Highlight Active Blog Category

Code Toolkit
Written By Squarestylist Support

What You'll Create

An archive block in Squarespace where the currently active category link displays with distinct styling—custom background color, text color, or underline—making it immediately clear which category the visitor is currently viewing.

The Problem It Solves

Squarespace's archive block shows category links but doesn't indicate which one is currently active. Visitors browsing filtered blog content have no visual confirmation of their current selection. This creates confusion in category-heavy blogs where clear navigation is essential.

Perfect For

Blog category navigation menus, content hub category filters, magazine-style section indicators, resource library organization, news or article archive navigation.

What Makes This Different

Compares the current page URL against each archive block link and marks the matching category as active. CSS then styles the active link with custom colors, backgrounds, or other visual treatments to indicate the current selection.

Details

  • Section Type: Fluid & Classic

  • Code Type: CSS + JavaScript

  • Prerequisites: Blog page with archive block showing categories

  • Toolkit Title: Highlight Active Category (Blog)

Learn This Technique

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  • The complete, copy-paste code

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  • The principles behind the technique so you can customize it

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