Hi,
I have created the following menu structure like each of these items to a single article

level_1a
.. |__ level_2a
.... |__ level_3a
.... |__ level_3b
.... |__ level_3c
.. |__ level_2b
.... |__ level_3d
.... |__ level_3e
.... |__ level_3f
.. |__ level_2c
these items will generate joomla sef links like so:
www.site.com/level_1a/level_2b/level_3e

Then I made a pattern to match the above url structure to generate dynamic links to link to a 3rd party component that it self cant generate menu item links to its pages and the redirect is working perfectly as intended, the issue is:

The menu levels are never shown in the browser as joomla not detecting the actual menu level the site visitor is at, so what I am trying to do it to make joomla aware of where it is at if the link is clicked and the redirect is done.

I think what is happening here is that the redirect when done it wastes the method that joomla knows what link is click.
I need to find a way to preserve this method so when redirect is done, the menu is expanded and sub-levels are displayed.

I hope I have explained my issue clearly and that I can find any help here.
Thank you.
Regards.

Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
Well actually I did try to do exactly that, but if it is to work it has to be passed right after the index.php, like so
www.domain.com/index.php?Itemid=xxx
So The rest of the path I am using for a 3rd party component is not working.
And if Itemid is added to last of the url, it dose nothing.
Not sure what to do.
Thank you.