How to get Twitter-Bootstrap navigation to show active link?
ruby-on-rails, twitter-bootstrap
Solution
Just made an answer on the very same question here Twitter Bootstrap Pills with Rails 3.2.2
<ul class="nav">
<li class="<%= 'active' if params[:controller] == 'controller1' %>"> <a href="/link">Link</a> </li>
<li class="<%= 'active' if params[:controller] == 'controller2' %>"> <a href="/link">Link</a> </li>
<li class="<%= 'active' if params[:controller] == 'controller3' %>"> <a href="/link">Link</a> </li>
</ul>
Problem
I'm not understanding how Twitter Bootstrap does active links for the navigation. If I have a regular navigation like this (with ruby on rails linking): ``` <ul class="nav"> <li class="active"> <a href="/link">Link</a> </li> <li class=""> <a href="/link">Link</a> </li> <li class=""> <a href="/link">Link</a> </li> </ul> ``` How do I keep it active based on the link clicked?