# XML Navigation Menu that Remembers Expanded Nodes

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-navigation-menu-that-remembers-expanded-nodes/212939>\
**Category:** open source\
**Created:** [January 15, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-navigation-menu-that-remembers-expanded-nodes/212939 "2007-01-15T21:38:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-navigation-menu-that-remembers-expanded-nodes/212939/1 "2007-01-15T21:38:10Z")

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Hey everyone,  
Somebody asked me (nicely!) a few weeks ago whether I would explain how to make a drop-down menu that remembered which nodes were expanded. The idea was to have a navigation menu on a web site that did not reset to a collapsed state each time a new page was loaded.

I have attached the source files for that 🙂

Cheers!  
Kirupa :nat:

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**Author:** ![MattPJA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@MattPJA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MattPJA)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-navigation-menu-that-remembers-expanded-nodes/212939/2 "2008-07-07T19:31:24Z")

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Kirupa,  
This menu is great. Is there anyway where you could arrange this menu for 3 levels? Your help is much appreciated.

-Matt

[quote=kirupa;2043196]Hey everyone,  
Somebody asked me (nicely!) a few weeks ago whether I would explain how to make a drop-down menu that remembered which nodes were expanded. The idea was to have a navigation menu on a web site that did not reset to a collapsed state each time a new page was loaded.

I have attached the source files for that 🙂

Cheers!  
Kirupa :nat:[/quote]