Assigning 'active' class to selected list item in EmberJS

Question

I have a list and I\'d like to set one item as class=\"active\" automatically. Given the following bootstrap code:

Answer 1

I went with:

 Ember.LinkView.reopen({
didInsertElement:function(){

    if(this.$().hasClass('active')){

        this.$().parent().addClass('active');

    }
}

});

I didn't want to use the accepted answer as I wanted to keep my li elements as plain old html. There might be a better way to check the active state but I couldn't get access to the right property.