Best way to add "current" class to nav in Rails 3

Question

I have some static pages in a navigation menu. I want to add a class like "current" to the item which is currently displaying.

The way I am doing so is to add tons of helper methods (each for one item) to check the controller and action.

def current_root_class
  'class="current"' if controller_name == "homepage" && action_name == "index" 
end

<ul>
  <li <%= current_root_class %>><%= link_to "Home", root_path %>

Is there any better way to do so!? My current way is so stupid......

Answer 1

Not truly an answer here, because I'm using quite the same way as you are. I've just defined helper methods to test for multiple controller or actions:

In application_helper.rb

  def controller?(*controller)
    controller.include?(params[:controller])
  end

  def action?(*action)
    action.include?(params[:action])
  end

Then you can use if controller?("homepage") && action?("index", "show") in your views or other helper methods…

Answer 2

I use an awesome gem called Tabs on Rails.