ActiveNavigation

Class: Unusualify\Modularous\Http\ViewComposers\ActiveNavigation
Source: src/Http/ViewComposers/ActiveNavigation.php

Parses the current route name into up to three navigation depth markers and injects them into every view. The frontend uses these variables to highlight the correct sidebar menu items.

Injected Variables

Variable	Type	Description
_global_active_navigation	string	Second segment of the route name (index [1]) — the top-level module or section (e.g. posts)
_primary_active_navigation	string|null	Third segment (index [2]) — the sub-section or action (e.g. index). Falls back to the first route parameter when the route has fewer than three segments.
_secondary_active_navigation	string|null	Fourth segment (index [3]) — a nested sub-section. Collapses back to the primary segment when the fourth segment is index.

Route Name Convention

All admin routes follow the pattern admin.{module}.{action}.{sub}. The composer splits on . and reads each depth:

Route name: admin.posts.index
  _global_active_navigation   = 'posts'
  _primary_active_navigation  = 'index'
  _secondary_active_navigation = (not set)

Route name: admin.posts.categories.edit
  _global_active_navigation    = 'posts'
  _primary_active_navigation   = 'categories'
  _secondary_active_navigation = 'edit'

Route name: admin.posts.categories.index
  _global_active_navigation    = 'posts'
  _primary_active_navigation   = 'categories'
  _secondary_active_navigation = 'categories'  ← collapses 'index' to parent

Fallback for Route Parameters

When the route has only two segments but has route parameters (e.g. admin.posts with {id}), _primary_active_navigation is set to the value of the first route parameter. This handles resource show/edit routes that omit the action segment.

Notes

• Does nothing when $request->route() returns null (console, queue, or test context without a bound route).
• The composer uses Arr::only() to merge with any values already present on the view, so manually passed navigation overrides take precedence.