How to set active class to menu if I am using ui-sref=""?

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<ul class="main-menu" id="main-menu">
        <li class="main-menu__item active" ui-sref="home">
            <a href="">
                <div class="title">DASHBOARD</div>
            </a>
        </li>

        <li class="main-menu__item" ui-sref="settings">
            <a href="">
                <div class="title">CONFIGURACIÓN</div>
            </a>
        </li>
</ul>

<pre lang="CSS">
.main-menu__item a {
    display: -webkit-box;
    display: -ms-flexbox;
    display: flex;
    height: 55px;
    padding-left: 20px;
    -webkit-box-align: center;
    -ms-flex-align: center;
    align-items: center;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea;
    cursor: pointer;
}
.main-menu__item.active a .title {
    color: #f49e00;
}

What I have tried:

$('li.main-menu__item').click(function(){
    $('li.main-menu__item').removeClass("active");
    $(this).addClass(" active");
});

It is working fine but only when i click second time to the same menuitem, first time when i clicks on the link, active class is added but only for second.
is there any other way to solve this using angularjs or jquery? please suggest.
thanks in adv.

Posted 30-May-18 20:52pm

FireMonkey92

Updated 31-May-18 5:58am

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2018-05-31T05:59:00

If you want to stay on the same page and update the class of the clicked item, then you need to prevent the browser from following the hyperlink:

JavaScript

$('li.main-menu__item').click(function(e){
    $('li.main-menu__item').removeClass("active");
    $(this).addClass(" active");
    e.preventDefault();
});

Demo[^]

If you want to follow the hyperlink to load a new page, then you'll need to change the active item in the HTML you return from the new page. Either edit the static HTML page, or use server-side code to generate the menu.