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      <title>Styling active route menu item in laravel</title>
      <dc:creator>James Bhatta</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2023 02:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forem.com/jamesbhatta/styling-active-route-menu-item-in-laravel-4h7k</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;You can check if the current route is active just with&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;request()-&amp;gt;routeIs('admin.cities')
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&lt;p&gt;Or even sub-routes (like editing, creating, or whatever with&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;request()-&amp;gt;routeIs('admin.cities*')
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&lt;p&gt;If you prefer to use the route facade, you still can do that with&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;Route::named('admin.cities*')
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&lt;p&gt;By using the * character, you can apply the active class to sub-menus easily:&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;routeIs('admin.cities*') ? 'active' : '' }}"&amp;gt; Cities
routeIs('admin.cities.index') ? 'active' : '' }}&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a&amp;gt;List&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
routeIs('admin.cities.create') ? 'active' : '' }}&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a&amp;gt;Create&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
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