It's probably not ideal, but I've used the simplest possible solution for this in some live code - just set an instance variable in the controller and refer to it in the view / layout where the menu is. You can even set the variable in a before_filter if it is the same across all the actions in your controller.
Again, probably not the most "meta" solution available, but able to handle *any* weird site layout you might have. --Matt Jones On Jul 3, 12:56 am, Andrew Timberlake <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd like some advise on how you handle marking website menus as > 'selected' so that you can show different states based on which > section of a site you're in. > An example is using tabs like the illustration below. When in the > first section, the tab has an outline and when moved to the next > section, the second tab has the outline > > +---------+ > | Menu #1 | Menu #2 Menu #3 > > +---------+ > Menu #1 | Menu #2 | Menu #3 > > To clarify, I know how to do the CSS etc. I'm looking for best > practice on tracking this state in a Rails app. > Once way that I have thought of is to link the menu to the current controller > if controller == XYZ > menu is selected > else > menu is normal > end > > This works in simple cases but doesn't work well when using nested resources. > > Thanks for the help > > Andrew Timberlakehttp://ramblingsonrails.com > > http://MyMvelope.com- The SIMPLE way to manage your savings --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
