Target Active Link when the route is active in Next.js

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A simple solution based on the useRouter hook:

import Link from "next/link";
import { useRouter } from "next/router";


export const MyNav = () => {

  const router = useRouter();

  return (
    <ul>
      <li className={router.pathname == "/" ? "active" : ""}>
        <Link href="/">home</Link>
      </li>
      <li className={router.pathname == "/about" ? "active" : ""}>
        <Link href="/about">about</Link>
      </li>
    </ul>
  );
};

You could also use router.asPath instead of router.pathname if you want to include the url query parameters. This can be useful if you want to handle anchor tags such as /#about.

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