'use strict'; define(['app'], function () { var MainMenuView = Backbone.Marionette.ItemView.extend({ events: { 'click a': 'onClick' }, onClick: function (event) { event.preventDefault(); var target = $(event.target); //look down for var href = event.target.getAttribute('href'); //if couldn't find it look up if (!href && target.parent('a') && target.parent('a')[0]) { var linkElement = target.parent('a')[0]; href = linkElement.getAttribute('href'); this.setActive(linkElement); } else { this.setActive(event.target); } }, setActive: function (element) { //Todo: Set active on first load this.$('a').removeClass('active'); $(element).addClass('active'); }, initialize: function () { this.setElement($('#main-menu-region')); } }); return new MainMenuView(); });