged and will be fixed.

Sincerely yours,
Yana
the Telerik team

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[KDL]

Well I'm glad to know it wasn't just me missing something obvious. But then again, I can't get back the 2 hours of my life spent troubleshooting this issue.

How about some points for identifying the issue and providing a workaround? ;-)

[Yana]

Hello,

I'm sorry I missed that. Please find your points updated.

Kind regards,
Yana
the Telerik team

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