How to get Twitter-Bootstrap navigation to show active link?
You can use something like (very similar to what @phil mentioned, but a little shorter):
<ul class="nav"> <li class="<%= 'active' if current_page?(root_path) %>"><%= link_to "Home", root_path %></li> <li class="<%= 'active' if current_page?(about_path) %>"><%= link_to "About", about_path %></li> <li class="<%= 'active' if current_page?(contact_path) %>"><%= link_to "Contact", contact_path %></li></ul>
Just made an answer on the very same question hereTwitter Bootstrap Pills with Rails 3.2.2
<ul class="nav"> <li class="<%= 'active' if params[:controller] == 'controller1' %>"> <a href="/link">Link</a> </li> <li class="<%= 'active' if params[:controller] == 'controller2' %>"> <a href="/link">Link</a> </li> <li class="<%= 'active' if params[:controller] == 'controller3' %>"> <a href="/link">Link</a> </li> </ul>
https://github.com/twg/active_link_to
<%= active_link_to 'Users', users_path, :wrap_tag => :li %>#=> <li class="active"><a href="/users">Users</a></li>