Angular routerLinkActive for multiple paths

Question

In my Angular 5 project I've got a bootstrap nav-bar menu. routerLinkActive does work nicely when the start of the path matches the routerlink of the menu, like:

<li [routerLinkActive]="['active']">
  <a [routerLink]="['/entity/teacher']">Teacher</a>
</li>

the Code above activates the menu item nicely for `/entity/teacher/add' and more

Problem is, I've got a Kind of 'catch-all' navigation item which contains things which do not line up:

<li [routerLinkActive]="['active']">
  <a [routerLink]="['/config']">Configuration</a>
</li>

I want this item to highlight for the paths /tasks and /entity/settings, too, not only for /config.

Problem is, I can't change the routing of the app. How do I get the menu item to line up for other routing paths as well as the one in the routerLink?

score 32 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 05 '18 at 16:04

You can use a template reference variable to get a reference to the outer routes and then apply the class when they are active. You can either link them to an existing routerLinkActive element or to a hidden one. Here is an example using the hidden method.

<li routerLinkActive="active" [ngClass]="{'active': tasksActive.isActive || settingsActive.isActive }">
  <a [routerLink]="['/config']">Configuration</a>
</li>
<a routerLink="/tasks" routerLinkActive #tasksActive="routerLinkActive" style="display: none"></a>
<a routerLink="/entity/settings" routerLinkActive #settingsActive="routerLinkActive" style="display: none"></a>

I liked this solution, but it did not quite work for my scenario (see my answer below), still voting this up, pointed me in the right direction. — Johan Hendrik Ehlers, Aug 02 '23 at 07:28

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 23 '20 at 09:21

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If you're looking for how to prevent multiple links to gets active, there is a [routerLinkActiveOptions]="{exact: true}" option :

<a routerLink="/" routerLinkActive="active" [routerLinkActiveOptions]="{exact: true}">home</a>

answered Aug 23 '20 at 09:21

yaya

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 02 '23 at 07:33

For my scenario with a drop down menu (using an hidden *ngIf directive, i.e. tje dropdownMenu part) the template variables solution (described above by Teddy Stern) had to be modified a bit for it to work, note only one template variable:

<li class="nav-item dropdown" dropdown routerLinkActive #colActive="routerLinkActive">
    <a class="nav-link" style="padding-left: 0.25rem" dropdownToggle aria-expanded="false"
        [ngClass]="{'active': colActive.isActive }">
        <i class="fa fa-handshake"></i> Colleagues
    </a>
    <ul class="dropdown-menu" *dropdownMenu>
        <li>
            <a class="dropdown-item" [routerLink]="['user']">
                <i class="fa fa-fw fa-user"></i> Users
            </a>
        </li>
        <li>
            <a class="dropdown-item" [routerLink]="['team']">
                <i class="fa fw-fw fa-users"></i> Teams
            </a>
        </li>
    </ul>
</li>

That is because you can apply the directive to the ancestor of linked elements, see https://angular.io/api/router/RouterLinkActive#description.

score -1 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 18 '20 at 14:19

as specified there are multiple routerLinks but only one routerLinkActive show highlight or enabled.for that this works fine for me.

<a class="nav-link" href="javascript:void(0)" routerLink='/rulesConfiguration' routerLinkActive='active' [ngClass]="{'active': createRules.isActive}"><i class="nav-icon fa fa-list-alt "></i>Rules Configuration</a>
<a class="nav-link" href="javascript:void(0)" routerLink="/createRules" routerLinkActive #createRules="routerLinkActive" style="display: none"><i class="nav-icon fa fa-list-alt "></i>Rules </a>

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 22 '21 at 12:30

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This works for me:

<li [routerLinkActive]="['active']">
    <a routerLink="/config">Configuration</a>
    <a routerLink="/tasks" style="display: none"></a>
    <a routerLink="/entity/settings" style="display: none"></a>
</li>

answered Nov 22 '21 at 12:30

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Angular routerLinkActive for multiple paths

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