Menu2Panel creates invalid links on Text Separator or Menu Heading

I've used Menu2Panel on a J2.5 site, and I'm now using it on a J3.2 site. In both sites all my main menu items that have submenus are set as "text separator".

In the J2.5 site (advanced-cleanings.com), these menus show as full width (no dividing line) and slide to the submenus when clicked (as desired). When selecting one of these submenu pages, when you return to the menu, the active menu item is still shown (as desired).

In the J3.2 site (www.corepointmedia.com/clients/afterschool), these separator menus show the divider, instead of being full width, and clicking on the menu text takes you to the home page instead of sliding to the submenus. I've tried setting the top menus as "Menu Heading", but menu2panel inserts a link that shows a 404 error. Currently I have "About Us" as a text separator, and "Our Programs" as a menu header, to show how each behaves.

The other problem in the J3.2 site is when navigating to a submenu page, when you return to the menu, you're back at the home navigation instead of the active menu item.

There's a few other little issues that the J2.5 install doesn't have, but I'll just focus on these 2. Are you sure this extension is J3.2 compatible?

The template was the problem. Protostar did not do the same thing. On that project, I don't have the option of changing templates, and don't have time to get JoomlaShack to do anything.

However, I do have another development site I'm testing Menu2Panel on, and the issue of the active menu item not being displayed when you open the panel still exists. The panel always defaults to the home menu position. I set the template to Protostar. Ref. link included. I can set up an admin and ftp account if you need it.

Should I move this issue to it's own post?

Hmm, it looks like I'm not being clear describing the issue. Let me try again.

Here's a J2.5 site using Menu2Panel: advanced-cleanings.com/ - Click on a sub-menu item - advanced-cleanings.com/residential/carpet-cleaning - then click on the Menu2Panel menu icon again - you'll see that you are still in the sub-menu panel, where the active menu is immediately seen. This is the desired behavior, where clicking the menu icon shows you your current location in the navigation tree. In the 1st screenshot you can see the current page url and the menu2panel view - shows the active page sub-menu item.

Here's a new J3.2 site - corepointmedia.com/clients/ame - Click on a sub-menu item - corepointmedia.com/clients/ame/areas-served/fremont - then click on the Menu2Panel menu button again - you'll see that you are back at the home menu position. Your current location in the navigation tree is not apparent. The desirable, and expected behavior would be as the J2.5 example. In the 2nd screenshot you can see the current page url and the menu2panel view - shows the menu in the home page position.

The only difference is the Advanced-Cleanings site had the layout theme set as "Dark / Default". The AME Mechanical had it set to "Light Grey" (obviously that was not displayed in the front end). I just changed it to "Dark / Default". Didn't seem to affect the issue.