next.js/examples/active-class-name/README.md

# activeClassName example

ReactRouter has a convenience property on the `Link` element to allow an author to set the _active_ className on a link. This example replicates that functionality using Next's own `Link` component with the new app router.

## Deploy your own

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## How to use

Execute [`create-next-app`](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/canary/packages/create-next-app) with [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/init), [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/cli/create/), or [pnpm](https://pnpm.io) to bootstrap the example:

```bash
npx create-next-app --example active-class-name active-class-name-app
```

```bash
yarn create next-app --example active-class-name active-class-name-app
```

```bash
pnpm create next-app --example active-class-name active-class-name-app
```

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