php - Setting Bootstrap navbar active class in Laravel 5

Question

I've been wondering around looking for solutions, but can't really understand especially when creating helpers. I'm new in Laravel and I want a simple or if not a detailed instruction on how to set the active class for my bootstrap navbar.

Here's what I've done so far, but can't get it done:

<div class="header clearfix">
        <nav>
          <ul class="nav nav-pills pull-right">
            <li class=""><a href="{{ url('/') }}">Home</a>
            </li>
            <li {{ Request::is('about*') ? ' class="active"' : null }}><a href="{{ url('about') }}">About Us</a>
            </li>
            <li><a href="{{ url('auth/login') }}">Login</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </nav>
    <h2 class="">Tobacco Prevention and Control Program</h2>
</div>

EDIT

Setting class="active" will make all nav-pills active. The intended effect is that only the li of the current page have the active class.

Answer 1

Your code is working fine, but you have to use it for every link that can be active. It is better to return only class name, not class="..." so you can add other classes.

Be careful when using * at the end (about*). If you use /* for home page then it will always be marked as active (because every other page starts with /).

<ul class="nav nav-pills pull-right">
    <li class="{{ Request::is('/') ? 'active' : '' }}">
        <a href="{{ url('/') }}">Home</a>
    </li>
    <li class="{{ Request::is('about') ? 'active' : '' }}">
        <a href="{{ url('about') }}">About Us</a>
    </li>
    <li class="{{ Request::is('auth/login') ? 'active' : '' }}">
        <a href="{{ url('auth/login') }}">Login</a>
    </li>
</ul>

You can also move {{ Request::is('/') ? 'active' : '' }} to helper function/method.