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

This is how I solved in my current project.

def class_if_current_page(current_page = {}, *my_class)
    if current_page?(current_page)
      my_class.each do |klass|
        "#{klass} "
      end
    end
  end

Then..

li = link_to company_path 
    class: %w{ class_if_current_page( { status: "pending" }, "active" ), "company" } do  
      Current Company