Jekyll - Automatically highlight current tab in menu bar

Question

I am using github to host a static site and Jekyll to generate it.

I have a menu bar (as

) and would like the
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Answer 1

I used a little bit of JavaScript to accomplish this. I have the following structure in the menu:

  
Index
  
About
  
Projects
  
Videos

This javascript snippet highlights the current corresponding page:

$(document).ready(function() {
    var pathname = window.location.pathname;

    $("#navlist a").each(function(index) {
        if (pathname.toUpperCase().indexOf($(this).text().toUpperCase()) != -1)
            $(this).addClass("current");
    });

    if ($("a.current").length == 0)
        $("a#index").addClass("current");
});