Navigation menu with highlight in Asp.NET MVC?

Question

It\'s a simple question. How did stackoverflow do their menu in Asp.net MVC, with highlight on what page we are on.

Answer 1

The best way - create MVC helper (see previous answers) But if you don't want to do it and want to do quickly - remember about new feature in MVC 4.0 with set attributes of html tags (attribute will be avoid if it's set to null):

        @{
            string currentAction = ViewContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString().ToLower();

            string classUpcomingTime = null;
            string classArchive = null;
            string classReporting = null;

            switch (currentAction)
            {
                case "upcomingtime":
                    classUpcomingTime = "active";
                    break;
                case "archive":
                    classArchive = "active";
                    break;
                case "reporting":
                    classReporting = "active";
                    break;
            }

            

                

                    Open Vacancies
                
                

                    Archive

                

                    @*Reporting*@
                    Reporting
                
            
        }