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Author:
ronnie
Posted:
November 30, 2011
Language:
Python
Version:
1.3
Score:
2 (after 2 ratings)

I needed a way to find if a menu items should be active. After searching the internet i found a few options*, but none of them did fit my needs, so i wrote my own:

Usage:

  • http://gnuvince.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/the-new-and-improved-active-tag/
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/340888/navigation-in-django
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import re

from django import template
from django.core.urlresolvers import get_resolver

register = template.Library()

@register.simple_tag
def current(request, view):
    possible_results = get_resolver(None).reverse_dict.getlist(view)

    if len(possible_results) != 0 and re.match(possible_results[0][1], request.path[1:]):
        return 'current'
    return ''

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