Best way to add “current” class to nav in Rails 3

Question

I have some static pages in a navigation menu. I want to add a class like \"current\" to the item which is currently displaying.

The way I am doing so is to add tons

Answer 1

I think the best way is

application_helper.rb:

def is_active(controller, action)       
  params[:action] == action && params[:controller] == controller ? "active" : nil        
end

And in menu: