Can customize the current item class for each menu

.gitignore

@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ rdoc
 pkg
 
 ## PROJECT::SPECIFIC
+.rvmrc

lib/menu_builder/helper.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 module MenuBuilder
   module ViewHelpers
     def menu(options={}, &block)
-      content_tag :ul, Menu.new(self, &block).render, options
+      current_item_class = options.delete :current_item_class
+      content_tag :ul, Menu.new(self, current_item_class, &block).render, options
     end
 
     private
@@ -23,11 +24,12 @@ def to_sym
       end
 
       class Menu
-        def initialize(context, &block)
-          @context      = context
-          @menu_items   = context.instance_variable_get('@menu_items')
-          @actual_items = []
-          @block        = block
+        def initialize(context, current_item_class="current", &block)
+          @context            = context
+          @current_item_class = current_item_class || "current"
+          @menu_items         = context.instance_variable_get('@menu_items')
+          @actual_items       = []
+          @block              = block
         end
 
         def method_missing item, *args, &block
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ def render_one item
 
         def html_options_for item
           css_classes = []
-          css_classes << "current" if included_in_current_items? item
+          css_classes << "#{@current_item_class}" if included_in_current_items? item
           css_classes << "first"   if first? item
           css_classes << "last"    if last? item
 

test/helper_test.rb

@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ class HelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
 
     assert_select "li.current", 1
   end
+
+  test "customize the current item class" do
+    @menu_items = [:home]
+    concat(menu({:current_item_class => "active"}) { |m|
+      concat m.home "Home", "/"
+      concat m.contact "Store", "/store"
+    })
+
+    assert_select "li.current", 0
+    assert_select "li.active", 1
+  end
 
   test "accept more than one menu item" do
     @menu_items = [:settings, :notifications]
@@ -52,7 +63,21 @@ class HelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
 
     assert_select "li.current", 2
   end
+
+  test "accept more than one menu item for a custom current item class" do
+    @menu_items = [:settings, :notifications]
 
+    concat(menu({:current_item_class => "active"}) { |m|
+      concat m.home "Home", "/"
+      concat m.notifications "Notifications", "/notifications"
+      concat m.settings "Settings", "/settings"
+    })
+
+    assert_select "li.current", 0
+    assert_select "li.active", 2
+  end
+
+
   test "accept more than one menu" do
     @menu_items = [:settings, :notifications]
 
@@ -95,4 +120,5 @@ class HelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
 
     assert_select "ul > li > a > img"
   end
+
 end