Django-CMS: How do I get a parent item of a currently active child page to highlight in the navigation menu? - django-cms

Question

The standard menu.html that comes with Django CMS seems really easy but I simply can't figure out how to highlight a menu item that has children that are currently active.
I tried this:
{% if child.children and child.selected %} active dropdown{% endif %}
But that, for some odd reason, doesn't work.
Below is the full code of the menu.html:
{% load i18n menu_tags cache %}
{% for child in children %}
<li class="{% if child.ancestor %}ancestor{% endif %}
{% if child.selected %} active{% endif %}
{% if child.children %} dropdown{% endif %}
---> {% if child.selected and child.children %} active dropdown{% endif %}">
{% if child.children %}
<a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#">
{{ child.get_menu_title }} <span class="caret"></span>
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
{% show_menu from_level to_level extra_inactive extra_active template "" "" child %}
</ul>
{% else %}
<span>{{ child.get_menu_title }}</span>
{% endif %}
</li>
{% if class and forloop.last and not forloop.parentloop %}{% endif %}
{% endfor %}

Answer 1

Thanks to Martin Koistinen of Divio, I got a working solution:
Template tag and its config:
{% show_menu 0 1 0 0 "menu.html" %}
Menu.html:
{% load i18n menu_tags cache %}
{% for child in children %}
<li class="{% if child.ancestor %}ancestor{% endif %}{% if child.selected %} active{% endif %}">
{{ child.get_menu_title }}
</li>
{% endfor %}