Use Route::is('route-name')
to easily highlight your navbar menus
1<ul>2 <li @if(Route::is('home')) class="active" @endif>3 <a href="/">Home</a>4 </li>5 <li @if(Route::is('contact-us')) class="active" @endif>6 <a href="/contact-us">Contact us</a>7 </li>8</ul>
Tip given by @anwar_nairi