In ASP.NET MVC 2 - How do I get Route Values into my navigation controller so I can highlight the current link?

Question

I\'m trying to get the current Route into my navigation controller so I can run comparisons as the navigation menu data is populated.

My Links object is like this:

Answer 1

Here's a sample method we wrote for doing something similar.

public static bool IsCurrentAction(this HtmlHelper helper, string actionName, string controllerName)
{
  string currentControllerName = (string)helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"];
  string currentActionName = (string)helper.ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"];

  return currentControllerName.Equals(controllerName, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase) && currentActionName.Equals(actionName, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase));
}