How to set active tab style with AngularJS ?

Last Updated : 08 Sep, 2022

In this article, we will see how to set an active tab style using AngularJS, & will also understand its implementation through the example. This task can be accomplished by implementing the isActive and the ng-controller method. We will perform this task with 2 different methods.

Method 1: The ng-controller Directive in AngularJS is used to add a controller to the application. It can be used to add methods, functions, and variables that can be called on some event like click, etc to perform certain actions.

Syntax:

<element ng-controller="expression">
    Contents... 
</element>

The below example implements the above approach.

Example 1: This example describes setting the active tab style using AngularJS.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>
          How to set active tab style with AngularJS?
      </title>
</head>

<body>
    <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" 
         ng-controller="HeaderController">
        <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
            <li ng-class="{ active: isActive('/')}"> 
                <a href="/">Geeks For Geeks</a> 
            </li>
            <li ng-class="{ active: isActive('/html')}"> 
                <a href="/html">HTML</a>
            </li>
            <li ng-class="{ active: isActive('/js')}"> 
                <a href="/js">JAVASCRIPT</a> 
            </li>
        </ul>
    </div>
    <div ng-view></div>
    <script>
        function HeaderController($scope, $location) {
            $scope.isActive = function(viewLocation) {
                return viewLocation === $location.path();
            };
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Method 2: Here we will use the modular function in Angular JS to create a module. A module is created by using the AngularJS function angular.module.

Syntax: for creating a module:

<div ng-app="myFirstApp">...</div>
<script>
var app = angular.module("myFirstApp", []);
 
//myFirstApp refers to HTML element in which application runs.
</script>

Syntax: for adding a directive to the module:

<div ng-app="myApp"></div>
<script>
var my_app = angular.module("myFirstApp", []);
my_app.directive("DirectiveApp", function() {
  return {
    template : "Hello Geeks!!!"
  };
});
</script>

Example 2: This is another example that describes setting the active tab style using AngularJS.