I have a template named layout in my app. Inside has:
<body id="body class="{{blue}}>
Basically what I want to achieve is that when you hit a url, for example, www.abc.com/sky, I want to add a body class of blue:
<body id="body class="blue">
In my client folder I have this but seems not to work:
Template.layout.helpers({
blue: function() {
var loc = window.location.href; // returns the full URL
if(/sky/.test(loc)) {
$('#body').addClass('blue');
}
}
});
I am new to the javascript world and I am following a tutorial but the tutorial was not aimed for Meteor.
You shold modify DOM elememts in onRendered like this:
Template.layout.onRendered(function() {
// get the current route name (better than checking window.location)
var routeName = Router.current().route.getName();
// add the class to body if this is the correct route
if (routeName === 'myRoute')
$('body').addClass('blue');
});
Template.layout.onDestroyed(function() {
// remove the class to it does not appear on other routes
$('body').removeClass('blue');
});
An alternative (and probably easier) solution is just to use a helper on your body
template:
Template.body.helpers({
klass: function() {
if (Router.current().route.getName() === 'myRoute') {
return 'blue';
}
}
});
Then your body
could look like this:
<body class="{{klass}}"></body>
I too needed this feature and found the same issue as @phocks in that {{klass}}
only works inside and not on the body tag. I'm new at Meteor but here's my approach that just uses some jQuery:
Template.body.onRendered(function(){
var instance = this;
instance.autorun(function() {
FlowRouter.watchPathChange();
var context = FlowRouter.current();
// this does the trick, below
$('body').attr('class', '').addClass(context.route.name);
// this is just to do more CSS stuff if they're logged in
if(Meteor.userId()){
$('body').addClass('logged-in');
} else {
$('body').removeClass('logged-in');
}
});
});
I use this in a body.js
file, and this code relies on FlowRouter. On path changes, I get the name
I declared for the route, remove any previous route names from the body tag, then add the current route's name.
As a small side note, I also add a class of logged-in
to the body for authenticated users, so that's what the bottom few lines are doing.