Personal Finance Tracker – Active Menu Highlight

Welcome to Part 9 of the Personal Finance Tracker series! In this session, we’ll implement active menu highlighting to indicate which page the user is currently viewing. This small UX detail greatly improves navigation clarity and overall user experience.

✅ What You’ll Learn in This Video:
✔️ Detecting the current route using React Router or Next.js routing
✔️ Applying dynamic styles to highlight the active menu item
✔️ Handling both sidebar and top navigation menus
✔️ Ensuring responsive behavior for mobile and desktop layouts
✔️ Combining active state with protected routes and user permissions

💡 Why This Step Matters:
🔹 Enhances user navigation and interface clarity
🔹 Provides visual cues to prevent confusion
🔹 Reinforces dynamic state management in React
🔹 Creates a polished, professional dashboard experience