EZ Clean Dynamic rails navigation.

gistfile1.rb

module ApplicationHelper
  # Simple Navigation

  # navigation nav_elements, :selected_class => "foo"

  def navigation(links=[],options={})
      path = (options[:controller_only] == true) ? controller.controller_name.to_sym : request.path
      content_tag :ul, :class => (options[:class] || 'navigation') do
        links.each do |link|
          klass = (path == link[:path]) ? options[:selected_class] || 'current' : ""
          klass = "#{link[:class]} #{klass}"
          concat content_tag(:li, link_to(link[:text], link[:path]), :class => klass)
        end
      end
    end
  
  def nav_elements
          [ 
          {:path => "", :text => "", :class => "first"}, 
          {:path => root_path, :text => "HOME"},
          {:path => before_and_after_path, :text => "About Us", :class => 'bar'},
          {:path => "", :text => "", :class => "last"}
          ]
  end
end