Highlight tab in menu

Question

I have a menu which is a ul

Home | Calendar | Settings

I want to highlight (via a css class) the selected tab in the menu.

Some lin

Answer 1

I have the same problem and end up creating helper. basicly it replace the link_to url helper so it wrap the link with li and add class "menu_selected" if the current controller matches the link controller

usage sample

<%= menu_link_to "Home", home_path %>

def menu_link_to(*args, &block)
  url = args[1]
  mapping =  ActionController::Routing::Routes.recognize_path(url)   

  class_property = "menu_selected" if mapping[:controller] == controller.controller_path
  content_tag :li, :class => class_property do
    link_to *args, &block
  end
end