Setting a CSS class by URL with ColdFusion

cfml, coldfusion, css

Solution

ColdFusion 9:

<cfset class = ListLast(cgi.Script_Name, '/') EQ "main.cfm" ? "active" : "">
<li class="#class#"><a href="main.cfm">Main</a></li>

ColdFusion 8 or below, use good old `<cfif>`

<cfset class = "">
<cfif ListLast(cgi.Script_Name, '/') EQ "main.cfm">
   <cfset class = "active">
</cfif>
<li class="#class#"><a href="main.cfm">Main</a></li>

UPDATE: OR as KRC suggested in the comment (ColdFusion 8 or below):

<li IIF(ListLast(cgi.Script_Name, '/') EQ "main.cfm", DE('class="active"'), '')>
  <a href="main.cfm">Main</a>
</li>

Problem

In the code below, I'm looking to set the `li` class as "active" pro grammatically with ColdFusion based on the url that I'm currently on. So in this example, I've landed at main.cfm and need to set that specific `li` class to active. If I'm at www.mysite.com/review.cfm I'd like to set that class as "active". ``` <div id="menu"> <ul> <li class="active"><a href="main.cfm">Main</a></li> <li class=""><a href="review.cfm" title="">Review</a></li> <li class=""><a href="https://www.mysite.com">My Site</a></li> <li class=""><a href="reporting">Reporting</a></li> <li class=""><a href="#">Logout</a></li> </ul> </div> ```

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