UseActiveRouter Hook

This is a React hook designed to be used with Next.js applications. The hook provides a function to register routes and get their active status based on the current route. This is useful for building navigations where the active link needs to be highlighted.

Installation

To use the useActiveRouter hook, you can install it using npm

npm install active-link-nextjs

Usage

To use the hook, import it from the package and call the useActiveRouter function in your functional component.

import { useActiveRouter } from "active-link-nextjs";

const MyComponent: React.FC = () => {
  const { registerRoute } = useActiveRouter({ activeClass: "active-link" });

  const links = [
    registerRoute([""]),
    registerRoute(["about"]),
    registerRoute(["blog"]),
  ];

  return (
    <nav>
      {links.map((link, index) => (
        <a key={index} href={link.href} className={link.className}>
          Link {index + 1}
        </a>
      ))}
    </nav>

    //  Or with next.js next/link
    <nav>
      <Link {...registerRoute(["page1"])}>Page 1</Link>
      <Link {...registerRoute(["page2"])}>Page 2</Link>
      <Link {...registerRoute(["page3"])}>Page 3</Link>
      <Link {...registerRoute(["page4"])}>Page 4</Link>
    </nav>
  );
};

The registerRoute function takes an array of path segments and an optional configuration object. The path segments are joined together with / to create the route path. The configuration object allows you to override the default activeClass or specify a custom one for each link.

The function returns an object containing the href and className properties, which can be used to render the link.

Configuration

The useActiveRouter hook takes an optional configuration object with the following properties:

• activeClass: The default class name to use for active links. Defaults to "active".

License

This package is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.