diff --git a/apps/document_comments/__init__.py b/apps/document_comments/__init__.py
index 633152b518..eb85e3d552 100644
--- a/apps/document_comments/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/document_comments/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ register_permission(PERMISSION_COMMENT_VIEW)
 comment_delete = {'text': _('delete'), 'view': 'comment_delete', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'comment_delete', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_COMMENT_DELETE]}
 comment_multiple_delete = {'text': _('delete'), 'view': 'comment_multiple_delete', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'comments_delete', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_COMMENT_DELETE]}
 comment_add = {'text': _('add comment'), 'view': 'comment_add', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'comment_add', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_COMMENT_CREATE]}
-comments_for_object = {'text': _('comments'), 'view': 'comments_for_object', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'comments', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_COMMENT_VIEW]}
+comments_for_object = {'text': _('comments'), 'view': 'comments_for_object', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'comments', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_COMMENT_VIEW], 'children_view_regex': ['comment']}
 
 register_model_list_columns(Comment, [
     {
diff --git a/apps/documents/__init__.py b/apps/documents/__init__.py
index 2dcc03d4c8..d5e11f3260 100644
--- a/apps/documents/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/documents/__init__.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ register_history_type(HISTORY_DOCUMENT_DELETED)
 
 document_list = {'text': _(u'all documents'), 'view': 'document_list', 'famfam': 'page', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_VIEW]}
 document_list_recent = {'text': _(u'recent documents'), 'view': 'document_list_recent', 'famfam': 'page', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_VIEW]}
-document_create_multiple = {'text': _(u'upload new documents'), 'view': 'document_create_multiple', 'famfam': 'page_add', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_CREATE]}
+document_create_multiple = {'text': _(u'upload new documents'), 'view': 'document_create_multiple', 'famfam': 'page_add', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_CREATE], 'children_view_regex': ['upload']}
 document_create_siblings = {'text': _(u'clone metadata'), 'view': 'document_create_siblings', 'args': 'object.id', 'famfam': 'page_copy', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_CREATE]}
 document_view_simple = {'text': _(u'details'), 'view': 'document_view_simple', 'args': 'object.id', 'famfam': 'page', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_VIEW]}
 document_view_advanced = {'text': _(u'properties'), 'view': 'document_view_advanced', 'args': 'object.id', 'famfam': 'page_gear', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_VIEW]}
diff --git a/apps/folders/__init__.py b/apps/folders/__init__.py
index 9a3c1f6b56..d58e6e6447 100644
--- a/apps/folders/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/folders/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ folder_delete = {'text': _('delete'), 'view': 'folder_delete', 'args': 'object.p
 folder_document_multiple_remove = {'text': _('remove from folder'), 'view': 'folder_document_multiple_remove', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'delete'}
 folder_view = {'text': _(u'folder documents'), 'view': 'folder_view', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'folder_go'}
 folder_add_document = {'text': _('add to a folder'), 'view': 'folder_add_document', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'add'}
-document_folder_list = {'text': _(u'folders'), 'view': 'document_folder_list', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'folder_user', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_VIEW]}
+document_folder_list = {'text': _(u'folders'), 'view': 'document_folder_list', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'folder_user', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_DOCUMENT_VIEW], 'children_view_regex': ['folder']}
 
 register_multi_item_links(['folder_view'], [folder_document_multiple_remove])
 
diff --git a/apps/main/__init__.py b/apps/main/__init__.py
index 7b257516e4..f274f5600b 100644
--- a/apps/main/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/main/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ diagnostics = {'text': _(u'diagnostics'), 'view': 'diagnostics', 'famfam': 'pill
 tools_menu = {'text': _(u'tools'), 'view': 'tools_menu', 'famfam': 'wrench'}
 admin_site = {'text': _(u'admin site'), 'url': '/admin', 'famfam': 'keyboard', 'condition': is_superuser}
 sentry = {'text': _(u'sentry'), 'url': '/sentry', 'famfam': 'bug', 'condition': is_superuser}
-document_types = {'text': _(u'document types'), 'view': 'document_type_list', 'famfam': 'layout'}
+document_types = {'text': _(u'document types'), 'view': 'document_type_list', 'famfam': 'layout', 'children_view_regex': ['document_type', 'setup_document_type']}
 
 __version_info__ = {
     'major': 0,
diff --git a/apps/metadata/__init__.py b/apps/metadata/__init__.py
index 1001dc1977..86a1477b32 100644
--- a/apps/metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/metadata/__init__.py
@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@ register_permission(PERMISSION_METADATA_SET_DELETE)
 register_permission(PERMISSION_METADATA_SET_VIEW)
 
 metadata_edit = {'text': _(u'edit metadata'), 'view': 'metadata_edit', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'xhtml_go', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_DOCUMENT_EDIT]}
-metadata_view = {'text': _(u'metadata'), 'view': 'metadata_view', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'xhtml_go', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_DOCUMENT_EDIT]}
+metadata_view = {'text': _(u'metadata'), 'view': 'metadata_view', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'xhtml_go', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_DOCUMENT_EDIT], 'children_view_regex': ['metadata']}
 metadata_multiple_edit = {'text': _(u'edit metadata'), 'view': 'metadata_multiple_edit', 'famfam': 'xhtml_go', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_DOCUMENT_EDIT]}
 metadata_add = {'text': _(u'add metadata'), 'view': 'metadata_add', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'xhtml_add', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_DOCUMENT_ADD]}
 metadata_multiple_add = {'text': _(u'add metadata'), 'view': 'metadata_multiple_add', 'famfam': 'xhtml_add', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_DOCUMENT_ADD]}
 metadata_remove = {'text': _(u'remove metadata'), 'view': 'metadata_remove', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'xhtml_delete', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_DOCUMENT_REMOVE]}
 metadata_multiple_remove = {'text': _(u'remove metadata'), 'view': 'metadata_multiple_remove', 'famfam': 'xhtml_delete', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_DOCUMENT_REMOVE]}
 
-setup_metadata_type_list = {'text': _(u'metadata types'), 'view': 'setup_metadata_type_list', 'famfam': 'xhtml_go', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_TYPE_VIEW]}
+setup_metadata_type_list = {'text': _(u'metadata types'), 'view': 'setup_metadata_type_list', 'famfam': 'xhtml_go', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_TYPE_VIEW], 'children_view_regex': ['setup_metadata_type']}
 setup_metadata_type_edit = {'text': _(u'edit'), 'view': 'setup_metadata_type_edit', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'xhtml', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_TYPE_EDIT]}
 setup_metadata_type_delete = {'text': _(u'delete'), 'view': 'setup_metadata_type_delete', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'xhtml_delete', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_TYPE_DELETE]}
 setup_metadata_type_create = {'text': _(u'create new'), 'view': 'setup_metadata_type_create', 'famfam': 'xhtml_add', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_TYPE_CREATE]}
 
-setup_metadata_set_list = {'text': _(u'metadata sets'), 'view': 'setup_metadata_set_list', 'famfam': 'table', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_SET_VIEW]}
+setup_metadata_set_list = {'text': _(u'metadata sets'), 'view': 'setup_metadata_set_list', 'famfam': 'table', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_SET_VIEW], 'children_view_regex': ['setup_metadata_set']}
 setup_metadata_set_edit = {'text': _(u'edit'), 'view': 'setup_metadata_set_edit', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'table_edit', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_SET_EDIT]}
 setup_metadata_set_delete = {'text': _(u'delete'), 'view': 'setup_metadata_set_delete', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'table_delete', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_SET_DELETE]}
 setup_metadata_set_create = {'text': _(u'create new'), 'view': 'setup_metadata_set_create', 'famfam': 'table_add', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_METADATA_SET_CREATE]}
diff --git a/apps/navigation/templatetags/navigation_tags.py b/apps/navigation/templatetags/navigation_tags.py
index 7d11306432..7dac65ff09 100644
--- a/apps/navigation/templatetags/navigation_tags.py
+++ b/apps/navigation/templatetags/navigation_tags.py
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ def resolve_links(context, links, current_view, current_path, parsed_query_strin
                 if re.compile(child_url_regex).match(current_path.lstrip('/')):
                     new_link['active'] = True
 
+            for children_view_regex in link.get('children_view_regex', []):
+                if re.compile(children_view_regex).match(current_view):
+                    new_link['active'] = True
+
             for cls in link.get('children_classes', []):
                 obj, object_name = get_navigation_object(context)
                 if type(obj) == cls or obj == cls:
diff --git a/apps/permissions/__init__.py b/apps/permissions/__init__.py
index 2a248a01f4..68e1ab6353 100644
--- a/apps/permissions/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/permissions/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PERMISSION_PERMISSION_GRANT = {'namespace': 'permissions', 'name': 'permission_g
 PERMISSION_PERMISSION_REVOKE = {'namespace': 'permissions', 'name': 'permission_revoke', 'label': _(u'Revoke permissions')}
 
 
-role_list = {'text': _(u'roles'), 'view': 'role_list', 'famfam': 'medal_gold_1', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_ROLE_VIEW]}
+role_list = {'text': _(u'roles'), 'view': 'role_list', 'famfam': 'medal_gold_1', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_ROLE_VIEW], 'children_view_regex': ['role']}
 role_create = {'text': _(u'create new role'), 'view': 'role_create', 'famfam': 'medal_gold_add', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_ROLE_CREATE]}
 role_edit = {'text': _(u'edit'), 'view': 'role_edit', 'args': 'object.id', 'famfam': 'medal_gold_1', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_ROLE_EDIT]}
 role_members = {'text': _(u'members'), 'view': 'role_members', 'args': 'object.id', 'famfam': 'group_key', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_ROLE_EDIT]}
diff --git a/apps/tags/__init__.py b/apps/tags/__init__.py
index 4ee8c9ff30..0ba335d7ee 100644
--- a/apps/tags/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/tags/__init__.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ tag_list = {'text': _(u'tag list'), 'view': 'tag_list', 'famfam': 'tag_blue'}
 tag_add_attach = {'text': _(u'attach tag'), 'view': 'tag_add_attach', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'tag_blue_add', 'permission': [PERMISSION_TAG_CREATE, PERMISSION_TAG_ATTACH]}
 tag_document_remove = {'text': _(u'remove'), 'view': 'tag_remove', 'args': ['object.id', 'document.id'], 'famfam': 'tag_blue_delete', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_TAG_REMOVE]}
 tag_document_remove_multiple = {'text': _(u'remove'), 'view': 'tag_multiple_remove', 'args': 'document.id', 'famfam': 'tag_blue_delete', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_TAG_REMOVE]}
-tag_document_list = {'text': _(u'tags'), 'view': 'document_tags', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'tag_blue', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_TAG_REMOVE]}
+tag_document_list = {'text': _(u'tags'), 'view': 'document_tags', 'args': 'object.pk', 'famfam': 'tag_blue', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_TAG_REMOVE], 'children_view_regex': ['tag']}
 tag_delete = {'text': _(u'delete'), 'view': 'tag_delete', 'args': 'object.id', 'famfam': 'tag_blue_delete', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_TAG_DELETE]}
 tag_edit = {'text': _(u'edit'), 'view': 'tag_edit', 'args': 'object.id', 'famfam': 'tag_blue_edit', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_TAG_EDIT]}
 tag_tagged_item_list = {'text': _(u'tagged documents'), 'view': 'tag_tagged_item_list', 'args': 'object.id', 'famfam': 'page'}
diff --git a/apps/user_management/__init__.py b/apps/user_management/__init__.py
index 28a960cb44..69f89919a3 100644
--- a/apps/user_management/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/user_management/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ register_permission(PERMISSION_GROUP_EDIT)
 register_permission(PERMISSION_GROUP_VIEW)
 register_permission(PERMISSION_GROUP_DELETE)
 
-user_list = {'text': _(u'user list'), 'view': 'user_list', 'famfam': 'user', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_USER_VIEW]}
+user_list = {'text': _(u'user list'), 'view': 'user_list', 'famfam': 'user', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_USER_VIEW], 'children_view_regex': ['user']}
 user_edit = {'text': _(u'edit'), 'view': 'user_edit', 'args': 'object.id', 'famfam': 'user_edit', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_USER_EDIT]}
 user_add = {'text': _(u'create new user'), 'view': 'user_add', 'famfam': 'user_add', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_USER_CREATE]}
 user_delete = {u'text': _('delete'), 'view': 'user_delete', 'args': 'object.id', 'famfam': 'user_delete', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_USER_DELETE]}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ user_multiple_delete = {u'text': _('delete'), 'view': 'user_multiple_delete', 'f
 user_set_password = {u'text': _('reset password'), 'view': 'user_set_password', 'args': 'object.id', 'famfam': 'lock_edit', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_USER_EDIT]}
 user_multiple_set_password = {u'text': _('reset password'), 'view': 'user_multiple_set_password', 'famfam': 'lock_edit', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_USER_EDIT]}
 
-group_list = {'text': _(u'group list'), 'view': 'group_list', 'famfam': 'group', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_GROUP_VIEW]}
+group_list = {'text': _(u'group list'), 'view': 'group_list', 'famfam': 'group', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_GROUP_VIEW], 'children_view_regex': ['group']}
 group_edit = {'text': _(u'edit'), 'view': 'group_edit', 'args': 'object.id', 'famfam': 'group_edit', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_GROUP_EDIT]}
 group_add = {'text': _(u'create new group'), 'view': 'group_add', 'famfam': 'group_add', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_GROUP_CREATE]}
 group_delete = {u'text': _('delete'), 'view': 'group_delete', 'args': 'object.id', 'famfam': 'group_delete', 'permissions': [PERMISSION_GROUP_DELETE]}