angular router has three Router directives
RouterLink,
RouterLinkActive
RouterOutlet
when a RouterLink is active, it will add the class="active" to the <a
for example when a link is active it will look something like this:
<a _ngcontent-lbf-0="" routerlink="player/" routerlinkactive="active" ng-reflect-router-link="player/" ng-reflect-router-link-active="active" ng-reflect-href="/player" href="/player" class="active">player</a>
for more information about routerLink go to the angular official documentation:
https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/guide/router.html#!#router-link