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  Default  
  Web part control ID: Serves as an identifier for the web part. This ID must be unique within the context of each page template. The value of this property may only contain alphanumeric characters and the underscore character ( _ ).  
  Web part title: Title of the web part displayed on the Design tab of CMS Desk. If empty, the value of the Web part control ID property is used for this purpose.  
  Disable view state: Indicates if view state should be disabled for this web part.  
  Disable macros: If checked, macros contained in the values of the web part's properties will no longer be resolved.  
   

  Visibility  
  Visible: Indicates if the web part should be displayed.  
  Hide on subpages: Indicates if the web part should be hidden on sub-pages. If checked, the web part will not be displayed on documents that inherit the web part from a parent document.  
  Show for document types: Contains a list of document types on which the web part should be displayed. If the currently selected document uses the page template containing this web part, but its type is not specified by this property, the web part will be hidden. The document types in the list must be specified by their code names and separated by semicolons (;). If empty, the web part will be displayed on all document types.  
  Display to roles: Contains a list of roles to which the web part should be displayed. This may be used to implement documents with specific functionality for different types of users. The roles in the list must be specified by their code names and separated by semicolons (;). If empty, the web part will be displayed to all users.  
   

  Content  
  Path: Specifies the path of the documents that should be displayed. If empty, the path will be set to all documents of the given website (/%).  
  Highlighted document path: Sets the path of the document that should be selected in the menu by default. If empty, the path of the currently selected document is used.  
   

  Content filter  
  Document types: Determines which document types should be displayed, specified by a list of code names separated by semicolons (;). By default, only CMS.MenuItem documents (pages) are displayed in navigation.  
  Combine with default culture: Indicates if the default language version of a document should be used as a replacement if a given document is not translated to the currently selected language. If the Use site settings option is selected, the value is taken from Site Manager -> Settings -> Content -> Combine with default culture.  
  Culture code: Sets which culture version of the specified documents should be used.  
  Maximum nesting level: Specifies the maximum number of content tree sub-levels from which content should be loaded. This number is relative, i.e. counted from the start of the path specified for the content of the web part. Entering -1 causes all sub-levels to be included.  
  ORDER BY expression: Sets the value of the ORDER BY clause in the SELECT statement used to retrieve the content.  
  Select only published: Indicates if only published documents should be loaded.  
  Site name: Sets the website (specified by its code name) from which the content should be loaded. If left empty, the current site is used.  
  WHERE condition: Sets the value of the WHERE clause in the SELECT statement used to retrieve the content.  
  Columns: Lists database columns that should be loaded in addition to the set used by default; separated by commas (,). Entering an asterisk (*) causes all columns to be loaded. It is recommended to load only those columns that are necessary.  
  Filter name: Sets the name of the Filter web part that should be connected.  
   

  Design  
  CSS prefix: Through this property, you can set different CSS styles for individual menu levels. Enter the prefixes of the CSS classes that should be applied, starting from the first menu level and separated by semicolons (;).  
  Cursor: Selects the type of mouse cursor displayed when a user hovers over the menu.  
  Highlight all items in path: If enabled, all items on the path of the currently selected document will also be selected (highlighted) in the menu.  
  External script path: Contains the path to a JavaScript file used to implement custom behaviour of the menu. For example: ~/CMSGlobalFiles/Scripts/menu.js  
  Layout: Determines the orientation of the menu. Possible options are horizontal or vertical.  
  Render item name: Indicates if the itemname attribute of menu items should be rendered in the output HTML code.  
  Render image alt: Indicates if ALT attributes should be rendered for all images used in the menu (for XHTML compatibility).  
  Padding: Sets the cell padding of the table element used by the menu.  
  Spacing: Sets the cell spacing of the table element used by the menu.  
  Submenu indicator image: Contains the path to the image that is used to indicate that menu items contain further sub-items. For example: ~/App_Themes/Site/Images/submenu.gif  
  Use alternating styles: Indicates if odd and even menu items should have different styles.  
  Use item images for higlighted item: Indicates if the standard item image should be used for highlighted items if there isn't a specific image defined.  
  Apply menu design: Indicates if document settings for menu design should be applied to the navigation items displayed by the web part. These settings can be configured for individual documents in CMS Desk -> Content -> Edit -> Properties -> Menu.  
  Enable RTL behaviour: If selected, the menu will use a right-to-left layout if the document is displayed in a RTL culture.  
  Enable mouse up/down class: Indicates if the menu should render different CSS classes for the mouseup and mousedown events.  
  Word wrap: Indicates if long menu item captions should be broken into multiple lines (word wrapped).  
  Encode menu caption: Indicates whether HTML encoding should be applied to the navigation items. Useful only in special cases where the names of the displayed documents contain HTML code.  
   

  Menu item separator  
  Separator CSS class: Specifies the name of the CSS class applied to the cell (TD element) of the separator placed between items on the first level of the menu.  
  Separator height: Sets the height of the separator placed between items on the first level of the menu.  
  Separator text: Sets the HTML code of the separator placed between items on the first level of the menu. All options are supported, from a single character (&gt;) to a custom image (<img src="/images/myseparator.gif">).  
   

  No data behavior  
  Hide if no record found: Indicates if the web part should be hidden when no items to be displayed are retrieved.  
  ZeroRowsText: Text that should be displayed if no records are found. This text will not be visible if the Hide if no record found property of the web part is enabled.  
   

  System settings  
  Check permissions: Indicates if the permissions of the current user should be checked for the content of the web part. If enabled, only documents for which the user has the "read" permission will be loaded.  
  Cache item name: Sets the name of the cache key used for the content of the web part. If not specified, this name is generated automatically based on the site, document path, Web part control ID and current user. A cache key can be shared between multiple web parts with the same content on different pages in order to avoid keeping redundant data in the memory.  
  Cache minutes: Sets the number of minutes for which the content of the web part should remain cached before its latest version is reloaded from the database. If left empty, the value entered into the Site Manager -> Settings -> System -> Performance -> Cache content (minutes) setting will be used instead. If set to 0, caching will be disabled for the web part.  
  Cache dependencies: Contains a list of cache keys on which the partial cache of the web part depends. When the specified cache items change, the partial cache of the web part is deleted. Each line may only contain a single item. If the Use default cache dependencies box is checked, the default dependencies will be used, which include all possible object changes that could affect the specific web part.  
   

  Web part container  
  Web part container: Specifies the name of the container (box) to be displayed around the web part. Only the containers defined at Site Manager -> Development -> Web part containers can be selected. The selected container can be edited directly by using the Edit button.  
  Container title: Sets a title for the container. This title is displayed only if the {%ContainerTitle%} macro is used in the code of the container.  
  Container CSS class: CSS class used for the container. Applied only if the {%ContainerCSSClass%} macro is used as the value of the Class attribute in the code of the container.  
  Container custom content: Custom content to be used in the container. Applied only if the {%ContainerCustomContent%} macro is used in the code of the container.  
  Hide container on subpages: Indicates if the web part container should be hidden on sub-pages.  
   

  HTML Envelope  
  Content before: HTML content placed before the web part. Can be used to display a header or add some encapsulating code, such as <div> or <table> elements to achieve the required layout.  
  Content after: HTML content placed after the web part. Can be used to display a footer or close the tags contained in the ContentBefore value, such as </div> or </table> elements.  
   

  AJAX  
  Use update panel: Indicates if an AJAX UpdatePanel container should be used for this web part.  
   

  Time zones  
  Time zone: Specifies the type of time zone used for the content of the web part.  
  Custom time zone: May be used to assign a custom time zone specifically for the content of this web part. If selected, the time zone will be used regardless of current user or website time zone settings.  
   

  Partial caching  
  Partial cache minutes: Sets the number of minutes for which the output HTML code of the web part should remain cached. This process is similar to full-page caching, but only for the code of the web part specifically. If left empty or set to 0, partial caching will be not be used for the web part.  
  Partial cache dependencies: Contains a list of cache keys on which the partial cache of the web part depends. When the specified cache items change, the partial cache of the web part is deleted. Each line may only contain a single item. If the Use default cache dependencies box is checked, the default dependencies will be used, which include all possible object changes that could affect the specific web part.  
   

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