Programmatically add menus to SPWeb.Navigation.QuickLaunch does not work

Question

I'm trying to add some menus to the "Quick Launch" navigation and it does not work. I'm using the following code:

var ql = myWeb.Navigation.QuickLaunch;
SPNavigationNode m1 = new SPNavigationNode("MainMenu", "");
ql.AddAsLast(m1);

SPNavigationNode m2 = new SPNavigationNode("OptionMenu", @"http://www.google.com", true);

ql[ql.Count - 1].Children.AddAsLast(m2);
ql[ql.Count - 1].Update();

I can't for the life of me understand what the issue is. No menu is shown.

If I look with power-shell at the QuickLaunch I see the "MainMenu" and the "OptionMenu" in the navigation but nothing is displayed. The IsVisible property is true.

Any hints?

Answer 1

I figure your problem is that you have not specified URL for MainMenu. As you notice all links in QuickLaunch has link associated with it. Specify a Url and it should work (I tested that locally).