django-navigation-highlight

gistfile1.py

#### tag ####

from django import template
from django.core import urlresolvers

register = template.Library()

@register.simple_tag
def nav_active(request, views):
    views = ["myapp.views." + view for view in views.split()]
    try:
        view = urlresolvers.resolve(request.path).url_name
        if view in views:
            return "active"
        else:
            return ""
    except urlresolvers.Resolver404:
        return ""

#### template ####

<div class="mainnavs">
  <ul>
    <li class="{% nav_active request 'index new_event event_detail edit_event edit_event_label' %}">
      <a href="/">Events</a>
    </li>
    <li class="{% nav_active request 'all_labels events_by_label' %}">
      <a href="/labels/">Labels</a>
    </li>
    <li class="{% nav_active request 'all_articles articles_by_domain' %}">
      <a href="/articles/">Articles</a>
    </li>
    <li class="{% nav_active request 'user users' %}">
      <a href="/users/">Users</a>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>