Drupal: set active class on primary links menu depending on path or content type

Question

Hi there,

I have some styling based on the primary links active class. I would like to set the class of a link in the primary links to active (<a class="active"...>) based on either the content type or the path.

I have already done some research on this but haven't yet seen anything that seems to match my query.

Would be grateful for any help.

Ben

Answer 1

The contributed module Menu Trails is want you're looking for. You can then set a menu trail based on content type.

Answer 2

Hi Benmango,

check out context module (development seed). It gives you a nice interface to set a context for your site or section within. You can have a news section with the path "news/node-title" and context would set the news menu item active. It does a lot's of cool things beyond this, like granular block management.

Parts of contexts concept will merge into D8 menu/routing system. ;)

Regards

Mike