Here's a complete example for adding active route styling in Angular version 2.0.0-rc.1 which takes into account null root paths (e.g. path: '/')
app.component.ts -> Routes
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { Routes, Router, ROUTER_DIRECTIVES } from '@angular/router';
import { LoginPage, AddCandidatePage } from './export';
import {UserService} from './SERVICES/user.service';
@Component({
moduleId: 'app/',
selector: 'my-app',
templateUrl: 'app.component.html',
styleUrls: ['app.component.css'],
providers: [UserService],
directives: [ROUTER_DIRECTIVES]
})
@Routes([
{ path: '/', component: AddCandidatePage },
{ path: 'Login', component: LoginPage }
])
export class AppComponent { //implements OnInit
constructor(private router: Router){}
routeIsActive(routePath: string) {
let currentRoute = this.router.urlTree.firstChild(this.router.urlTree.root);
// e.g. 'Login' or null if route is '/'
let segment = currentRoute == null ? '/' : currentRoute.segment;
return segment == routePath;
}
}
app.component.html
<ul>
<li [class.active]="routeIsActive('Login')"><a [routerLink]="['Login']" >Login</a></li>
<li [class.active]="routeIsActive('/')"><a [routerLink]="['/']" >AddCandidate</a></li>
</ul>
<route-outlet></router-outlet>