> Still trying to get a better understanding of xslt.  Using the code you 
> specified below brings up a parser error:
> Attribute 'select' is invalid on 'xsl:if'.

There's a mistake I've made a 100 times, it should be "test":

   <xsl:if test="ancestor::menu[@id=$id']">


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