Session.set inside lib directory in Meteor - node.js

Question

I have my iron-router code in my top-level lib directory in a file called routes.js. In that file I make calls to the front-end Session variable, specifically inside my onBeforeAction method like so:
Router.map(function () {
this.route('homeTemplate',{
name: 'homeTemplate',
where: 'client',
path: '/',
load: function() {
$('html, body').animate({
scrollTop: 0
}, 400);
return $('.content').hide().fadeIn(1000);
},
waitOn: function() {
return Meteor.subscribe(COLLECTION_NAMES.PlayerCollection.value);
},
onBeforeAction: function(){
Session.set('active_menu_option','home');
this.next();
},
onAfterAction: function(){
},
data: function(){
return {active_menu_option: {'home':'active'}};
},
yieldTemplates: {
'jumbotronTemplate': {
to: 'jumbotron'
}
}
});
});
Is it kosher to call/use the Session variable in this setting? I seem to be getting wonky/non-deterministic behavior.

Answer 1

I'm not sure about the Session usage, but if all you want is setting active menuitems depending on route location, then maybe this will help: meteor add zimme:iron-router-active
Usage:
<nav>
<ul>
<li class="{{isActiveRoute regex='dashboard'}}">...</li>
<li class="{{isActiveRoute regex='dashboard|index'}}">...</li>
<li class="{{isActiveRoute regex='users' className='on'}}">...</li>
<li class="{{isActivePath regex='products'}}">...</li>
{{#if isActiveRoute regex='index'}}
<li>...</li>
{{/if}}
<li class="{{isNotActiveRoute regex='dashboard'}}">...</li>
</ul>
</nav>
This helper uses regex which means strings like this will work too.
'^dashboard$' // Exact match for 'dashboard'
'^product' // Begins with 'product'
'list$' // Ends with 'list'