Scenario: All sites in a site collection share the same top link bar for consistent global navigation.

Site A (top-level)
    Site A1 (2nd level)
        Site A1a (3rd level)
    Site A2 (2nd level)
    etc.

Problem:  When site A1 is active, tab "A1" is highlighted.  When site A1a is active, no tabs are highlighted.  And the bread crumbs do not include site "A1."  So the user has no context to where they are in the site taxonomy.

In MOSS 2007 the behavior is different.  Tab "A1" is highlighted when site A1 or any of its subsites is active.  So when site A1a is active, tab "A1" is highlighted and the user knows where they are.  This is good.

Question: How can I make SharePoint 2010 highlight the top link bar tabs in a similar manner to MOSS 2007?

Did you try the "Display the same navigation items as the parent site" setting under Site Settings > Navigation Settings

 

It worked for me

Great news.  After I activated the "SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure" site collection feature, the top link bar tab highlighting started working just like MOSS 2007.  Now the tab stays highlighted when 3rd-level sites are active.

• Marked as answer by Htimslr Wednesday, August 10, 2011 4:34 PM

I activated the "SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure" site collection feature, still it didn't work for me.  

I have Custom Top navigation bar in my project.

Eg :   AAA   BBB   CCC   DDD

When i am into CCC site , if i create sites under this at three levels say. :  CCC > CC1 > CC2 > CC3 > CC4

The top navigation bar does not get highlighted when i am into CC4 site.

Actuly the top naviagtion bar should look like this :

Eg :   AAA   BBB   CCC   DDD

But it does not get highlighted and it shows normal like this . Eg :   AAA   BBB   CCC   DDD

 

Please suggest some solution for the same. Why Navigation does not work at this level.

 

 

Regards ,

Avinash

• Edited by Avinash Ankur Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:09 AM

But if you activate the server publishing infrastructure in Sharepoint 2013, you cause other issues such as losing the Quicklaunch and Top Link menu items under site settings.  I avoid doing this for this reason.

You do not lose settings capability after activating Publishing Infrastructure. Quick launch and Top link bar settings are replaced by Navigation settings.  Using the Structural Navigation editor on the Navigation settings page to control Global Navigation (Top Link Bar) and Current Navigation (Quick Launch) is more powerful.