Add ability to pass variables into isActivePath

[paulmolluzzo]

It'd be great to be able to pass in a user- or session-specific variable to test the path. For example, let's say I have the following paths:

• /users
• /users/:_id
• /users/:_id/edit

And let's say the navigation is:

Home	Users	Ny Name

I'd like to make the "Users" link active for all 3 of the paths, except if I'm editing my own User account, then I want "My Name" to be active.

I tried doing something like this but it didn't work:

<li class="{{ isActivePath '{{ currentUser._id }}/edit' }}">

Is this already possible? Is this a limitation of Blaze/Handlebars?

TIA.

[xpressivecode]

@paulmolluzzo I'm not sure if you can call a helper from within a helper like that.

Sorry, I haven't been doing a lot of Meteor work lately and this stuff escapes me.

Do you know, as an alternative if you can call a helper from within a helper function (not inline, but the actual helper itself)? If so, you could wrap the isActivePath call and build out the regex string manually that includes the current user id.

[zimme]

@paulmolluzzo Maybe you can create a helper on the template where you use isActivePath and let that helper build the string with currentUser

Template.test.helpers({
  'currentUserEditPath': function() {
    return Meteor.userId() + '/edit'
  }
});

<template name='test'>
  <li class="{{ isActivePath currentUserEditPath }}">
</template>

[Furqankhanzada]

@paulmolluzzo : i have the same issue i did this:

created a helper for that template :

isActiveUser : function() {
    if(Router.current().path.indexOf(this._id) !== -1){
        return true;
    }
}

and i have already an helper

UI.registerHelper('isTrue', function(context, option) {
    if(context)
        return option;
});

usage:

<a class="list-group-item {{isTrue isActiveUser 'select'}}" href="{{pathFor 'usersShow'}}">