menu item  does not get class expanded nor active-trail when at homepage I have a menu which has a link to the homepage in it.

This link to the homepage has subItems.
I was hoping for the menu item to expand and show the links of the lower lvl when i was at the homepage.

This does not happen.
It does expand when i'm on one of the pages of the links of the lower lvl.

Is there any way i can expand this menu item when on the frontpage?

version:
 - drupal 7.14
 - Menu   7.14
Go to admin/structure/menu/manage/[your-menu-name] and Enable the show as expanded checkbox in your parent menu item settings.