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[mank319]

I imagine this is useless without a multi level plugin ?
I mean what would it provide for a parent in a a flat 1 d menu ?

Yes, as I explained I use it with Child Menu. May be of use with the Nested Menu plugin aswell, I guess.

I use this in my templates to highlight the current page or parent in the (1-level) menu.

PHP Code:

<?php get_navigation(get_parent(false)==''?return_page_slug():get_parent(false)); ?>

Thanks for the hint! That's similar to the way I wanted to accomplish it beforehand.
But I prefered to incorporate the functionality into a modular plugin, that is independend of the theme used, so it can be reused and easily installed by folks, who do not want to tinker with code at all.

@shawn_a: is there any way to call the get_navigation function without echoing? This way one could benefit from the cleaner looking code of Carlos' example, but still retain the advantages of a modular solution, like mine.