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Custom TagHelper for returning active class for menu items
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using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering; | |
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures; | |
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.TagHelpers; | |
namespace MyApplication.Web.TagHelpers | |
{ | |
/// <summary> | |
/// Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20410623/how-to-add-active-class-to-html-actionlink-in-asp-net-mvc | |
/// Item: Easy ASP.NET 3.0 and TagHelpers | |
/// </summary> | |
[HtmlTargetElement("li", Attributes = "active-when")] | |
public class LiTagHelper : TagHelper | |
{ | |
public string ActiveWhen { get; set; } | |
[ViewContext] | |
[HtmlAttributeNotBound] | |
public ViewContext ViewContextData { get; set; } | |
public override void Process(TagHelperContext context, TagHelperOutput output) | |
{ | |
if (ActiveWhen == null) | |
{ | |
return; | |
} | |
var targetController = ActiveWhen.Split("/")[1].ToLower(); | |
var targetAction = ActiveWhen.Split("/")[2].ToLower(); | |
var page = ViewContextData.RouteData.Values["page"].ToString().ToLower(); | |
var currentController = page.Split("/")[1].ToLower(); | |
var currentAction = page.Split("/")[2].ToLower(); | |
if (currentController.Equals(targetController) && currentAction.Equals(targetAction)) | |
{ | |
if (output.Attributes.ContainsName("class")) | |
{ | |
output.Attributes.SetAttribute("class", $"{output.Attributes["class"].Value} active"); | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
output.Attributes.SetAttribute("class", "active"); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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