FindTabByUrl on tabs nested within another tab using Telerik - tabs

Question

I have a RadTabStrip being used as a menu (the tabs act as links), some tabs when clicked open a sub-menu for related links.
I have the following code to highlight the current tab being visited:
Master Page Code-behind
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
RadTabStrip tabControl = FindControl("radTabMenu"); //Pseudo
RadTab currentTab = tabControl.FindTabByUrl(Request.Url.PathAndQuery);
if (currentTab != null) currentTab.Selected = true;
}
Master Page
<telerik:RadTabStrip ID="radTabMenu" runat="server">
<Tabs>
<telerik:RadTab Text="Home" NavigateUrl="~/" /> <!-- Loads Default.aspx -->
<telerik:RadTab Text="Menu Item" NavigateUrl="~/MenuItem.aspx" />
<telerik:RadTab Text="Top Level Nav">
<Tabs>
<telerik:RadTab Text="Lower Menu Item 1" />
<telerik:RadTab Text="Lower Menu Item 2" NavigateUrl="~/Location/Page.aspx" />
</Tabs>
</telerik:RadTab>
</Tabs>
</telerik:RadTabStrip>
On page load if I have clicked Menu Item tab to load MenuItem page, the RadTabs correctly highlights the tab. However, I'm not sure how to go about making sure the sub-tab gets highlighted correctly.
I'm trying this, but I'm a little stuck:
RadTabStrip tabControl = FindControl("radTabMenu"); //Pseudo
RadTab currentTab = tabControl.FindTabByUrl(Request.Url.PathAndQuery);
if (currentTab != null)
currentTab.Selected = true;
else
{
string dir = Request.Url.GetComponents(UriComponents.Path, UriFormat.SafeUnescaped);
currentTab = tabControl.FindTabByValue(dir);
if (currentTab != null)
//Trying to findByUrl isn't possible here because the parent tab doesn't have that method.
}
Is there a good alternative to finding by URL, or a faster method overall of reaching the parent and sub-tabs?
EDIT: Adding a picture to clarify what I'm trying to achieve after page navigation

Answer 1

The FindTabBy* methods are available at either RadTabStrip or RadTabCollection level.
That's why, once you find the parent tab you were not able to invoke the FindTabBy* method on it, because you need to invoke the method on its .Tabs property instead.
See an example below:
var parent = radTabMenu.FindTabByText("Top Level Nav");
parent.Selected = true;
var child = parent.Tabs.FindTabByText("Lower Menu Item 1");
child.Selected = true;

Answer 2

Revisiting this, well after having my team decide to remove nested tab menus, I found that the tabs would be selected by URL.
My issue was that the parent tab wouldn't open and be selected, but digging through documentation led me to use tab.Select Parents() which goes up the hierarchy selecting all parents that lead to the current selected tab.
It seems super obvious now that I've found it.