Use Route::is('route-name')
to easily highlight your navbar menus
<ul> <li @if(Route::is('home')) class="active" @endif> <a href="/">Home</a> </li> <li @if(Route::is('contact-us')) class="active" @endif> <a href="/contact-us">Contact us</a> </li></ul>
Tip given by @anwar_nairi