Various Active Link Helpers for Rails views

active_link_helpers.rb

# Bootstrap 4 (wraps in an li and applys the active class to the li)
def active_link_to(name, path)
  active_class = "active" if current_page?(path)
  content_tag(:li, class: "nav-item #{active_class}") do
    link_to(name, path, class: "nav-link")
  end
end

# Anything else
def active_link_to(name, path)
  active_class = "active" if current_page?(path)
  link_to(name, path, class: "other_classes #{active}")
end