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

My easy way -

application.html.erb,

    
 MENU1 
    
 MENU2 
    
 MENU3 
    
 MENU4 

main_controller.erb,

class MainController < ApplicationController
    def menu1
        @menu1_current = "current"
    end

    def menu2
        @menu2_current = "current"
    end

    def menu3
        @menu3_current = "current"
    end

    def menu4
        @menu4_current = "current"
    end
end

Thanks.