Home link block doesn't use current-menu-item class when on front page

[getdave]

What problem does this address?

When you create a navigation using the core/navigation block you often want to add a link to Home. It's great that we supply a "Home link" block for this purpose.

However, whilst normal Nav Link blocks output a current-menu-item class when you are on that page, the Home link block does not. This makes it impossible to style the current page consistently across the navigation.

What is your proposed solution?

The home link block should output the current-menu-item class when you are on that page. It should mirror the same functionality as the core/navigation-link block.

[mrfoxtalbot]

This has come up in the support forums a few times, most recently here. There is also an open Trac ticket about it.

If this is relatively easy to fix, I would suggest increasing the priority, @getdave. Thank you!

[netm]

I have a related problem I think:

• 2023 theme with a simple child theme extending it
• .current-menu-item only exists for 'Home' in menu but is not inserted for other locations
• Bug can currently be inspected here where you can see no current class is inserted in the li : https://wanakacommunityworkshop.org.nz/wood-workshop/