WhatRoute for ASP.Net MVC

A simple set of extension methods to help you figure out whether you are on a particular route or not. Also a nice helper method to generate routes based on a name of a route. You still need to provide route values that are not set in the defaults.

Available via NuGet

 PM> Install-Package WhatRoute 

Getting Started

1. Install the package using NuGet.
2. Add the WhatRoute.Core namespace to your views web.config
3. Start accessing the extension methods

What’s available?

You have the following methods availble:

Url.PathTo(string routeName, object routeValues = null)

Url.IsActive(string action, string controller, string area = "")
Url.IsActive(object routeValues = null, object querystringValues = null)
Url.IsActiveRoute(string routeName, object routeValues = null, object querystringVaules = null)

Html.IsActiveCss(object routeValues = null, object querystringValues = null, string cssClass = “active”)
Html.IsActiveCss(string action, string controller, string area = "", string cssClass = “active”)
Html.IsActiveRouteCss(string routeName, object routeValues = null, object querystringValues = null)

Example Code (from sample)

<ul class="example">
    <li class="@Html.IsActiveRouteCss("root")">
        <a href="@Url.PathTo("root")">Root</a>
    </li>
    <li class="@Html.IsActiveCss("index", "home")">
        <a href="@Url.Action("index", "home", new { area = "" })">Default Page Home#Index</a>
    </li>
    <li class="@Html.IsActiveCss(new { action = "show", controller = "home", id = 1 })">
        <a href="@Url.Action("show", "home", new { id = 1, area = "" })">Show Page with id Show#Index id of 1</a>
    </li>
    <li class="@Html.IsActiveCss(new { action = "show", controller = "home", id = 2 })">
        <a href="@Url.Action("show", "home", new { id = 2, area = "" })">Show Page with id Show#Index id of 2</a>
    </li>
    <li class="@Html.IsActiveCss(new { action = "another", controller = "home" }, new { q = "guess" })">
        <a href="@Url.Action("another", "home", new { q = "guess", area = "" })">Show Page with querystring of "guess"</a>
    </li>
    <li class="@Html.IsActiveCss(new { action = "index", controller = "testarea", area = "other" })">
        <a href="@Url.Action("index", "testarea", new { area = "other" })">Index in an area TestArea#Index</a>
    </li>
    <li class="@Html.IsActiveCss(new { action = "gross", controller = "home", a = 1, really = 2, gross = 3, path = 4 })">
        <a href="@Url.Action("gross", "home", new { area = "", a = 1, really = 2, gross = 3, path = 4 })">A really gross path</a>
        @if (Url.IsActive(new {action = "gross", controller = "home", a = 1, really = 2, gross = 3, path = 4})) { @Html.Partial("Sample"); }
    </li>
</ul>

Note on Patches/Pull Requests

• Fork the project.
• Make your feature addition or bug fix.
• Add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a
  future version unintentionally.
• Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

Contributors

Written by Khalid Abuhakmeh

Latest Release

• 1.1.0 : added PathTo and IsActiveRoute / IsActiveRouteCss
• 1.0.0 : initial release