Active class is not working using Angular.js ui-router - angularjs

Question

I have one issue while using Angular.js ui-router.I added active class for highlight the menu but its not working.I am explaining my code below.
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li ui-sref-active="active" ><a ui-sref=".profile">College Profile</a></li>
<li ng-class="{active: $state.includes('dashboard.deptmanagement')}"><a ui-sref="dashboard.deptmanagement.stream" >Department Management</a></li>
<li ui-sref-active="active">
<li ui-sref-active="active"><a ui-sref="dashboard.user.usermanagement">User Management</a></li>
<li ui-sref-active="active"><a ui-sref="dashboard.plan.contime">Plan Management</a></li>
</ul>
My problem is in Department Management menu from the above code.As this menu has some sub menus if i am adding here ui-sref-active="active" the issue is coming when the sub menu are selecting this menu can not get any active class.The sub menu of this parent menu is given below.
deptmanagement.html:
<div>
<tabset>
<tab ui-sref=".stream" ui-sref-active="active">
<tab-heading>Add Stream</tab-heading>
</tab>
<tab ui-sref=".dept" ui-sref-active="active">
<tab-heading>Add Department</tab-heading>
</tab>
<tab ui-sref=".course" ui-sref-active="active">
<tab-heading>Add Course</tab-heading>
</tab>
<tab ui-sref=".sub" ui-sref-active="active">
<tab-heading>Add Subject</tab-heading>
</tab>
</tabset>
<div ui-view></div>
</div>
loginroute.js
var Admin=angular.module('Channabasavashwara',['ui.router', '720kb.datepicker','ngMessages','ngCapsLock','ui.bootstrap']);
Admin.config(function($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider) {
$urlRouterProvider.otherwise('/');
$stateProvider
.state('/', {
url: '/',
templateUrl: 'dashboardview/login.html',
controller: 'loginController'
})
.state('dashboard', {
url: '/dashboard',
templateUrl: 'dashboardview/dashboard.html',
controller: 'dashboardController'
})
.state('dashboard.profile', {
url: '/profile',
templateUrl: 'dashboardview/profile.html',
controller: 'profileController'
})
.state('dashboard.deptmanagement', {
url: '/deptmanagement',
templateUrl: 'dashboardview/deptmanagement.html',
controller: 'deptmanagementController'
})
.state('dashboard.deptmanagement.stream', {
url: '/stream',
templateUrl: 'dashboardview/stream.html',
controller: 'streamController'
})
.state('dashboard.deptmanagement.course', {
url: '/course',
templateUrl: 'dashboardview/course.html',
controller: 'resourcecourseController'
})
.state('dashboard.deptmanagement.sub', {
url: '/subject',
templateUrl: 'dashboardview/subject.html',
controller: 'deptsubjectController'
})
.state('dashboard.deptmanagement.dept', {
url: '/dept',
templateUrl: 'dashboardview/dept.html',
controller: 'deptController'
})
})
Here my requirement is when any of above sub-menu will select the main menu remain highlight.Please help me to resolve this issue.

Answer 1

To use ng-class="{'active':$state.includes('route1')}" for navigation $state needs to be available to the view, ie defined on the $scope in the controller.
$scope.$state = $state;
You can define $rootScope.$state = $state; so that it is available on $rootScope throughout your app although this may be considered poor practice.
If your controller is mainCtrl then:
Admin.controller('mainCtrl', ['$scope', '$state', function($scope, $state) {
$scope.$state = $state;
}]);
Or if you want to define $state on $rootScope you can use .run()
Admin.run(function($rootScope, $state) {
$rootScope.$state = $state;
})
Because the submenu is a tabset you can compare the current state name for each tab to set the active tab
<div>
<tabset>
<tab ui-sref="dashboard.deptmanagement.stream" active="$state.current.name == 'dashboard.deptmanagement.stream'">
<tab-heading>Add Stream</tab-heading>
</tab>
<tab ui-sref="dashboard.deptmanagement.dept" active="$state.current.name == 'dashboard.deptmanagement.dept'">
<tab-heading>Add Department</tab-heading>
</tab>
<tab ui-sref="dashboard.deptmanagement.course" active="$state.current.name == 'dashboard.deptmanagement.course'">
<tab-heading>Add Course</tab-heading>
</tab>
<tab ui-sref="dashboard.deptmanagement.sub" active="$state.current.name == 'dashboard.deptmanagement.sub'">
<tab-heading>Add Subject</tab-heading>
</tab>
</tabset>
<div ui-view></div>
</div>