Django Design Patterns and Best Practices: Industry-standard web development techniques and solutions using Python, 2nd Edition

by Arun Ravindran

# settings.py [ 'django.core.context_processors.request', ] Now, all that remains is to use this custom tag in your template to set the active attribute: {# base.html #} {% load nav %} <ul class="nav nav-pills"> <li class={% active_nav request 'active1' %}><

Using a custom template tag